The Best & Most Clever Elf On The Shelf Ideas

Seach under the cups

Elves playing Jenga with Kitkats look amazing!

This looks really effective but is really easy. The gummy bears are held together via a skewer or any kind of kebab stick. The remaining gummy bears are placed in the sink.

Using a bit of cobweb left over for Halloween make a web around the elves.

Create a Santa and ketchup out of mayonnaise

Create an elf out of red felt or red paper. Stick a photo of each family member to each elf.

Hang cotton wool balls from the ceiling with thread

Get this effect with brown sauce or BBQ sauce.

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Make with lots of cotton wool

Wrap the Christmas tree in brown paper

Place skittles in a circle on a place and add a tiny amount of water

Elsa's magical powers freeze the elf. Pop the Elf in a bowl full of water and put in the freezer.  Take out in the morning, but not too early otherwise the ice will have melted

Hang the elf upside down and pretend he has been captured by the toys.

Place the elf as if he has created the book on these classic buscuits.

Using string wrap the elf up and hang him form the ceiling, place a large spider as if he has been caught in a web.

Create a melted snowman but using milk, Maltesers as eyes, a carrot nose, and cookies as buttons. Add a hat to the top.  Carefully place the hair dryer above as if the elf has melted him.

Place peas into the wording 'I pea'd my elf'

Paint the child's nails and write a note saying 'I left you a funny treat, take a look at your feet'

Wrap the toilet in wrapping paper. 

Make a banana out of yellow paper, stick one of the banana sticks on it and use brown to tape for a tail.

Simple but effective. Lay some cling film under the toilet seat. Poke a hole through and arrange some sugar to look like cracked ice.

Add some stick on eyes to create an "Iphone"

Add stick on eyes to every item in the fridge.

Blow up a balloon and attach to the elf's bottom, place bubblegum infront of him as if he has eaten it.

Blow up a balloon and write "Do you want to build a snowman". Add flour to look like snow and draw buttons on marshmallows. Place Elsa and the Elf on either side.

Cost of living crisis

Tape to a clock with the words "Is this how you tik tok"

Real goldfish in the bath.

This fantastic grocery store puts their elves out each year.

Using candy canes and ribbon hang the elf from the ceiling.

Make dog leads with pipe cleaners

Snowball fight using flour as snow and large snowballs

Your elf on the shelf is pinned down by little figures

Toilet Paper message

Wrap up your shoes in foil

Wrap the toilet in wrapping paper

Using felt and pom poms

Fill the bath with brown water and use straws to make the elves look like they are drinking chocolate milk or hot chocolate.

Elves playing poker

Elves stuff in the vacuum cleaner

Toasted mini marshmallows/flumps over a festive candle

Red sheet with some steps creates a lava foor

Turn the toilet water brown and add some marshmallows, join straws together to make extra long.

Elf on the shelf making Hama beads

Stick coloured dots over the elves to give them 'elf pox'

Wrap up each cupboard in the kitchen with wrapping paper. This takes time and dedication.

Fill the cutlery drawer full of sweets/candy!

All you need is a can of silly string

Decorate the milk bottle in the Christmas fridge to look like a wrapped present.

By making a guitar and some orange hair you can make Egg Sheeran

The perfect Elf on the Shelf for those who love Among Us

Make out of chocolate yogurt pots and googly eyes, you can create the elf and his reindeer.

Using googly eyes and some cans a Christmas choir has been made.

The elves are sucked up by the vacuum. Using green and red m&ms the word HELP has been written.

Using fruit you can make these really cool elf cars

Line all the socks on the stairs

The elves build a brick wall

Using duck muscle and some bread the naughty elves can be feeding the ducks.

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So simple but super magical. Kids will love this.

Credit: Rose Barbacovi (Facebook)

Using clear baubles and tin foil you can make these fantastic astronauts.

Amazing - Fruity loops individually glued to pool noodle 

With used chocolate yogurts to form Santa's sleigh.

Stick the cereal to your pool noodle - Note the noodle is no good afterwards 😂

Stacey said "This was just annoying and I kept getting lost (I have ADD) and had to redo lines after realizing I was off… and I bought cheap post it notes off of Amazon and they were curling every which way and falling off so then I had to regular tape like all the corners… then I had a light switch that really messed up the middle of his face… I just wasn’t happy with this one lol- maybe legit post it brand notes are better! But it took an hour and a half and I want that time back"