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The footprints help show the elf was rather active at night. One of the more popular Elf on the Shelf ideas this year has ... and some crayons for this easy idea that has the elf making candy.

New Jersey mom Mary Grego says the best part of her creative Elf on the Shelf displays is watching ... telling PEOPLE her unique ideas have "progressed over time" to wow her little ones, daughter ...

Christy Heins, of North Aurora, Illinois, shared her exit strategy for getting out of the Elf on the Shelf routine in a ... let Heins' kids down easy. "I crafted this letter keeping in mind ...