Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition (blue-eyed boy)

This Elf on the Shelf is a classic Christmas tradition that brings so much excitement and magic to the holiday season. The quality is great, the details are charming, and it’s the perfect way to create fun daily moments and memories for kids. Honestly this little guy gets our family in the Christmas Spirit and my husband is so creative! *Pros: well made, timeless holiday tradition, encourages creativity and imagination. *Cons: The hat keeps falling off so I got some glue and its all good now 💡 Tip: Plan a few easy elf ideas ahead of time to keep the tradition fun and stress-free. I highly recommend this item & I hope this review is helpful 👍🏻

Our three year old twins are getting old enough where they are starting to understand certain concepts so we thought this Christmas would be the perfect year to purchase an Elf on the Shelf. They loved it and had so much fun with it! I believe Elf on the Shelf is a relatively new tradition but I love the look of the scout elf because he has the look of a 1950s figurine. Included in the very sturdy and reusable box is the elf and a colorful, hardcover storybook which explains in a rhyming, storytelling manner how to use the Elf on the Shelf. The elf itself is approximately 13 inches tall, fully-extended, and his outfit feels like it is made of a felt-like material. His body is stuffed with plastic pellets and his head is made of hard plastic with nicely painted-on facial features. He doesn't sit very well by himself but there are plenty of ways to prop him up. His hands are also stitched together which makes it fun to dangle him from a doorknob, chandelier, or any other fun spot you can think of! The storybook is a beautiful hardcover with colorful pictures and the book reads like a rhyme. It is approximately 26 pages long and explains how the Elf on the Shelf works. The idea behind it is the scout elf is sent to your family each year and will keep an eye on the children on behalf of Santa. You get to name the elf and he will continue to be your family's scout elf. At night, the elf will fly to the North Pole to report good and/or naughty behavior, then fly back to the family where he will get into something during the night and the children will wake up the next morning, excited to find him! The elf is always watching and the only rule is that the elf can't be touched otherwise the magic will disappear. When the elf flies back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, he won't return to your family until the next Christmas season. I really love this activity for my kids and felt that, at almost three years old, it was the perfect age to introduce this to them! My kids always got so excited to look for our elf in the morning and kept asking throughout the day why he was trying to get out the door or why he was hanging from the Christmas tree. I was also very impressed with how well my kids listened to the rule and they never touched him. Whenever they started acting up, I would tell them our elf is watching and we don't want him to have to report any naughty behavior to Santa. It didn't always work but hey, I tried. Overall, I think this is a great activity for families and I felt it was very reasonably priced for the amount of fun we had. I highly recommend this to give your kids something to look forward to every morning during the Christmas season!

Isn't this the cutest idea? Have given them to all of my grandchildren. They really believe!

This Elf on the Shelf is so much FUN! I have seen this product available for years! My oldest is finally old enough to understand and get the Elf on the Shelf. (Ages 3,2, and 1) my Three year old every morning gets so excited to find our Elf "Spike" and understands what the Elf does! My two year old goes along with his older brother. I would recommend ages 3 and older. For the product...The package is comes in is sturdy and is nice to keep everything together in. The Elf is made very durable! The book that comes with it is NICE! It's a hard cover and the pages are a think paper. In the back of the book it has an area that you write when your tradition started and your elfs name. It's a cute and easy read! My boys love the book so much we read it every night before bedtime! I would recommend this Elf on the Shelf package to anyone! It's such a FUN new family tradition I can't wait to do every year with my family!

This creature possesses dark magic. I thought I was going to have to move him around like other people say they do but I didn't. He was always in a different place in the morning. At first the things "Jingle" did were pretty cute; making the toilet paper into a snow man, writing notes to my child in cute backwards handwriting...but then things started to get strange. The first morning that I became concerned was when I found him in my daughters bathroom in front of the mirror that had writing on it. I expected it to say something cute like "It's almost Christmas" or "Happy Holidays!" but what I found was "REDRUM". Being horror movie fans, I just chalked it up to him trying to mess with my husband and I and told my daughter that he was just being silly. But then the next morning, I found something VERY disturbing. Jingle was sitting in my daughters floor with one of her barbies in A NOOSE. After this occurred I told my daughter I thought it was time to send Jingle back to the North Pole and ask Santa for a new elf. She was confused but said okay. So I took the elf and tossed him in the dumpster at our apartments and went to Target to purchase a new one. Due to being freaked out over the elf I had received I purchased a girl one this time. That night I showed my child her new Elf on a Shelf and she named her "Lulu Bell". That evening I placed Lulu Bell in the Christmas tree and the next morning she was still there! I was elated that I had finally gotten a normal elf and that Jingle was gone. I went to bed that next night after putting Lulu Bell on the couch with a book on her lap and the next morning I woke up to my daughter screaming. I ran into the living room to find Lulu Bell on the floor with what I assumed was ketchup on her neck and there beside her was Jingle, with a butter knife in his hand and "ketchup" on it as well. I quickly called Amazon and informed them of the situation and then I found out, they had never sent me an elf because the one I wanted was on back order.... (This was a fictional story for the amusement of myself and others. My true review is that my daughter loved her elf and we had a lot of fun with it!)

I was reluctant when I purchased this that my 5 yr old son would even like the Elf on The Shelf. I was so wrong he LOVED it! It was not only a cute stuffed figure but the story that is behind it in the Book that came with ours kept my son wanting more. He came with rules on how the child should not play with him. And sometimes accidents happen and the child touches his/her Elf they lose thier Magic and can't fly. There is a recipe online for some homemade rescue dust. The Elf each night after everyones asleep flys back the North Pole and reports the Childs kindness and yes sometimes naughtyness to Santa Claus. The child can even tell thier Elf things so he/she can relay that message to Santa. I believe anyone who wants to add a new tradition to thier family for the holidays would Love them. They not only come in different Skin Colors but Hair and Eye Colors as well and you can order a Boy or Girl Elf to match your child. If you want to learn more just Google The Elf on the Shelf and read more about this Wonderful New Tradition! I'm so pleased I did!

This was a big hit this year with our daughter. She is 8 and we were not sure she would enjoy it. We were very wrong. We brought this out after Thanksgiving, read the book and have been enjoying the "crazy and weird" things this elf does every night. On a few occasions, our daughter swore he moved when we were not home and even left it a picture and notes. It is nice to see her wake up happy and ready to find the little rascal. The elf itself consists of a typical stuffing material and is pretty bendable and strong. We have had him bend-hung-flattened and he is like new with no signs of any issues. The box it comes with is very solid and makes for a great sturdy storage for in between seasons. Great idea that once you buy it, will provide years of enjoyment. Highly recommend. Might even be adding the girl version in the future. I took one star away as the hands lacked an important feature. They come stitched together which limit the function for positions, etc a great deal. They should put strong magnets in the hands so that you can separate them and use them for metal object ideas, etc.

I can't believe the price! This is the same thing the local stores were selling at over double the price here. It is the same box, same book, same elf, everything! This is really an awesome find! I bought it after Christmas and am putting it away for next year but even so, the stores still had it over double the amount. I took it out the box and inspected it, read the book and found nothing wrong with either one. My grandchildren already have one of these, the same one in fact so I know what it feels like and does and I can't find any difference in them. They both feel the same. Although I never seen their book, this one tells the story about the elf and what to do. It even has a place for you to name and register it. (How cute is that!) So I am assuming it is the same book as all the others because I do remember them mentioning that with their elf plus when I looked locally, you can see the book in the box and it looks the same. The little grandkids will have fun next year because they don't know *I* have it and when they come over they will think their elf (they have the same boy scout) is really watching them. They'll wonder how they left their house and saw it there and came here and walked in to see it waiting for them. It will just a little wonder, magic, fun to the holiday season.Remember, the elf leaves Christmas Eve (goes with Santa) so this is one decoration that isn't out Christmas Day or after. (Don't understand? The book explains everything!) I can't wait to see the expressions on their faces!

Everyone knows about this by now but this one is the one to go for. Lovely book comes with it. Just a nice Xmas tradition with my two kids 5 and 3 which as they get older has the potential to get a bit cheekier and funnier. My kids named ours Lucky after we read the book and were obsessed with him. Superb build quality. Nice materials. Just buy it you'll be so glad you did. I'm actually looking forward to seeing Lucky again next year, he's part of Xmas now and who can put a price on those memories?

Meraviglioso. Ogni bimbo dovrebbe averne uno. Lo stupore alla mattina negli occhi dei bimbi quando lo trovano in un posto diverso è impagabile. Divertente la sera per i genitori spostarlo nei posti più strani. L’elfo rende il Natale ancora più magico. Di anno in anno i bimbi aspettano il giorno in cui gli elfi torneranno. Stupendi i racconti che continuano per tutto il giorno sul ritrovamento dopo la notte.

After losing our original elf in a house fire, this was the best and easiest way to get our elf back in time for Christmas. Made the spirit of Christmas truly come true for the kids... as they knew nothing had happened to our elf! He was safe with santa

Es muy gracioso. Y toda la historia que tiene. Mi niets ya es grande pero sigue año tras año disfrutando de las gracias del elfo!

It was a Christmas present and he loved it