![]() (Your kid could even complete or continue them for an educational moment!) Use different sizes of marshmallows for your Elf to practice making patterns. Use large marshmallows to build a road for your Elf’s cars! Now without further ado, I introduce to you our one and only Elf: Reindeer Face! (Can you tell a 3-year-old boy named him? This is the name we landed on after Mama firmly rejected “Reindeer Butt.”) Hahaha. And I loved eating a crapload of them while I took the pictures. I can’t wait until summer rolls around again….yummmmm! Well, I loved thinking up ways to bring my marshmallow love into the winter season with these ten simple ideas. If you are a newer follower then be sure to check out all of the recipes in my S’mores Saturdays series that I ran last summer. We all know that I have a crazy s’mores addiction, right? Well, I do. ![]() ![]() I have a series of posts full of Elf on the Shelf ideas you might want to check out like Elf on the Shelf Using Toys and Elf on the Shelf Using Chores but today we are starting with one that hits close to home: MARSHMALLOWS. He’s not a creepy watcher, per se, just a fun, silly addition to the fam for the month of December. If it takes more than two or three minutes I’m out, people. Ain’t nobody got time for that! (At least nobody in this house!) He just moves around doing something simple but fun each night. He doesn’t make huge messes nor have super elaborate setups and props. In fact, he spied these pictures and got all jazzed up about them and TRULY BELIEVED that the elf ran around and posed for me while I followed him with a camera. Our Elf on the Shelf made his first appearance last year, and I am looking forward to his return this year because I know my son will “get” it more this year. I’ve heard it all before, you naysayers, you! But I still think it’s a fun, silly tradition and I love it! I love anything kiddie and fun, as you may have realized by now. I know, I know, he’s creepy and it’s exhausting to come up with hiding spots-blah, blah, blah. One of my favorite silly parts of Christmas is the Elf on the Shelf tradition. ‘Tis the Season, my friends! Christmas is coming! EEEEK! As you know, I am a Halloween FANATIC, and I do adore Thanksgiving as well-best meal of the year!! But Christmas, aaaahhhhh, Christmas! I prefer the weather of October and the much lower-stress feel of the Halloween month, but the Christmas season overall sure is a magnificent one, don’t you think? The decorations, the food, the smells, the family, the service and kindness, the gifts, the beautiful religious aspect of it, and the music-OH! THE MUSIC! Best music in the world. Your kids will love how funny they are too. Elf on the Shelf ideas are always fun and this list of 10 ideas using marshmallows are easy and quick to do which parents love.
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