Countdown to Christmas - Elf Cookie Party

We still have a few more weeks with our elves, and you might be running out of ideas.   A few years back we had an Elf themed cookie making party with my daughter and some of my friends kids.   If you want to get your Christmas Elf involved you could have him do something with baking items. 

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A Christmas elf craft you can do at your party or just because, is to make some easy ornaments.  I don't remember exactly where I found the papier mache stockings (I think Oriental Trading) but I did find a great deal on a 12 piece mitten set from Oriental Trading for 58% off which you can see below. 

I painted the papier mache ornaments and the inside of clear ornaments red, and then added white felt trim.  They turned out pretty cute! 

The ornaments  can be found at Dollar Tree, which has $4.99 flat rate shipping on their for 24 hours only.  It starts tonight at  on their website at 6 pm EST, and ends tomorrow December 8 at 6 pm EST.  

Another elf themed craft  that could also be used as a party favor, and possibly to carry candy or cookies are these Elf themed mason jars.  I found the green and red jars at Michaels a few years ago. I'm not sure if they are still available or not. I made them for a craft show.  I added some trim and yellow buttons.  I just recently found my box of craft show inventory when I moved, so I may need to use one with my elf. :) 

 While unpacking I found some of my leftover Elf Cookie party supplies, which reminded of this fun party.   Some of these items are no longer available, but I will link the things that are.  

In their goody bags, they got a lot of Elf themed goodies.  Everything was so cute, especially those elf ducks. Hmm, I wonder if I still have some of those.  While I did not find the elf ducks available,  I did find  Ugly Sweater Ducks, Nutcracker,  Ducks, Reindeer Ducks and more.   They make really cute party favors! 

The elves supplied a large tray of cooking making supplies to the kids.  We made cut out sugar cookies, and decorated them with frosting and sprinkles. 

When they were done making their cookies, they were able to take them home in a foil pan that had a cover from the Dollar Tree.  They have so many great containers for cookies, treats and leftovers.  

We had a lot of fun with these North Pole Photo Props which are still available. 

The kids wore reindeer headbands from the Dollar Tree.  You can also find elf hats and supplies at the Dollar Tree as well.  Oriental trading also has these Elf Headbands that come in a pack of 12, which are very cute. 

Here are a few elf products that were not available when we did our cookie party a few years ago.  I LOVE these Elf Coffee Cups that come in a 12 pack.  I think I want some of them for my hot chocolate bar. 

These Elf Tote Bags would make great goody bags. At my parties I really like to give things that are reusable, and these bags can something that would be useful year after year.  

If you need ideas to do with your Christmas Elf, you can find my Elf Activity Cards in my Etsy Shop. You will get 40 printable cards with holiday activities that the entire family can do.  Have your Christmas Elf surprise the kids with a card with that day's activity.  

I hope I gave you some ideas on what you can do if you have an Elf  Party.   Let me know if you end up having one. 

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Elf themed Cookie Party

Recently I had the chance to have a cookie making party with my daughter, and two special girls in my life.   As you know from my Big Birthday Post that I have recently started working with Oriental Trading and trying out their party supplies. The movie Elf is one of my favorite Christmas movies, so when I saw all of their adorable elf themed party supplies, I knew I wanted to have an Elf Themed Cookie Party with the girls.  

In the picture above I filled elf candy buckets with elf themed treats. I could have filled them with candy, but I knew we would have plenty of sugar making the cookies   

Each of the girls got a couple of elf dolls, elf stickers, elf rubber duckies and Elf on the Shelf erasers 

The Plush Long Arm Elves were perfect to hang from their very own themed Elf tree  

The girls also got a plastic elf mug that were the perfect size to dunk their cookies in milk. 

We did not have the chance to use these yet, but were are going to use these cupcake collars and picks to make Elf themed cupcakes very soon.  

I am pretty excited about these Elf Photo Stick Props.  While the pictures I took with the girls that day, they  are too dark and blurry to post (I just do not have enough good light where I live). I am going to take these to a Christmas party I am going to this weekend.  Many of the guests will be the ones who attended my Big Birthday, and it will be at my friends house who does have good lighting. ☺ 

These elf treat boxes were really cute, and the perfect size for a candy treat. 

B was in a silly mood, and kept making faces in all of my pictures. She normally smiles and poses in pictures. At least I got one picture of her working on the cookies without her making a funny face. Here she is concentrating on which cookie cutters to use. That is more than I can say for my own daughter who still makes faces in every single picture I take of her. Hopefully she will outgrow that soon! (maybe I will do a post on it) 

I knew the girls were going to make a big mess, so I tried to organize my supplies. I put all of my Christmas sprinkles and cookie options on a tray to keep them contained and somewhat organized. 

I bought take out containers at the dollar store for the girls to take their cookies home.  I will definitely be doing this again when we bake. 

We ate some of the cookies on Elf themed party supplies,   

T cooperated with a big smile while showing off her elf goodies.  

If you are interested in hosting your own elf party or other Christmas theme, there is still time to get fun themed supplies from the Oriental Trading Christmas Store.  They have a great selection of party supplies, decorations, crafts and stocking stuffers for many different themes. .  

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