One of the most adorable ways to set up your elf is with your kids’ toys, because it’s really fun for kids and parents alike to imagine the elf enjoying elf-sized backhoes or dollhouse toys while the humans are fast asleep. Home Stories A to Z propped their resident elf up on a child’s backhoe toy to feed the dog, which is pretty clever.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.