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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, …

Elf on the Shelf: No Sew Christmas Pajamas Tutorial Each year, we love to get the kids matching Christmas pajama pants. I don’t usually splurge for the entire matching outfits …

Elf on the Shelf: Goin’ Fishing in the Dark Our Elf, Pepper Mint, loves the great outdoors. He likes to fish and he loves to go fishing in the dark.  …

Each year, when we decorate, one of my favorite group of items to put out is The Three Tree Christmas Display. My seven year old daughter is really into decorating …

Kids Santa-Themed Christmas Tablescape Each time I host, I love to have a ‘kids table’. Growing up at family parties, as a kid I would always sit at the designated, …

Elf on the Shelf: Mele Kalikimaka Like many of you, we haven’t traveled anywhere too far away since before 2020. We had saved up our flight points and booked a …

Elf on the Shelf: Goodnight Moon Pepper Mint, our Elf, must have seen the green room in my girls’ dollhouse and thought to do a recreation of one of his …

Elf on the Shelf: Real Miniature Breakfast “Be Our Guest, Be our Guest, Put our Service to the Test”… What a fun Christmas breakfast for an Elf on the Shelf! …

Our Elf on the Shelf, Pepper,’s dream was to go riding in one horse open sleigh this Christmas. Pepper, our creative Elf on the Shelf, made his dream a reality …

This is our Elf on the Shelf: snowmobiling scene. Our elf, Pepper, is very creative. He also loves the great outdoors.  He went snowmobiling, “sledding” the other day. He wrote …

Best Christmas Books For Kids Christmas is just a week away and kids are starting to get excited. Books are a big part of the Christmas experience in our family. …