Amazing Elf on the Shelf Ideas

 Amazing elf on the shelf Ideas

1.  The Voice 

No one can hit a high note like an elf. 

2. The Sketch Artist

Leonardo DiCaprio from Titanic has nothing on this elf.

3.Frozen

This elf and Elsa are bonding over how little the cold bothers them. From My Mommy Style.

4. Playing Connect Four

Someone should warn Lalaloopsy that elves totally cheat.

5. Elf 

Enjoying Buddy the Elf’s famous spaghetti recipe

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Campfire and S'mores

Campfire and S'mores

Create a picturesque camping scene with mini campfire and s'more ornaments, made using felt, cardboard, cotton balls, and a foam "marshmallow."

Get the tutorial at Enjoying The Small Things.

Painted Walnut and Sweater Hoop

Painted Walnut and Sweater Hoop

Painted Walnut: Coat a walnut with acrylic paint(Craft Smart Acrylic Paint in Pale Blue, 69 cents; michaels.com). Once dry, apply a layer of clear nail polish for a shiny finish. Glue a bead to the top and bottom. Add an extra dab of glue on top; affix loop of string to hang.

Sweater Hoop: Fit the inner circle of a 3" embroidery hoop over the desired section of an old scarf or sweater. Cut out section, leaving a ½" edge. Fold excess fabric over hoop and hot-glue in back. Attach outer hoop and thread ribbon through hardware at top to hang.

Deer Head and Music Sheet Tassel

Deer Head and Music Sheet Tassel

Felt Deer Head: Download our template, then trace crest portion of the template onto a cork coaster (99 cents for four; ikea.com) and cut out. Trace head portion of template onto felt and cut out. Repeat with cardboard, then trim so it's slightly smaller than the felt. Hot-glue felt to cardboard, then glue cardboard to cork crest. Paint thin sticks white (or leave brown) and hot-glue between the felt and cardboard layers. Glue a loop of twine at back to hang.

Music Sheet Tassel: Cut a two-sided page of sheet music featuring a favorite holiday carol into ¼" strips. (You can also print your own.) Next, glue a ¾" wooden bead to the end of a wine cork (this will help create dome shape at top of tassel). Bend strips over the bead and cinch around the cork with a rubber band. Cover exposed rubber band with a spare strip. Curl ends of paper around fingertip to fan. Loop string through strips at top to hang.

Snowman, Starbursts, and Tree

Snowman, Starbursts, and Tree

Button Snowman: Glue three white two-hole buttons (turn top one perpendicular to create eyes) to white felt; trim felt, leaving a ⅛" edge. Wrap with a piece of rickrack. Cut small hat shape from gray felt and adhere to top with hot-glue. Then glue ribbon behind hat to hang.

String Starbursts: Trace a 2 ½" circle on a 3" birch slice. Mark eight evenly spaced points around the circle and insert small nails. Wrap embroidery floss around nails, making square and star shapes. Add a nail to the top; tie on a loop of string to hang.

Fabric Tree: Use pinking shears to cut two triangles measuring 4 ½" H × 2 ⅜" W from fabric. We used Scoot Fabric ($9/yard; deenarutter.com). Hot-glue long edges of triangles closed and stuff with batting. Insert cinnamon stick in opening at the bottom of triangles and glue fabric closed around it. Thread a loop of string through the top to hang.

Craft Stick Skis and Ribbon Candy

Craft Stick Skis and Ribbon Candy

Craft Stick Skis: Paint two wooden craft sticks (Craft Smart Acrylic Paint in Pale Blue, 69 cents; michaels.com). Adjoin sticks with hot-glue making an X. Paint two toothpicks white. Hot-glue metal snaps (we used size 1) to one end of each stick. Color opposite ends black. Hot-glue a ¾" piece of twine in a loop to each black end. Hot-glue one pole to the top ski. Glue second pole at center of first. Glue twine to ski tops to hang.

Ribbon Candy: Coat a 24" piece of ribbon in fabric stiffener. Hang to dry (about an hour). Fold ribbon into loops as shown above, adding a dab of hot-glue between each layer. Glue a bead to the top and bottom. Add an extra dab of glue on the top; affix loop of string to hang.

Paint-by-Numbers

Paint-by-Numbers

A dime a dozen at flea markets, a few of these amateur paintings can yield scads of one-of-a-kind tree trimmers. "I've always been inspired by the shape of vintage ornaments," says the creator, who cut out the silhouettes using heavy-duty scissors. (Get her template here.)