This Covid-Inspired Elf On The Shelf Hack Is A Godsend For Parents
Every year when December comes around, parents in the UK – and around the world – become servants to the mini but mighty Elf On The Shelf.
Each day, already overloaded mums and dads have to remember to place this little toy in a new ingenious hiding place – ready for excited children to find.
This year however, some have caved early and have made the extremely sound decision to place the mischievous elf in quarantine for a prolonged period – a valuable lesson on following rules and restrictions if ever we saw one.
For any parents who forgets to move the Elf on a Shelf, put it in a jar and tell your kids the elf has traveled and needs to quarantine for two weeks pic.twitter.com/7H9gqjOJfu
— Erica Ponte (@EricaPonte_) December 1, 2020
The idea has proven to be a hit among parents who can now spend two weeks off Elf On The Shelf duty, while the toy sits festering in a glass jar. Some parents have even got creative, crafting tiny face masks and Covid-19 testing kits for the toys.
Welcome home, Elfie! 👋🏼🏠
Things are gonna’ look a little different this year, but we’ll work through it! We have new memories to make!
Day 1️⃣ of 1️⃣4️⃣ in elf #quarantine.
👨👩👦👦😷🎅🏼🎄💫🙅🏻♂️🦠#ElfOnTheShelf#MaskUp#pandemic#Parenting#Christmas#DudeDad#QuarantineLife#COVID19pic.twitter.com/mXKBNZabEn— Larry Gioia 😷🔠✨ (@LGin412) November 30, 2020
Day 2️⃣ of 1️⃣4️⃣ in elf #quarantine.
Alright Elfie, it’s testing day! 🧪
Just tilt your head back and look up at the ceiling! This won’t hurt a bit!
‘You want to put that where?!?’
😷🙅🏻♂️🦠#ElfOnTheShelf#MaskUp#pandemic#Parenting#Christmas #DudeDad#QuarantineLife#COVID19pic.twitter.com/OnMyij26Qe— Larry Gioia 😷🔠✨ (@LGin412) December 1, 2020
Katy Burrows, whose toy is isolating for 14 days after “travelling from the North Pole”, admitted the Elf on the Shelf tradition was the “worst” she’d ever started –...