Quick Llama Birthday Party I throw a friend party for my children every other year and a family party for them every year. The friend parties are more time consuming, expensive, and thought out. The family parties are put together more on a whim and are less expensive. I try not to spend more than …
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Elf on the Shelf: Dollhouse Seek and Find. Our Elf on the Shelf Pepper Mint built my daughter’s IKEA dollhouse shelf that was sitting in a box in her room for the past half year. The day after I purchased the dollhouse for her room, I was put on a lot of restrictions due to …
Elf on the Shelf: Surprise Arrival Basket Our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper Mint arrived on our porch in this cute arrival basket. The kids were beyond excited! They could not believe how fast Santa sent him— especially considering that it was just the day before that I filled out the, “Elf on the Shelf …
Elf on the Shelf: Oh There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays We were going to leave to Hawaii for a family vacation that we had planned for about a year. We hadn’t traveled for a long time together and the kids were very excited! Unfortunately a few days before we left, the kids …
This Winter Pomegranate Red Tablescape was very simple, easy, and inexpensive to put together. We recently had our family over for a post-Christmas dinner. It was a fun event. To celebrate, my daughter and I set up this winter pomegranate red tablescape, a snowman kids’ tablescape, and a hot cocoa bar. I loved the ambiance …
Elf on the Shelf: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? This darling little scene was left by our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper Mint. He brought the kids a snowman making kit and made us a snowman out of indoor snowballs. Inside the snowman making kit there was a plastic carrot and pipe, a …
Elf on the Shelf: Sledding on the Christmas Tree. We have a Santa-themed Christmas tree and most of the ornaments are red, white and green. Our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper, was on a sled in the branches of our Christmas Tree this particular day. So, he was camouflaged well and was hard to find. …
Elf on the Shelf: He Sees You When You’re Cleaning This day was one of my favorite displays of our Elf, Pepper Mint. He inspired my kids to clean, prep and help out because Santa Claus is coming to town! Pepper left this note: It reads, ” He sees you when you’re cleaning, he …
Elf on the Shelf: Balloon Basket has our elf, Pepper Mint, in a floating balloon basket carrying lots of toys for good girls and boys. This morning we woke up and Pepper, our Elf on the Shelf, was pretty easy to spot. He was floating in a top hat basket. The hat came from our …
Elf on the Shelf: Pepper’s Toy Shop The morning of this Elf on the Shelf scene was Christmas Eve and we found Pepper Mint, our Elf on the Shelf, in his own shop making toys. Check out the video to see the details in a different medium… Thanks to scottholmesmusic.com for the music used …
Elf on the Shelf: Decorating Gingerbread Houses Apparently, Pepper, our Elf on the Shelf, is a foodie. He loves his gourmet hot cocoa with marshmallows, his breakfasts are decadent feasts, and he can make and decorate a gingerbread house like no one else’s business. The day that we were going to decorate gingerbread houses with …