christmas elf 2010

Europa_2

elysia2003 wrote: »

Amy and Europa - my card has got delayed due to the weather, (daren't go out) but I have put in a little present in the envelope, ready for posting on Monday. :A

DD received her card off Bertie and Merry this morning. Thankyou so much.

Hi don't worry about it! I haven't been able to send mine out yet either. They will def go in the next couple of weeks!! DD loves Buddy. She can't stop kissing him and giving him cuddles and keeps picking him up by his hat which then comes off! She keeps going "uh-oh" and giving it to me to put back on him. We had to take him to supermarket today as she wouldn't part with him! She's only 15 months old but seems to sort of understand that he is special.

DD stayed at my mums on Thursday night and when I went to work Friday morning I placed him on mum's doorstep in a flurry of paper snowflakes and a present for DD then knocked and ran off (hid behind my car to watch!) They both seemed pleased to see him. DD's face was a picture, bless her.


Edit: I meant next couple of days not weeks!!!!!

Nenen

BHS have a 3 day special whereby Christmas things have 20% off and free delivery. They have a really cute Rudolph that was £5 - with discount would be £4.00 inc P&P. Would be a great friend for an elf or could be used instead of an elf if needs be.

http://www.bhs.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/bhsstore/150989/237584

little_evo

Hi Nenen, how are your Year 3 class taking to their elf?

yummy-mummy-amy

they watched elf bowl the movie last night! and are off to fetch jingle-jangle tonight!

pollys

Naughty Elf brought DS a chocolate star but ate mummys chocolate.

tiggr123

i havent been on here for a while, have i missed anthing? our elves arrived at the end of November but havent really got up to much as we have just had another baby, so i have been otherwise occupied. The mischief starts here!!!!!! lol

they are on facebook
Glitter Sparkle Twinkletoes

x

Nenen

little_evo wrote: »

Hi Nenen, how are your Year 3 class taking to their elf?

Hi Little Evo
We’ve had a glorious time with Fizzy Merrycracker! The children were so excited when the school secretary brought us a magical parcel, even more so when we opened it to find Fizzy with all his bits and bobs. On the first day (Wednesday) he managed to eat 10 biscuits (and was found covered in crumbs) while the whole class were in the room and yet no one saw him. However, several children were convinced they saw him blink later in the day! A child in the class got an email from Santa (via the special gmail account I set up in his name) which praised several things the child had been doing. I explained that Santa would email a different child each day and whoever received the email was allowed to open the advent calendar and look after Fizzy for the day. Fizzy went everywhere with the child and I had difficulty persuading him not to take him into the loo!
The next morning (Thursday) he was found climbing up the little Christmas tree we have in our classroom apparently trying to talk to the angel on the top. Unfortunately the message he had spent ages carefully writing in a tray of fake snow got covered over by a child who thought it was just footprints so none of the children read it! LOL! The children each wrote a report to Santa all about Fizzy’s arrival and what he had been up to.
On Friday morning, Fizzy was found hanging onto the radiator, having taken all the pieces of our magnetic timetable off the filing cabinet at the front of the classroom and attaching them to the radiator at the back. He had hidden the card for ‘spelling test’! Surprisingly, none of the children wanted to look for it! LOL!
We had a long email from Santa to say that Mrs Claus was very cross with Fizzy as she had just found his wash bag hidden in the toy workshop. She had packed his toothbrush (cut down baby one), toothpaste (airline mini), shampoo (hotel mini) flannel and soap in his box to bring to our class with him and told him he clean his teeth and wash every day. However, as Fizzy doesn’t like washing, he had taken it out of his box when Mrs Claus wasn’t looking and left it behind. Lo and behold, the wash bag was now in his box ready to be used. The children were entranced!
Santa’s email also explained that he had had to have a serious talk to Fizzy about eating other people’s biscuits as to take something for ever like this was actually stealing rather than mischievous and it was up to us to teach Fizzy the difference. Fizzy had written in his journal to say he was very sorry and he would pay us for the biscuits from his pocket money. A little bag with enough shiny pennies for one each was in his box, (my husband decided the night before, when he came into the kitchen at home to find me scrubbing pennies with vinegar, that I had finally cracked)!
The children decided Fizzy had probably been tempted to steal the biscuits because we had left him out when we had our snack at breaktime. They vowed to make sure Fizzy got a biscuit of his own every day as well as the bread sticks and water Santa instructed us to leave out each night. However, they considered it hysterically funny that Fizzy thought a few pennies were enough to pay for biscuits but decided he didn’t understand our money system. I had already explained that Fizzy was a very young elf, only 135 years old, which is the age elves start elf school and their training with humans. One little girl said little children always think lots of 1ps are worth a more money than a pound coin but the pennies would be a lovely reminder of Fizzy when he had to go back home. I have been struck so many times in the past days about how creatively the children are thinking about all of this.
We have our Y3 Christmas production this week and Fizzy is spending the weekend with a little girl who is feeling a bit nervous so that he can help her practise saying her lines with expression. I am hoping he will work his elf magic and told her mum I hope he won’t be too naughty while he is staying with them. From the large wink I received, I think he may well get up to some tricks!

fletty

Nenen wrote: »

Hi Little Evo
We’ve had a glorious time with Fizzy Merrycracker! The children were so excited when the school secretary brought us a magical parcel, even more so when we opened it to find Fizzy with all his bits and bobs. On the first day (Wednesday) he managed to eat 10 biscuits (and was found covered in crumbs) while the whole class were in the room and yet no one saw him. However, several children were convinced they saw him blink later in the day! A child in the class got an email from Santa (via the special gmail account I set up in his name) which praised several things the child had been doing. I explained that Santa would email a different child each day and whoever received the email was allowed to open the advent calendar and look after Fizzy for the day. Fizzy went everywhere with the child and I had difficulty persuading him not to take him into the loo!
The next morning (Thursday) he was found climbing up the little Christmas tree we have in our classroom apparently trying to talk to the angel on the top. Unfortunately the message he had spent ages carefully writing in a tray of fake snow got covered over by a child who thought it was just footprints so none of the children read it! LOL! The children each wrote a report to Santa all about Fizzy’s arrival and what he had been up to.
On Friday morning, Fizzy was found hanging onto the radiator, having taken all the pieces of our magnetic timetable off the filing cabinet at the front of the classroom and attaching them to the radiator at the back. He had hidden the card for ‘spelling test’! Surprisingly, none of the children wanted to look for it! LOL!
We had a long email from Santa to say that Mrs Claus was very cross with Fizzy as she had just found his wash bag hidden in the toy workshop. She had packed his toothbrush (cut down baby one), toothpaste (airline mini), shampoo (hotel mini) flannel and soap in his box to bring to our class with him and told him he clean his teeth and wash every day. However, as Fizzy doesn’t like washing, he had taken it out of his box when Mrs Claus wasn’t looking and left it behind. Lo and behold, the wash bag was now in his box ready to be used. The children were entranced!
Santa’s email also explained that he had had to have a serious talk to Fizzy about eating other people’s biscuits as to take something for ever like this was actually stealing rather than mischievous and it was up to us to teach Fizzy the difference. Fizzy had written in his journal to say he was very sorry and he would pay us for the biscuits from his pocket money. A little bag with enough shiny pennies for one each was in his box, (my husband decided the night before, when he came into the kitchen at home to find me scrubbing pennies with vinegar, that I had finally cracked)!
The children decided Fizzy had probably been tempted to steal the biscuits because we had left him out when we had our snack at breaktime. They vowed to make sure Fizzy got a biscuit of his own every day as well as the bread sticks and water Santa instructed us to leave out each night. However, they considered it hysterically funny that Fizzy thought a few pennies were enough to pay for biscuits but decided he didn’t understand our money system. I had already explained that Fizzy was a very young elf, only 135 years old, which is the age elves start elf school and their training with humans. One little girl said little children always think lots of 1ps are worth a more money than a pound coin but the pennies would be a lovely reminder of Fizzy when he had to go back home. I have been struck so many times in the past days about how creatively the children are thinking about all of this.
We have our Y3 Christmas production this week and Fizzy is spending the weekend with a little girl who is feeling a bit nervous so that he can help her practise saying her lines with expression. I am hoping he will work his elf magic and told her mum I hope he won’t be too naughty while he is staying with them. From the large wink I received, I think he may well get up to some tricks!

How lovely I think you must be the worlds best teacher it's hard enough keeping 2 kids involved never mind a whole class, the memories the kids will have will hopefully live with them and they can carry it on to there own children.
Well done and keep us all informed xx

PetuliaGristle

dd came downstairs this morning and found Fuzzy sitting watching Christmas Story with all the Christmas DVD's around him, and some sweets he borrowed from the treaty cupboard. She said 'Fuzzy is starting to be naughty now, mummy, tee hee...'

A friend from work suggested Fuzzy swaps the contents of cereal boxes around

Nenen I enjoyed reading about Fizzy's antics, and agree with fletty I'd love to hear more.

Emzy81

Well my OH is loving the christmas elf idea (good job as for those of you who don't know...we don't have any children!!)
So far he has been found upside down in the christmas tree after hanging chocolates on it, he has been found with OH's camera and had taken random pics on it, found in the cat food and has decorated our home with toilet roll!!

Jangles Frosty-Socks arrived on a reindeer (from Tesco) with his sleeping bag, passport, report, jar of Jingle Beans and a personalised cup that I got when I ordered the stamp from vistaprint. My OH has been using the cup ever since Jangles arrived lol!

Id love to take part in swapping Christmas cards if Im not too late? Let me know if anyone wants to please