I was so excited to be creating a Christmas Elf box with my son, as he was too young to understand what it meant, and because of that, as he got older he believed the elves made the box for him!
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| Our Christmas Eve Elf Box |
The first I heard about the Christmas Eve Elf Boxes was after my son was born. They just didn't happen in m house when I was a child.
There appear to be various versions of what the Elf box is but the one I like the most and the one we will be going with for as long as I can get away with it will be this one:
On Christmas Eve the elves come along and leave a little Christmas Eve box on the doorstep at dusk, inside this little handmade box will be goodies to help little ones get ready for Christmas Day by snuggling down and getting cosy this Christmas Eve evening.
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| Getting the shoebox ready to turn into our Elf box |
We actually started creating our box back in the summer. I got an old shoe box and covered it with various Christmas cards and wrapping papers and then I let Max choose all the toppings - that way it gives the box the look and feel as if an Elf had decorated it.
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| Getting all our materials together to decorate our elf box |
Our box is now complete and put away and I'm slowly purchasing pieces to put in it. So far we have marshmallows and hot chocolate sachets, The Gruffalo DVD to watch Christmas Eve Evening and Spiderman PJs. I plan to buy him a special Christmas cup/beaker for his hot chocolate and Christmas socks to go in the box too.
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| Started collecting for the Elf box.... so excited!! |
My son, to this day, doesn't know that HE decorated the box.
I love this tradition and will definitely join in this year. Those glittery letters and Spidey PJs look fab! #ChristmasCountdown
ReplyDeleteI'm just a wee bit excited for him this year :D
Deletethat is just such a great idea and that box looks amazing - you've decorated it beautifully! x
ReplyDeleteThanks Rebecca, I was going for the 'decorated by elf' look :)
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