Bring Elf Magic to your Home!

 

“Remember, Santa’s watching you and he doesn’t bring presents to kids who don’t listen”.

Yes…I will admit, I use that threat from about November 1st until December 24th.  When this whole Elf on a Shelf hoopla came about, I knew I had to have one of those.  I mean seriously, bring a Santa spy into the house to report back everything you do wrong.  Definitely! But it seemed like the entire Christmas season was spent catching the kids doing something bad and threatening them to behave, rather than celebrating the good things that they do.  I’ve said before, I think if we focus on the positive with kids, the negative behaviors that we don’t want to see, will disappear…or at least be a lot less.

A couple days ago, a suspicious package was left on our porch for my kids.  We opened them up to find that Santa has sent two special elves, Jared and Vanessa to bring a little Christmas cheer into our home.  The kids were VERY excited!  They had written Santa a letter asking him if he could please send an elf to their home this year!

Elf Magic Tradition

Each little elf comes with a poem explaining why he or she is at your house, a tips sheet from Santa on how to care for your elf and little mini snowflakes that you are to dust your elf with every night to create Elf Magic while everyone is asleep!  Each night, before the kids go to bed, we will need to place our elves on the counter with a cracker and ice water.  You see, this nightly elf snack is a reminder of their home so they don’t get homesick.  The crunching of the cracker reminds them of the crunchy snow and the ice water reminds them of the melted North Pole snowflakes!  While we are sleeping, the elves go on an Elfcapade!  They make crafts, eat candy and hide!

The nice thing about Elf Magic as opposed to Elf on the Shelf is that Mrs. Claus makes sure to let the elves know about family rules on messes.  So if my rule is no throwing food, we will not wake up in the morning to see that Jared and Vanessa threw flour at each other during the night.

Unlike Elf on the Shelf where you must NEVER touch the elf, the Elf Magic elves love to be hugged, watch t.v. with you or sit on your lap while you do homework.  Remember, Santa sent them to see all the good things you are doing.  Sometimes your elves get so excited to be with you that they leave you a little piece of candy in their elf bag!!!

Bring Elf Magic to your Home!

Santa usually sends his elves to stay with families between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  You can have your children write letters to Santa asking for an elf friend or if your children are too young to write a letter, you can send your request through the Elf Magic website.  You can either have Santa mail an elf to you or, if you would like, Santa can direct you to the nearest store to pick your elf up yourself.

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I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas!!!