Our little elf, Paint, always arrives the night of December 1st so we decided to throw him a “Welcome” breakfast!
We pulled out our Christmas dishes…
…and I picked up a few more treats for the boys.
Since setting up our hot cocoa bar, we have been having a lot more hot chocolate around here. These Santa mugs from Walmart were perfect {and only $3!}
I picked up these felt Santa baskets from the dollar bin at Target and filled them with some candies and chocolates.
I also found these little ornaments and some reindeer antlers at the dollar store.
For the food we made elf pancakes {we just added some food coloring for the hats}…
…had reindeer granola {yogurt topped with granola}…
…and some “candy cane” fruit.
I also made up this Naughty or Nice board for a little “behaviour” control during the day. 🙂
Hopefully the NICE one stays up there a lot more than the NAUGHTY!
It was a fun breakfast to kick off the Christmas season!
Even if you don’t do Elf on the Shelf, it still makes for a fun way to celebrate the holidays!
Hope you are having a great week!
What a cute idea, and thanks for the printables 🙂
The last posted picture of your sons is priceless.
My grandkids have taken their turns with the flu recently, so their Elf on the Shelf (name is Felix) has decided to stay at grandma’s. And when each one’s illness has passed, the kids come to see where Felix is and read his message.
Newly retired teacher, and truly enjoying you incredible bloggers!
This is so fantastic. My boys are not even two yet, so we decided to wait until next year before our Elf arrives. I am definitely pinning this post…what a wonderful way to begin the tradition. Love this! Would love for you to share at my Season’s Best {Christmas} Link-Up…
http://www.fullhands-fullhearts.com/2012/11/seasons-best-christmas-link-up.html
Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Holli 🙂
Jenn!!! You do such wonderful things for your boys, you are such an inspiration to me!!!
This is such an adorable post. Super cute. Your boys are adorable. Miss my girls being young like that. Your breakfast looks so yummy.
TFS. Ana
You win…you are the best mommy ever!!! LOVE this!!
Very cute, Jenn! I am co-hosting the Ultimate Elf on the Shelf Link Party and I’d love for you to come link this up!
I pinned this. You did such a great job on all the little details. I can’t wait until my kids are a little older to start this tradition.
I’m so glad I dropped by today! Your post, with your gorgeous festive photos, totally put me in a Christmas-y mood. I just loooove how you set your table for a special breakfast and your children look so happy! Happy Holidays!
Looks like so much fun!!
I’m SO crazy about this idea, definitely doing this next year. Pinning 🙂
I love you are one of THOSE kinds of Mommies.
This is such a cute post!
My kids are grown and they didn’t have the elves back then – but my sister does for her 4 and I think this is the CUTEST IDEA.
Maybe one day I can be that kind of Gma…….with adorable ideas like this, how can I NOT??
This is SUCH an adorable idea, Jenn! What a great way to start “Elf season”! : )
What a cute idea!
Such a fun idea!
Oh my goodness! This is the cutest ever…totally copying next year!
Adorable! My kids are too big for Elf on the Shelf but so many families are BIG into it! What a fun way to start things off!
Oh my goodness!!! this party is too cute for words! Please stop by to link: http://atozebracelebrations.com/2012/12/tuesday-link-party-2.html
New visitor on your blog- Nancy 🙂
Aww…this looks like so much fun! We don’t do Elf on a Shelf but maybe we should try it out next year! 🙂
This looks SO fun! I wish Elf on a Shelf was around when my girls were little.
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up. http://tidymom.net/2012/handmade-christmas-ideas/
Have a very Merry Christmas!
You seem like SUCH a fun mom!!! I love this!!
Awe, thanks Sarah!!
Hi! I was wondering if you could tell me the program you use for your design? I want to look for other Christmas borders. 🙂 thanks so much!
I use My Memories Suite. One day I will figure out Photoshop! 😉
This is absolutely adorable! It’s my first year starting Elf on the Shelf with my 2 and 4 year old boys and I’m ecstatic!! I would like to use your link to show where I got the wonderful Naughty and Nice idea from along with your other ideas, on my blog once I get it all together 🙂
Crystal
Thanks Crystal! That would be great if you included a link! Have lots of fun with your little elf – I’m sure your boys will love it! 🙂
I love the framed Welcome! The Naughty & Nice signs are too cute!
But, when I try to print the are miniature. How can I print full size like you did?
Thanks!
Hmmm… I’m not sure why they would be printing miniature. Did you download them onto your computer and then print or just print directly from Google Docs? Can you change your printer settings to print to a full page or 8×10?