When Hope Haley’s 7-year-old daughter asked why “The Elf on the Shelf” didn’t visit their Las Vegas home, she was ready. Haley told her that families have to apply to get an elf from ...

My kids are 14 and 16 now, but they held onto their belief in Elf on the Shelf for over a decade. When they were preschoolers, I'd set up elaborate displays showing Jingle and Garland (each kid ...

The couple tapped into their cheeky Christmas spirit to make some fun for their sons Phineas and Silas Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and ...

A police officer created a moment of Christmas magic for a little girl in Georgia when he returned her missing Elf on the Shelf. Laura Jennings' daughter had a problem. Betsy, her Elf on the Shelf ...

But when the special guests arrived, chaperoned by a flight attendant, the children couldn't contain their excitement, as the VIPs were each of the girls' Elf on the Shelf. Watch the video to see ...

Tori Spelling revealed what went wrong when she let her four oldest children — Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, and Finn, 12 — in charge of setting up Elf on the Shelf for their little ...

It can be fun to finish the build-up to Christmas with an Elf on the Shelf finale — something fun and super easy — without being over-the-top or requiring too much detailed execution.

Have you seen elaborate Elf on the Shelf displays (i.e., sink water that turns into a pile of sprinkles, elves drawing on kids while they sleep?) and wondered if those types of shenanigans were ...

This is the season for a suspension of disbelief. Come to think of it, don't we always need some magical thinking and radical ...

It all started when 4-year-old Wyatt and his mother, Brynn Eskridge couldn't find their Elf on the Shelf, Max. As most Elves, Max has been causing mischief since the start of December. Keeping ...

Every morning during the holidays, KQED’s Senior Operations Manager Tiff Mitchell wakes up her seven-year-old daughter Kahlea with a mission: find Cookie, their elf, on a shelf. Cookie is a miniature ...

If you have an Elf on the Shelf that visits during the holidays, you know how stressful it can be to come up with different fun ways to keep them moving and the kids entertained during the month ...