Our Elf on the Shelf Adventures - December 2014

First, let me introduce our elves ...

Snowbell

Tyler

Snowflake

Taylor

Shhh ... Class is in session

Our elves were in their classroom last night. They are studying hard because they have a big test coming up ...

Miss Snowflake is the teacher

Snowbell is quietly waiting for the others to finish

Taylor hard at work

Excellent printing, Tyler!

They hung their jackets on the mug stand.

They're Bacccck ... Sort of

We got our approval letter letting us know that Taylor & Tyler are coming back to us this year. We really miss them and can't wait to see what mischief they can get themselves into this time ...

 The next night,  the door & wreath appeared.

We woke this morning to find our elves sitting snug in their boxes with a letter attached. 

Oh dear! Of course we welcomed them and gave them names. After a LOT of debate and voting, we decided to put our favorite names into a bag and pick that way ... 

We proudly present ....  

Snowbell & Snowflake 

Bleeding Candles

Super easy Halloween decoration ...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE CAREFUL AROUND THE FLAMES!

Supplies:

White candle

Red candle

Lighter

Put the white candle in a candle holder. 

Light the red candle and hold it over the white candle letting the melting wax drip down.

As the wax runs, it will dry making it look like your candle is bleeding.

 

 Told you it was easy! 

 

Monster Bowling

 Every year, we have a Halloween party for our little friends and relatives who we won't get to see on Halloween. I try to make at least one new game each year. This year I made ... Monster Bowling

I convinced hubby that he wanted to cut up a piece of 2x4 into 10" pieces for me. We made 6 in total. 

Sanding off the rough edges and splinters

I painted each one a different color using craft paint.

Using Mod Podge & monster face printables that I found at Design Dazzle .

 All done! 

Only after I had them finished did I think about the noise factor as the kids knocked them down. I guess I'll be handing out Advil and ear plugs to any adults who stay at the party, lol

Candy Corn

Pretty simple to make.

Cut a candy corn shape out of wood

Paint it white

Lightly mark the lines for the different colors

First the orange

Then the yellow (the white tip is already there ;))

Clear coat it to make it weather-proof

Add spikes to the back & pop into the ground :)

DIY Paper storage rack

After searching for some kind of paper storage, preferably an affordable one, I found some diy ideas on Pinterest .

I got this cube storage kit at Walmart for $20 and a pack of zip-ties.

 And my kids and I set out to build me a storage rack.

  After a few failed attempts ... (Hopefully hubby doesn't need any zip-ties tonight.)

 

Those zip-ties were a real pain to cut after they were pulled tight!

We finally got it the way I wanted it :D