christmas elf 2010

berryjingles

Jammygal wrote: »

My elves are coming on Tues but ds is ill with cough, cold, temp so I won't have much last minute prep time.
Last year he spent 3 weeks of Dec ill with flu while the elves were visiting.

I hope it doesn't happen again ;(

My oldest is now off school ill too! I hope she gets better soon or will have to rethink a lot of my elf plans!

For anyone with kids who ask a lot of questions and may ask how their elves get in and out of the house, how about a magic key? (like the one Santa sometimes carries!) I found an old key, coated it in pva glue and sprinkled glitter all over it, it looks really good. You could also use some ribbon, tinsel etc as a key chain.

Need_more_time

Many thanks to those who recommended the chocolate bars from Iceland, they fit perfectly in my advent calander. I have put a christmas joke in for each day from Pip, hope the boys find them funny. I have brought a christmas tree, lights , baubles from Poundland for ds2 to decorate after school on Wednesday to get us in the christmas spirit as we don't put up our tree for a while yet.

To everyone whose children may or may not believe in Father Christmas, I had to tell my ds1 a couple of weeks ago that he wasn't real, he broke his heart. Thing is he's 11 and in year 7! I couldn't let him go to school and say something innocently then his friends will pick up on it and tease him. It was one of the worst things I have had to do but thought it would be better coming from me. I am now getting worried about starting the christmas elf as I don't want to go through it again with ds2.

Good luck for Wednesday everyone

babyb06

Thank you YummyMummyAmy for the brilliant passport!

I am delivering the letter from Santa tonight, going to sprinkle (fake) snow on the ground and put the letter on top

Then meeting my sister once kids are in bed to explain all the bits and pieces for the elf so she can play properly!

yummy-mummy-amy

glad everyone is pleased with the passports, glad i could be of help.

my fun is starting tomorrow - once boys are in bed, my tree n decs will be going up and the elves will be sat under it wed morning with advent calendars anbd a note in journal saying they got an ealrier train and therefore were able to put our tree up etc. last yr they didnt get here until the boys got home from school.

i have removed 1 of the boys xmas presents - army dressing up outfits, so when the elves dress up they can leave them for them - even managed to get a camo babygrow and soft hat for lil man to wear as well. its soooooo hard as he is only 1, and therefore cant really join in the board game or grow your own santa etc

Jevvers

Got the M&S dangly reindeer, thanks lexuslass. I am going to introduce him as Santa's little helper, complete with passport and everything.

He is great as he has magnetic, erm, hooves so can stick to things like the fridge - trying to get in to find food - and can stick his "hands" together to dangle from things.

Am already grinning about some of the fun we can have with chocolate covered raisins - "oh no that naughty reindeer has pooed everywhere!" DS will LOVE that.

Also found some cute Christmas hankies in the back of the cupboard so I am going to sew those together to make a blanket.

Ooh I am so excited for Wednesday!

EDIT Better name him then: Jingle Stripeylegs please (with apologies to all those who Jingled first but it IS a good name )

yummy-mummy-amy

the passport office is now CLOSED!!! i hope everyone is happy with them.

little_lil

Crackers Frosty-Toes arrived this morning, he was sat by the fireplace in his sleeping bag ontop of a Lego Advent calender, it was fab

I also printed out a letter from Santa explaining why ds had been chosen this year along with an instruction leaflet for caring for Crackers. I word processed it using a handwriting font and printed it on to parchment type paper and even if i do say so myself it looked fab!! (I thought this was a good idea as my son is 9 and it answered a lot of the questions he would have asked)

ds has gone off to school now with lots of plans in his head for all the different fun he can have with Crackers :xmassmile Also he can't wait to write a thank you letter to Father Christmas for sending Crackers to stay
:xmassign:

and we decided that the snow we had this morning must have been Crackers first act of mischief :snow_laug

little_evo

little_lil wrote: »

Crackers Frosty-Toes arrived this morning, he was sat by the fireplace in his sleeping bag ontop of a Lego Advent calender, it was fab

I also printed out a letter from Santa explaining why ds had been chosen this year along with an instruction leaflet for caring for Crackers. I word processed it using a handwriting font and printed it on to parchment type paper and even if i do say so myself it looked fab!! (I thought this was a good idea as my son is 9 and it answered a lot of the questions he would have asked)

ds has gone off to school now with lots of plans in his head for all the different fun he can have with Crackers :xmassmile Also he can't wait to write a thank you letter to Father Christmas for sending Crackers to stay
:xmassign:

and we decided that the snow we had this morning must have been Crackers first act of mischief :snow_laug

Hi Little_lil. Can you show us what you put in your letter and also your instruction for caring for your elf please as I need to do this as well. Thank you!:j

Also I just came back from Home Bargains and bought some antlers for the car for .99p as I thought our elf could say he put them on to remind him of Santa's reindeer one night he goes out for a joyride in our car.:D Also they have some crafts there for Christmas like making a 'santa stop here sign' for .98p and a making and decorating reindeer antlers with a set of four in them for .99p which I though would tie in nicely with the car having reindeer antlers too.:rotfl:

little_lil

Here you go little_evo, hope this helps. My letter is based on one posted earlier in this thread which was aimed at a much younger child.



Dear

I am pleased to let you know that you have been specially selected to be the carer of Crackers the Elf for the Christmas period of 2010.

We have been super organised in the toy workshop this year, all the elves have worked really hard and I promised them that if the work was ahead of schedule by the end of November a few special elves would be chosen to go on an adventure.

You will by now have already met my special elf Crackers Frosty-Toes, he is one of the elves chosen to go on an adventure. Most of my elves have never been away from the North Pole and have never met any children and I was hoping you would let him stay with you, to show him around and introduce him to all your friends in your home.



I also enclose some instructions for caring for Crackers, you should read these very carefully and pay particular attention to the sections on Elf Mischief! Enjoy having Crackers to stay and I look forward to collecting him on Christmas Eve when I hope to swop him for a present or two.

With love



Father Christmas

Instructions for the Child Carer of

Crackers Frosty-Toes

• Crackers will arrive with his own sleeping bag, please ensure you settle him in it each night. Please keep him as close as possible to the chimney so that he may feel close to Father Christmas.
• Crackers will also have his own bag of North Pole snow to remind him of home, please don’t open it, just make sure it is also tucked in bed with Crackers.
• Crackers will return home on Christmas Eve, he will be collected by Father Christmas and will give a full report on the behaviour of the child / children he has been staying with.

• Crackers is a very mischievous elf and Father Christmas cannot be held responsible for any accidents or incidents following elf mischief.
• Please be aware that laughing, taking photos of or generally showing amusement at elf antics could well result further elf mischief.
• Most of all enjoy having Crackers to stay, I will look forward to collecting him on December 24 – Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas
Love
Father Christmas

Hollie84

Hi Everyone,im awaiting my elf girl to come still hopefuly tomorow as i ordered her saturday night.ive printed off the elf report,letter and passport so now to make a little passport book out of card.im going to add some bells to my elf girl when she arrives and ive yet to decorate a box so need my partner to go up the loft and get me some xmas paper to decorate a box with.im really excited to be doing this and can't wait to see my daughters face when she arrives from school to find her,thankyou for adding my name to list not sure if i will make her a facebook account up as i run a business from home so probably wont have much time to particpate in that side of it