Elf Day 23-25

23.  Christmas is almost here finish up your projects and make the house pretty for Santa!

Snowmen and Reindeer Clay pots!

Santa STOP Here sign

24. Reindeer food - from leftover grits and glitter from the candy cane garden

25. Nerd fun book. Christmas is over. I let her keep the Elf.. cause she really likes him. I just wrote a note that said he will only have  magic in Dec. 

Elf Day 20-22

20. Ginger hung up a banner letting Zoey know that there are only 5 days til Christmas! He sat his butt on the surround sound speaker :)

21. Snow angels!

22. Ginger snuck into Zoey's room and painted her nose red, like rudolph! He was found holding the paint and brush.

Elf Day 19

Today's elf antics are simple. Just a decorated white board. My sister assisted me :) Her artwork.

Elf Day 18 - Candy Cane Garden Finale

Zoey woke up this morning and her candy canes had grown! I used reese pieces filled canes because she really likes those, but you can also use reg. candy canes.

*tip* when you clean this up... DO NOT throw the glitter oatmeal/grits away. Save it for reindeer food on the 24th!

Elf Day 17 - Candy Cane Garden!

In the morning Zoey will wake up and see her elf - Ginger with lots of items and a letter. His letter is wrote in poem form. I made it up, feel free to borrow it. :)

Candy Cane Garden Poem

A gift from me to you, everything you need
to plant a candy cane garden, even the seeds.

Dump in the dirt and add a little magic,
plant the seeds - it will be fantastic!

Wait one day,
and while you play.

The seeds you have sown,
will soon be grown.

❤ Ginger (insert your elves name here - instead of Ginger)

Here is my sister after she decorated the paper the poem is on... laughing... lol

Now - back to business. What you need for a candy cane garden:

North Pole Dirt/Soil - I had every intention of using oatmean... but guess what? yep, were out. So... I used grits. :) 

Magic - glitter or sequins... anything sparkly

Peppermint seeds - peppermints 

                                

Now lay everything out... :) I will post pics of the grown candy canes tomorrow!

Elf Day 14 -16

14 - Ginger hung out and watched the house from high up on the window. 

15 - Ginger and Loopsy were spotted having a tea party

16 - Ginger brought Zoey "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I got it when Barnes and Noble had them on sale Buy 2 Get 1 Free. The other two are going under the tree :)

Elf Day 13

So Ginger (elf) almost didnt get moved last night. I laid down to read a little and fell asleep. Woke up at 530 and panicked... this is what a panicked elf gets you. A TP'd tree.

Elf Day 12

Ginger was found lounging in a bubble bath of cotton balls. complete with folded tissues for the bath mat and 'monogrammed' towel.

Elf Day 11

Ginger was found hanging in his sleigh with a note for Zoey. "Christmas is almost here, so let's spread some Christmas cheer. Make Christmas cards with your mommy. ❤ Ginger."

Elf Day 10

The dollar store is a wonderful place. Today Zoey got a foam Christmas tree and snowman. They have the shapes and sticker foam shapes to decorate them with.

Elf Day 9

Ginger was spotted this morning sucking up syrup through a straw.

Elf Day 8

Ginger changed our desktop picture to a picture of himself and Rudolph! (ignore the dirty desk, lol)

Elf Day 7

Today Ginger left her a gingerbread house! We made a real one last year and let me warn you now. If you have never been to culinary school and if you are not a pastry chef you should never EVER attempt one of those beasts. Notice this one is a cute foam and sticker version :)

It came out really cute!

She had a blast!

Elf Day 6

Today Ginger was spotted hanging out in Zoey's stocking!

Elf Day #5

Today Ginger brought Zoey coloring pages!

Elf Day #4

*oldspice guy's voice* -  "two tickets to that thing you love"  Ginger is giving her tickets to go see Rise of the Guardians which she has been asking for. :)

Elf Day #3

Hangin out in the bathroom - wrote his name on the mirror in lipstick.

Elf Day #2

After staying up late and making all the ornaments... and cleaning the living room... AGAIN. I finally went to sleep. Zoey woke up to find Ginger (elf) in the tree with a tag telling her "Your tree is looking a little bare. DECORATE IT! ♥ Ginger"

After we got some food in us, we decorated our little tree! I will be posting instructions for some of the ornaments later! Most of them were really easy! - yes that is a Santa hat on top :)

Elf Day #1

Zoey has named our Elf - "Ginger". He brought us a wonderful breakfast of 'sno-nuts' this morning. All of the decorations I found at the dollar store! The placemat is actually two unfolded napkins :) I didn't know what her reaction would be but I did not expect what I got, "MOM! What happened?!" LOL. The sleigh was uber cheap. I painted it and added some glitter to dress it up. The letter I can cannot take credit for. You can find it here. She has wonderful Elf ideas :)

 

Change of Plans!

As I was shopping today I came across this delightful looking Elf! With a pleasing price tag of $5!!! That is what it would have cost me to make one... and to be honest I really was not looking forward to that. Last minute projects do not allow much room for forgiveness if you mess them up. Later I went to the craft store and even managed to score him a sleigh for a whopping 77cent! Elf on a Shelf can kiss my rear! LOL!