Elf on the Shelf Ideas — elves behavin badly

The whole Elf on the Shelf tradition all came about when Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chamda Bell published the book titled The Elf on the Shelf. The story describing how Santa's scout elves hide in peoples homes watching over events throughout the day. When everyone is sleeping the Elf travels back to Santa to update him and report on the behaviour of the children, before the family wakes up the Elf hides around the family home in different places each day creating an ongoing game of hide and seek. Fast forward and the Elf on the Shelf tradition has...