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Last year I noticed that SpecialK had one of these, on her blog post. I had no idea really what it was. This year, another friend told me that she had just ordered one for her daughter, who's 4. It's supposed to sit on a shelf and doesn't move unless no one is watching her. If a kid touches her, she loses all her magic. So, I thought I'd give it a shot. I ordered her on Amazon in the middle of last week, by typing in "Pixie elf". She came today, with a white skirt on. And a big book is included. My 6 year old daughter is SOOO into the Pixie Elf! She has talked about/to it since we put it on the shelf, and hasn't stopped talking. The elf has moved once today to another shelf, and shifted it's body another time. DD said she saw it smile bigger at one point. :popcorn: This is going to probably be just as entertaining to DH and myself as it will be for her this season.
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I'm trying to find the dark skin elf. The company that makes them is located near my office. :clap: I've got a couple of leads for retail stores and if I can't find one I can go by their office to purchase it. The customer service rep said the dark skin elf is doing really well in sales in the Atlanta area.
Sleep, I am soooooo with you on the bad behavior. Its like DS can't control himself because of the excitement! We hav ebeen doing the Elf on the Shelf for a few years. Last night the dog ate "Percy." Really. It never occured to me to have the elfs do anything but move from one place to another everyday. I will have to mess with ours tonight since it seems to be losing some magic for DS.
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Does it ever creep out the kids? I have a fear of clowns and would probably have a heart attack with the elf showing up in an unexpected place. DH will be one moving it around since he stays up later than the rest of us. The kids are very excited about Christmas. They don't seem to have much incentive to change the bad behavior because they think they will get gifts no matter how they behave.
Sleeplvr
I'm trying to find the dark skin elf. The company that makes them is located near my office. :clap: I've got a couple of leads for retail stores and if I can't find one I can go by their office to purchase it. The customer service rep said the dark skin elf is doing really well in sales in the Atlanta area.
Sleeplvr
Does it ever creep out the kids? I have a fear of clowns and would probably have a heart attack with the elf showing up in an unexpected place. DH will be one moving it around since he stays up later than the rest of us. The kids are very excited about Christmas. They don't seem to have much incentive to change the bad behavior because they think they will get gifts no matter how they behave.
I went to my local Barnes and Noble last night looking for the package deal. The store clerk said they have flown off the shelf because teachers are now buying them. Pretty smart way to deal with anxious kids at school. DS has an issue with Santa, clowns & dolls. I was the child convinced my dolls were looking at me too. I used to turn them around or cover them up when I went to bed. My MIL has some creepy looking dolls in the bedroom where the kids sleep at her house. I turned them around and she went right back in there and turned them back around while the kids were still awake. :grr:
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I was like that as a kid, still am to some extent..so is my oldest. Dh purchased a marrionette while in Germany and my oldest son was too scared of that puppet. lol
Sleeplvr
Does it ever creep out the kids? I have a fear of clowns and would probably have a heart attack with the elf showing up in an unexpected place.DH will be one moving it around since he stays up later than the rest of us. The kids are very excited about Christmas. They don't seem to have much incentive to change the bad behavior because they think they will get gifts no matter how they behave.
Dolls freak me out too sometimes. My kids are not afraid of the elf though. M looked excited about it and then she got nervous because she realized that the elf may report her bad behavior. Then a few hours later she began crying saying that it was looking at her. But she's not afraid of dolls so I think it was a ploy to get rid of the elf so it could not report her behavior. Since then she has been fine. Even placing half way decent behavior charts from school in his hands. They LOVE waking up in the morning and finding him. The only bad thing is that you have to remember to move the darn thing each night. One morning I had a scare. I had forgotten to move the elf and I heard the kids coming. I JUMPED up out of bed, grabbed him and hid him under my shirt. Then when they went off to find him, I placed him somewhere. Phew!
I made the biggest mistake this morning!I had forgotten to move the pixie elf last night, and just as I reached up to move her this morning, my DD walked into the family room, and said, "What are you doing, Mom?" LOL I felt like it was directly out of the scene of the Grinch when he was taking the tree and Cindy Lu Who woke up. I let out a shriek and then I told my daughter that since she liked that spot so much, she flew directly back to the same spot this morning. But she looked like she was going to fall, so I was helping her up.
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