Elf on the Shelf Printables

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it.  The challenge for this week is to make a project to help kick off the holiday season.

To read the complete story of "The Elf on the Shelf" hop by the website, but the general idea is that when your "assigned" elf arrives, you must name him or her and set her on a shelf in your home. Your new elf acts like Santa's little spy, watching to see if your child/ren have been behaving and will earn Santa's gifts. Each night your Elf will return to Santa and report any naughty or nice news. Every night when the elf returns, he or she may choose a new spot to sit. You may not touch the elf after that first day, you don't want to rub off any of the Christmas Magic, do you??  But don't forget, your little elf must be under the tree or by the stockings on Christmas Eve night so s/he can hitch a ride home with Santa.

As much as I love the story of "The Elf on the Shelf" I just knew I could re-create the wonderful story at a fraction of the price. My version includes a printable letter from Santa. He tells a little about the elf, that you must name your elf etc. I've also included the elf passport, this is where you assign your elf it's name.

Here are the parts of my printable kit. For this sample, I used the 1st letter download. This letter includes margins in case you'd like to print of holiday paper you may already have in your stash.

I love that Santa "signed" the letter too! The second letter file is a full page and doesn't leave any margins. You could print it on any paper or full page patterned paper too.

Here is the elf's passport. It's complete with date of issue (please note; we put our Elf on the Shelf out December 1st), date of birth etc. The back includes all the passport stamps your Elf has collected from all over the world.

Here is the little Elf we are using this year. It's a cute little shelf sitter I picked up at a Craft Bazaar.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/Xf18fHdd/Elf_on_the_Shelf_letter_1.html

This letter is the one that has 1" margins all around.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/nbbaeu0Y/Elf_on_the_Shelf_letter_2.html

This is the letter with no margins (for use on full patterned paper or blank paper).

http://www.4shared.com/photo/FZ-txtPN/Elf_on_the_Shelf_passport_-_si.html

This is a single passport. It will print to a full size of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", fold it in half and seal to complete your passport. I will be laminating ours to keep it from year to year.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/pbzG7zSq/Elf_on_the_Shelf_passport_-_do.html

And in case you have multiple families or grandkids etc you'd like to gift this story to, this is a double passport. It has two per page and each has a different passport number too.

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations