Yes, we did "Elf on the Shelf" this year. It was sparked by finding this great little guy at a thrift store for $3. We didn't do the book thing where it said that the elf was watching you each day and reporting your behavior to Santa. Mary knows the story of Santa but knows that it is a fairy tale. She also knows who the real Saint Nicolas was. So I just did Elf on the Shelf for fun. We treated it with the concept of Toy Story, where the toys come alive when you are not looking and freeze when you see them. Mary had so much fun with this. She was so excited each morning to see what he was up to. As you can see we had him playing Candy Land with is buddies, dancing the Nutcracker with Barbie, to getting ready for an ugly Christmas sweater party. He also read the Christmas story in Luke after we set up our nativity set. I got a lot of my ideas from Pinterest and I also thought up stuff from the things she had in her room. It was great fun and here are little thumb nails shots of what we did each night.
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