The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hit theaters; I realize that I never posted the Elf on the Shelf Super Mario scene that our elves, Pepper and Winter Mint, set out for us on December 17, 2025. The kids had a hard time finding the elves since they were in the master bathroom on the tub surround. Once our …
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Elf on the Shelf: Riding in Rapids. Pepper and Winter found their way into my son’s Polar Bear Arctic-themed room. They took the Camp Wandawega canoe down some “bean-bag-blanket-rapids” with our IKEA polar bear as their river guide. Unfortunately, Pepper, our Elf on the Shelf, was trying to ride the bull when the canoe hit …
Elf on the Shelf: Snowshoeing. Our elves were enjoying themselves in this outdoor snowshoeing scene today. It was such a fun festive looking set up. They were standing on a lot of faux snow. The faux snow has a lot of sparkles/glitter, etc. in it to make it look more realistic. The elves were standing …
I LOVE chess. It is my all-time favorite board game…Stratego is a close second on board game ratings, and Risk a third… I guess I love strategy. I never really knew that about myself until I just typed out my favorite board games… Anyway, today our elves are playing chess with one another. They are …
This morning, my kids looked and looked and looked for our elves and could not find them. Finally, about 10 minutes before school, I placed my 6 year old daughter looking straight at the elves while I did her hair. The photo below was her perspective as I did her hair. About when I was …
The last few Christmases my kids and I have tied quilts for our home or donated them to Wrap Ukraine in Quilts charity. This is the blanket we tied last year. Today, our Elf on the Shelf siblings laid out the blanket we are planning on tying for Christmas 2025. We tie a blanket while …
Recently, I made a Twelve Days of Christmas tablescape and decorated the backs of the dining chairs with Christmas pine sprigs. I was going to make chair wreaths but was running out of time before the guests came. So, I just came up with these cherry charm Christmas pine sprigs because I thought they’d be …
Our elves are bathing in gingerbread snaps on this bright Christmas day. Pepper Mint (brother) and Winter Mint (sister) are eating and bathing in gingerbread snaps and drinking hot cocoa. I think they just saw a cute opportunity to join the red, green and brown gingerbread tablescape I was setting up for our annual family …
Today our Elf on the Shelf siblings, Winter Mint and Pepper Mint, were in our living room on a chair with the Winnie the Pooh clan. Pepper was reading out of a Winnie the Pooh book. and Winter was as well. The other Winnie the Pooh characters were listening. I loved so many details in …
This is a fun pink gingerbread house tablescape for kids that I designed for our annual Pulsipher family Christmas party this last weekend. The table was decorated with a variety of gingerbread houses and gingerbread men—themed items. There were gingerbread house ornaments and favor boxes on the chairs. Each setting came with a darling gingerbread …
Today our elf siblings are bungy jumping. They have their harnesses and ankle safety on and have taken the leap off of our living room chandelier. My four and six year old had no idea what they were doing and their older siblings were at their dad’s house this morning. So, I asked them do …