ELF ON SHELF TV

I had to come downstairs to get a drink and I saw magic dust in the air. When he forgot to move, we decided that it was because he just loved the pancakes too much to move.ġ6- Oh man! I think that it was my fault. Maybe you can move while the kids are at school/lessons today.”ġ3- I think that sometimes he likes to move in the day because he has a hard time seeing at night.ġ4- I definitely heard some talking last night, I think that his Elf friend came here, because it sounded like two elves… I bet they were talking so much that he forgot to move.ġ5- One year, our Elf made the kids little green pancakes. Let me pry him loose with a spoon.ġ1- I think that he stayed there because he could see everything really well.ġ2- “Elf, I’m sorry that we didn’t sleep well last night and you couldn’t move. This is why I ask you to stay in bed until 7:00 because he doesn’t get home from the North Pole until just before 7.Ĩ- You’re right, he didn’t move, but I see crumbs on the counter, so I bet that he had a snack and then went back to his spot and forgot that he had already been there!ĩ- Maybe he thought that if he stayed there today, he would be able to hide better since you wouldn’t look there again!ġ0- Oh no! It looks like his leg/arm/tag is stuck.

ELF ON SHELF TV

He must have fallen asleep early last night.Ħ- I think that I heard the TV last night- I bet he was watching a show and by the time it was over, he heard us waking up and couldn’t move.ħ- You woke up too early. He was afraid that he would be caught, so he had to stay put! (You have to stay in bed so that he can move!)ģ- (If your child had misbehaved) – He saw you crying about _ yesterday and he decided not to tell Santa, this time, because in this house, we give second chances.Ĥ- He fell asleep waiting for you to go to sleep…ĥ- I thought that I heard some snoring coming from downstairs. Here are 25 reasons why our Elf didn’t move:ġ- My friend, Holly, uses the excuse that her Elf was stuck, so they use Kitchen Tongs to move him from his spot, to pry him loose.Ģ- He heard someone getting out of bed right when he was about to move. On his good days, he does fun things and even changes outfits, but other days… he simply forgets to move. Our Elf on the Shelf has great ideas, but sometimes he just sticks with the same one for two days in a row. When the kids wake us up to tell us that our elf forgot to move – we need to be quick on our feet to think of a reason why. If you don’t have an elf, scroll to the bottom and you can find my affiliate link to Amazon to find an Elf on the Shelf & more. To which I now have a good response… 25, in fact. “MOM! Gilbert (our elf) forgot to move… again! He is STILL on the wreath on the door! Mom? Mom?” I hope that your Elf is less forgetful than ours.

So… every year, I share this post with the reasons why our Elf didn’t move.

This was first published in 2017, but we still use these ideas today because it’s that time of year again! Time to reshare our Elf’s Reasons for forgetting to move… again! Yes, even though the Elf on the Shelf’s Ideas make the kids laugh, he often forgets to move and stays put for two days in a row.