{"id":192681,"date":"2018-12-19T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=192681"},"modified":"2018-12-19T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T06:30:18","slug":"elf-shelf-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2018\/12\/19\/elf-shelf-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Elf on the Shelf ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have run out of ideas of what he can get up to during the night, here are some ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minion bananas. Using a permanent marker draw minion faces on bananas and let your elf chill with them.<\/li>\n<li>Cupcakes. Even elves love cupcakes! I mean really, who doesn\u2019t?<\/li>\n<li>S\u2019mores. Have your elf ready with all the ingredients to make some S\u2019mores with the kids.<\/li>\n<li>Pancakes. Make some pancakes for breakfast and let your elf serve them to your little ones.<\/li>\n<li>Trapped. Trap your elf under a glass with a message with the word \u201chelp\u201d inside it with him.<\/li>\n<li>The fridge. Use a washcloth to wrap up your elf and stick him in your refrigerator.<\/li>\n<li>An igloo. Make an igloo out of cotton balls and let your elf take a nap inside.<\/li>\n<li>Toilet paper tower. Simply stack up rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom and stick the elf on the very top.<\/li>\n<li>Lego ambush. Tie up your elf and have the kids\u2019 Lego men kidnap him.<\/li>\n<li>Board game. Set up a board game and have your elf (and other toys) have a go.<\/li>\n<li>Storytime. Have other toys sitting around your elf and have him read them a book.<\/li>\n<li>The mechanic. Place your elf under a large toy car and let him give the car a tune-up.<\/li>\n<li>Caught. If your child has little army men, then tape your elf to the wall with the army men surrounding him.<\/li>\n<li>A date. Does your child have a Barbie doll? Why not place them both at a \u201cdinner table\u201d and let them go on a date.<\/li>\n<li>The sweetie jar. Have the kids catch him trying to sneak some sweets out of the sweetie jar\/tin.<\/li>\n<li>The selfie. Selfies are so popular so why shouldn\u2019t your elf take one? Use your phone to look like elf has taken a selfie.<\/li>\n<li>Dog food. Have your elf peeking outside your dogs\u2019 biscuit box with a note reading \u201cDo not leave these out for Santa. They taste disgusting\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Snow angel. Have your elf make a \u201csnow angel\u201d, using sugar or flour, on your kitchen countertops.<\/li>\n<li>Colouring in. Partially colour-in a picture, put the a crayon in the elf\u2019s hands and let your kids admire his artwork.<\/li>\n<li>Mischief. Buy fake moustaches and have your elf put them on your family photos. Let your little ones catch him in the act.<\/li>\n<li>Superhero elf. Get elf to fight crime with your child\u2019s superhero figurines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No matter what your elf gets up to, remember to just have fun with him.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='279fe93c4b3bd55c4f3df4a0bb113c8e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of year when Santa\u2019s elf makes his way around your home, surprising the little ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":192683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton local media","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[1885,23399,2384,1013,1302,5713],"class_list":["post-192681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-christmas","tag-elf-on-the-shelf","tag-festive-season","tag-fun","tag-games","tag-kids"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Christmas","elf on the shelf","festive season","fun","games","kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}