NorthShore Days.....: Christmas

Sunday, 6 December 2015

Rascal - The Reindeer Elf

Hi Everyone,

Wow I cant believe I've been away from my blog so much this year. If you're missing me - I do a lot of Facebook blogging - so please look for me there too. I've just wrapped up 2 markets and I've put in many long nights, blood, sweat and tears. So now I can relax and get back into writing again.

So ... last year I really wanted to participate in the phenomenon that is "Elf on the Shelf" but I was too late in purchasing a real Elf and found this sweet little reindeer tree ornament to use instead.

I found a letter template on Pinterest and adapted it accordingly.

Isn't he the cutest little Reindeer Elf?

He certainly lived up to his name though... little Rascal!

Day 1 - He was found chilling on top of the cupboard (this was home base)

2 - Scouting out the front of the house

3 - Uh oh... someone trapped him in an old jam jar!

4 - He was having a nap on top of the wind chimes

Day 5 - He had gone for a joy ride in Strawberry Shortcake's car

6 - Umm I think Rascal needs some privacy in the bathroom

7- Oh dear he's a sandwich

8 - He's gonna have a sore butt from sitting on top of that tree!

Day 9 - Having a leisurely ride on the water!

10 - Looks like Rascal's balloon ride was destined for failure

11 - Snow Angels - he must be missing the snow

12 - Wasting toilet paper? Seriously!

Day 13 - Exhausted, poor mite

14 - Hanging...in the Christmas tree

15 Polly Pocket looks like she's had to rescue poor Rascal from danger

16 Santa please stop here... I wanna go home

Day 17 - Schmoozing with the Monster High girls

18 - A toilet paper pyramid? Hahaha

19 - Help Rascal has been trapped by a huge catapillar

20 - Chilling in the freezer, missing the cold!

Day 21 -Meeting with the other reindeer

22 - Having a shower

23 - Who is he calling? Maybe Santa?

24 - Wearing the cookie cutter, silly elf!

We had so much fun with Rascal, but... he was nowhere to be found on Christmas morning and he hasn't been seen since. Our forever Elf arrived this week so check out his antics on my Instagram in the upcoming days.

Take care and be safe

Take care

xxx

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Saturday, 21 December 2013

Santa's Key

Do you all have chimneys for Santa to climb down on Christmas Eve? We don't and every year the kids ask how Santa will get in ...they never seem happy enough with our answer of Daddy will leave the door unlocked.

So this year I decided to make them a magical key to open our back door, all the way from the North Pole!

I made the key, wrote a letter from Santa explaining the plan and popped them into an envelope addressed to the kids and left it in the letter box for them to find....

Here's how I did it....

I used a fairly large bronze key char, painted the main parts with silver nail polish and while still wet,applied silver glitter . When the key was dry on both sides I added a gold ribbon to hang the key with.

I drafted this letter in PicMonkey, please feel free to use it, if you would like to send your kids a key from Santa too. Just right click on the letter and save it to your computer.

Gabe ran up to check the mail this afternoon and made the discovery!

The kids are so, so excited! They love that Santa asked them help and the keep going to check on the magical glittery key (hanging on the tree for now).