But once your kid spies their Elf out in the open (cooking in the kitchen or rolling down the stairs in a toilet paper tube, for example), the fun ... hiding your Elf on the Shelf in existing ...

Many families find that Elf on the Shelf is a fun way to start the day and get ... Some parents enjoy creatively setting up unique scenarios and hiding spots for their elf. The elf is top-heavy ...

Christy Heins, of North Aurora, Illinois, shared her exit strategy for getting out of the Elf on the Shelf routine in ... about their elves still hiding and doing funny things," she said.