I know, I know….Christmas is over! 🙁 But, I never got around to posting this. Maybe you’ll find something that you can save for next year:) These little elves are one of my favorite projects that we do all year. It is one that parents love.
Aren’t they adorable?! Yes, those are their own ears:) I use the distortion tool in Paint Shop to stretch out their ears. If you look closely at the first one, you can see that she has earrings in:)
If you ever decide to do this, you will find that some kids have GREAT ears for this and some kids have TINY ears that seem to be stuck to their heads. You will need to make sure hair is pulled back and out of the way. For the kids with those kind of ears-I have found that sticking cotton balls behind their ears makes them stick out just enough to be able to grab them with the distortion tool and stretch them into elf ears:)
On the day before X-Mas break, we always wrap up our parent gifts to take home. Before we wrap our gifts, we make these little elf hats:) These are equally adorable!! I don’t remember where I originally saw this idea, but we have been doing it for a couple of years now. So cute watching Santa’s little elves wrapping up their gifts!!
And, here’s your freebie:) Hope you enjoy this little elf book page! You can print out your kiddo’s elf faces to stick on these. click on the picture below to get your copy!
OMG … all of these ideas are so cute! Makes me want to redo the Christmas craziness to elf my students!
Camille
An Open Door
Super cute! Thanks!!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
Oh my gosh!! Those elf hats are soooo darling!!! I love them!!
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Rebecca
Teaching First
I am cracking up…those elf hats are so cute. I will add this to my files for next year. TOO CUTE!!
Robynn
BusyBees
LOVE those little elf hats! I definitely want to do those next year!!
I totally LOVE those elf hats! Cute! Cute! Cute!
Oh my! I bet they loved becoming little elves! I wish I could start Christmas unit in November and continue through January- so many wonderful ideas!
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Do you have a template for those adorable elf hats? Or how did you make them?
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Did you use a template for the elf hats and what supplies are needed? They are too cute!!! If you could email me, I would appreciate it. Thank you!
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I would love to make these at my son's holiday class party this year…do you have a template you can email or let us know what size of paper and all you used?! Thank you!!
Laurie
lmorton@thejackmortonfoundation.org
I would love to make these elf hats this year, they are so cute! Can you please email me what size of paper you used, and if you have an ear template? Thanks! I love your blog!!
slpump04@smumn.edu
These are adorable! Did you have a template for the elf hats or did you just wrap construction paper and make the ears? Thanks!
LOVE the elf hats! If you have a template could you please email it to me? Thank you!
ekeller22@hotmail.com
The Elf hats are ADORABLE! Would you please email me the template?
whitney@freehailestimate.com
I am obsessed with the elf hats!! Could you please let me know how to make the cones? I can figure out the ears and decorations, but I’m stumped on how you got the tall skinny cone shapes!!
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