Arrrrgh, The Elf!

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Can't find it. Always pack it with christmas decs, but got them down today and nowhere to be seen. Any ideas of what to do in the morning/until I can find it or buy another?! Child is fully expecting an elf to have been up to some kind of mischief. 😫

Make a mess, say elf was naughty and is hiding from us

Hide and seek!

Leave a note from the Elf playing hide and seek. Leave some sweets dotted around as clues and when they can't find Elf, send DC off to school, buy an elf before end of school day and allow DC to 'find' Elf on their return home.

Get on the pc make a pretty background write a letter form said naughty elf that he/she is there hiding and can’t wait for them to fine him/her. Buys you time to get to a shop.

I don't know where you'd get them (print on the computer?) but postcards from him at random holiday destinations? Maybe with cheeky stories about what he's done (if you have a mischievous elf?). If you're into photoshop you could have him in the picture, sitting on the beach or whatever.

I’ve got my elf but no arriving plan any ideas?

Alternatively, letter from Santa saying elf was on the way but had forgotten gift so has gone back to North Pole. Buy the elf tomorrow and a gift of some sort, chocolate or whatever and have him waiting on return from school.

Elf doesn't appear until the star is on top of the tree (buys time).

Elf is on a secret mission and is tracking down "christmas item/animal likely to hold child's attention"

Distract with something shiny

Break christmas and scar child permanently by saying it's all made up, bonus of creating extra time for gin drinking which would have been spent on Elf shenanigans.

Perfect

dangling from tinsel from the light? With a cool yet unhealthy breakfast? Just sitting with advent calendars. Held hostage by Lego people as caught trespassing

Disclaimer, this is my 13th year of doing the elf and the cracks are showing !

My middle child has started sending me elf tips 😅 she’s 11 so it’s only for the little now.

This is my first time doing it and forgot maybe i do the tinsel idea 🙌🏽

Ours arrives after school, by knocking on the front door and presenting children with calendars and Pj.

I'm just going to position ours next to the advent calendar. I'm not very exciting with the elves ha ha

We have many a day where it doesn’t move and then some days it’s writes on a mirror about brushing teeth or steals my flour and makes flour angels. Have done art so elf sits nexts to say good spray paint and pine cones and glitter. Toilet papered the Christmas tree. Elf has picked up mixing bowls and brownie mix. Mines not as exciting as some I’ve seen. Did once bring an iPad to share mine 😅

I'm going with option 4.

Why why why did I leave it till tonight to check?!

this was me last week, couldn’t find the b thing and was desperately trying to remember exactly what it looked like so I could order another one 🤯😱

Update - found an 'elf stuck in the TV' thing on youtube, so that's where he was this morning.

Managed to buy one in Boots this morning.

Why did I ever start this shite!!