Showing posts with label elf on the shelf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elf on the shelf. Show all posts

"elf on the desk" tutorial

ok, so it doesn't rhyme.
But they're cute!
and super easy!
and you don't have to hide them, or move them, or make fake mischief!

So my Elf never showed this year. I suppose the kids scared him away. At least that's what they were told. But since we are doing Linda's Twas the 5 Days Before Christmas Break, and today's treat was "elf pillows," I kinda missed the little fella! So I printed off page size elf clipart and wa-la! Elf on the desk!

and here's how you can make your own!

 I used Powerpoint out of habit, but any ol' word processor will do!
Insert a rectangle from the Shape menu (insert>shape).
line the bottom up with the little elfie butt.
I then made my shape white with a thick black line for cutting. 
Just personal preference!
You need to send this shape to the back so it's behind your clipart.
reorder>send to back

self explanatory!



you are making a cylinder for the base. 
each tab back and tape them together. 
if they didn't cut too well or close enough, just snip to the legs to prevent tearing
once you bend little elf's legs forward, he'll sit right up!
the tabs serve as a little hiney. 

I used Krista's Elves graphics because those are what I used for Class Dojo avatars this week. Any elf will do, but you want ones that are good for coloring unless you're printing in color (lucky you if so!) You also need your elf to have legs that are pretty straight down so it'll be stable. 

and if you want to know how to do this...read my post from last year when our sneaky elf changed the kids to elves! FYI-you can only change them if the student has NOT logged in and changed it themselves. Last year, when the elf changed them, that was perfect because I could show them that I wasn't able to go in and change it! wink wink!

and while we're all here, congrats to YOU!
Angela got herself $50 in TpT goodness!

happy hump day!
aka TWO MORE DAYS!



week one with Elfie

Yes, after THREE, count em, 3 votes and a tie breaker from another class, the name Elfie was chosen. I personally voted for Peter, but hey! So here’s what Elfie has been up to.

Day 1

he’s pretty sneaky! In fact twice he has changed positions during the day…
I missed pictures on Thursday and Friday, but Friday morning we found a scroll hanging on our door and a little elf lady sitting in someone’s pencil pouch.

Meet Sally, Elfie’s ugly stepsister! Ok, she’s really a very creepy elf I’ve had in the closet a few years I found at TJ Maxx. I like her because she is bendable and quite offensive looking! But the note from Santa says she missed her brother, so here she is!

During all the fun, I have been benchmarking…boo! I wouldn’t mind if my kiddos were somewhat independent, didn’t rush through everything, and could work without talking, but who am I kidding! So we’ve been busy with Reagan’s Techy Santas, Hope’s Baby Face or Beard file, and Teri’s Elf Magic stuff. I have all my 12 Days of Common Core Christmas and a few other files printed and ready to go tomorrow! Fingers crossed.

Unfortunately benchmarking falls at the best time of year! We started our Winter Holidays scrapbooks Friday. Student groups rotated through 4 of the 6 {we ran out of time} and this week I will do one holiday per day! Tomorrow-Christmas! yay!

We will go through the Christmas power point again and fill in any questions we still have, we will create our Christmas Story comics {cannot wait!}, decorate our tree, read A Merry Un-Christmas and a few other books from Amy’s Christmas Craze pack, plus finish up our Santa crafts!

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each group has a “reader”-only they can touch the laptop. It saves a lot of headaches!

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after going though the WHOLE slide show, they can work together to fill out the scrapbook. After the whole page is finished, they collect their sticker for that holiday.

And there’s nothing like a laptop decal from the Dollar Spot to make benchmarking feel a little fun!

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I’m linking up with Mel D for a Elf on the Shelf linky! Our little elf will come home to have some fun with little Drewbie on the 20th!

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