The Elf on the Shelf is supposed to be a lighthearted activity that would get the kids to have fun as you countdown to Christmas. The story is that they are Santa’s little scouts to observe children and make sure they behave. They would report back to the headquarter if kids are being naughty or good.
But the 25-day trick might just be harder for a lot of parents to do because accidents happen. Some even got murdered in the most horrendous ways (accidentally), and well, the kids are probably going to have nightmares.
“Today’s elfscapades seem to have gone a little wrong! She thought someone was dead!”
“Scarlett ran into my room screaming, “What is the elf doing to my doll?” Well, I thought they were dancing.”
“Did a cute angel thing for the Elf. The cat thought it was litter and did a giant shit on my kitchen side. I’m f**king fuming. My poor kids….what the hell?. We go to find the Elf, and he’s had a giant sh**?”
“Balding Barry… Our Elf’s hat came off, so we decided to superglue it to no avail. Hey, let’s use nail polish remover to get the glue off… laughing hysterically ever since!!!”
“Elf on the shelf was no match for Booker the Boston!”
Apparently, red sugar is a bad idea to decorate your elves.
The snow spray does not go well with the hardwood floor.
“When daddy puts Maxi (Rowen named him) too close to the light bulb, you tell the kids he got frostbite on his way back from the North Pole.”
“Throwback to that time we set our creepy Elf on fire last year. Don’t let your elves sit on light fixtures, y’all.”
“Intruder alert!”
“I didn’t prepare for the off chance the tape didn’t hold. So my children woke up to an elf that drowned in last night’s spaghetti pot.”
Dog bit off the head.
“Well, I guess I should have checked to make sure that there wasn’t a f**king elf in the fireplace.”
“This idea looked okay at the time. Son woke up and said, that’s the creepiest thing his Elf has don,e and he doesn’t like it.”
“So we decided for “BUDDY” to have some lil zipline action, but used fish wire instead of a noticeable string. Angelito said he had seen Buddy FLOATING. He is scared of him now.”
“Poor Ken! Tried to spread a little Christmas cheer at the piano and look what happened.”
“Well… I thought it would be funny. My kids… not so much. Both had tears and told the Elf they didn’t like her anymore.”
“I was bound to miss one night.”
“I happened to look in our window on the way back and noticed that when she’s backlit, it didn’t quite look as cute as intended.”
“Getting him into a ballon isn’t as easy as it looks.”
“Bearded dragon doesn’t like intruders even if they’re Santa’s little helper.”
“Elf was hiding in a balloon. Which deflated overnight and now looks like he is waiting to be born. The questions from mister 8 this morning are… colorful.”
There was an attempt for reconstructive surgery on Coco.
“When your husband thinks sitting on a wall sconce was a good idea… RIP Chippy.”
“Things got toastier than planned.”
When the spot is too close to the toilet.
“We got a puppy, and Jane was pissed for like a month. I guess this is her way of saying no more new friends.”
“I seriously forgot I put the freaking elf in the freaking oven.”
“Baby boy wakes up and searches for his Elf. He finds her and says she drew on the bananas.”
“Balding Barry… Our Elf’s hat came off, so we decided to superglue it to no avail. Hey, let’s use nail polish remover to get the glue off… laughing hysterically ever since!!!”
“I had no idea I gave poor Chestnut an orange Cheeto weeny… until I heard giggles from the kids and found son taking a picture to show his friends.”