Elf on the Shelf creations you've gotta see

Not familiar with Elf on the Shelf? If your Facebook feed isn't blowing up with photos of cleverly posed toy elves, let us help: as the story has it, these toy elves watch over children during the day. At night, the elves report to Santa on whether the kids have been naughty or nice. Then, as everyone's asleep, the wacky little elves prance around the house, getting into all sorts of ca-razy mischief. Parents get to showcase a little homespun (or Pinterest-inspired) creativity and hope their elves keep the kids in check, and kids wake up to something funny in the morning. Or, they're forever scarred for life by the idea of a creepy little plastic doll eyeing their every move. Either way, we've chosen 25 of the most cleverly posed elves to bring a smile to even those with the coldest, Scroogiest hearts… By Gina Cohen, MSN Living Lead Producer

Maxin' and relaxin' between the pointsettias. Too cute!

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S'more elf

S'mores over a tealight candle. Really, is there anything else to say? Way too clever.

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Mission impossib-elf

Can you hear the theme music?

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Makeshift sleigh

Hey, Pixar - what do you think - a good theme for Cars 3, maybe?

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Bedtime stories

Reading a Christmas story to toys while sipping hot cocoa with marshmallows, this Elf is a shining example of how to get on the 'nice' list.

Image: snippetsfromsuburbia.com

5 of 25 Snippets from Suburbia

Doggie drive-thru

We loved this innovative elf, giving 'drive-thru' a whole new meaning.

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Duck and cover

We saw a lot of super-cute 'snowball fights' with elves - this one took the cake.

Image: Pinterest via raeoflight-photography.com

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Zipping around

The pictures say it all - pretty sure the stockings in this house got nothin' on this hanging elf...

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He's about to figure out how high-larious it would be to get prints of his backside.

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Undie-lievable

We saw lots of elves hanging unmentionables in place of stockings, but this one put an even more clever twist on undies (pun intended).

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Dec 18, 2012 9:43PM

What a great idea to keep kids in line during the holiday season. Too bad you can't use it the rest of the year.

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Elf on a Shelf gone bad

Dec 19, 2012 12:03AM

Although not all of these are safe for work, here are less kid friendly elf poses. For when the kids are asleep and the elf is running amok.

https://www.facebook.com/ElfOnAShelfGoneBad

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2tysmom

Dec 19, 2012 1:38AM

My favorite one is 11. FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reign Witch

Dec 19, 2012 3:31PM

We did this since 1980, it's nothing new. we had FOUR elves running around our house, and we still do it even thought our kids are adults.

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NeedleNosey

Dec 21, 2012 3:27PM

I debated on posting a reply to this thread. I was originally stunned when my pillow showed up in this slide show in the first place. I had run across this saying many months ago and related to it because I indeed find the Elf to be creepy and it's a running joke in our family. I made the one pillow, posted it for sale, and sold it in September. I subsequently had many requests to make more which I politely declined due to the time-consuming nature of the process. I stitch because I love it but have to squeeze in time to do it around my full-time job and raising my family. I then received a message from someone chastising me for making something that would be frightening to children, especially in the wake of what happened in Connecticut. It so happened that I received that message on the day after I had not slept more than a couple of hours because I had been having nightmares all night about Newtown. I was shaking with exhaustion and outrage as I tried to respond with polite fury as follows: "I removed the single transaction from my store several weeks ago and will not be selling any more. However, it had already been shared on social media sites many many times as well as being posted on MSN Living and I have no control over those pictures or their removal and this pillow was never intended for a child. To insinuate that I am insensitive to the unspeakable horror that transpired in Connecticut a full two months after I sold a single pillow with this saying on it is repugnant." (I tried to remove the transaction, but apparently it didn't work) Would I produce another one of these now after what happened? Of course not. It's not funny anymore. Nothing much is.

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Jingle-Jangle

Dec 19, 2012 5:25AM

My kids really like looking for the elf each morning and there are some funny poses here that I'll use. However i have to say that the last slide (#25 with the pillow) was totally inappropriate...especially after the tragic events of Dec 14th.