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Thursday, November 29, 2012

5 Creative Ideas to Have More Fun with your Elf on the Shelf

Creative ideas to keep the kids giggling with the Elf on the Shelf Holiday Family Tradition

Have you heard of the Elf on the Shelf Holiday Tradition? It's been growing in popularity for years now. In fact, we’ve been playing this fun Hide ‘n Seek game every Christmas for the past 6 years. How does it work? Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more.  Your Elf has a job to do, as the book that comes with the Elf explains. He or she sits in your house during the day but then at night, the Elf flies back to Santa to report on who has been naughty and who has been nice. Wait! Why would kids like that? Well, here’s the fun part. When the Elf comes back in the morning, he’s sitting in a different part of the house. It is the ultimate hide and seek game. As a family you can name your Elf …

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