23 Elf On The Shelf Fails That Are So Hilarious, They Should Be Printed And Framed

1.This parent, who tried to have their elf play a game, and may have given her kids nightmares for life:

2.This parent, who forgot that their kids' elf was in the fireplace, and they turned the fireplace on:

3.This parent, who set up a scene with their kids' elf playing the piano, and then this happened:

4.This parent, who set the elf up eating Cheetos, and didn't notice where she sprinkled them until her kids started laughing:

5.This parent, whose "elf making snow angels" scene was really adorable...until their cat mistook the "snow" for kitty litter:

6.This parent, who found the elf covered in nail polish, so they tried to remove it and fix the elf's face...

...but it turned out like this:

7.This parent, who tried to set up a cotton candy bubble bath scene with the elf, and didn't realize that cotton candy evaporates when left out:

8.This parent, who asked her husband to set up a card playing scene, but he neglected to dress the kids' dolls first, so it looked more like a strip poker scene:

9.This parent, who tried to write a fun bathtub message from the elf, but it turned out a little cryptic:

10.This parent, who set the elf on a wall sconce, and this happened:

11.This parent, who tried putting their kids' elf in a balloon, and accidentally created something kinda creepy:

12.And this parent, who tried putting the elf in a blown up balloon, but it turned out looking like a straight-up placenta:

13.This parent, whose new puppy got ahold of the elf, and the rest is, well:

14.This parent, who tried making a snow angels scene with sprinkles, and it turned out looking more like a crime scene:

15.This parent, who set the elf up to dance with the nutcracker doll, but it slipped and led to this questionable position:

16.This parent, whose elf "zip-lining" from fishing wire was a cool idea...until her kid stumbled upon him floating in midair like this and was scared to death:

17.This parent, who set the elf up near the toilet, and he promptly fell in:

18.This parent, who tried to set up a scene where the elf chewed bubble gum and blew a bubble from their butt...but it deflated and looked more like diarrhea:

19.This parent, who thought it would be cute to set up a candle marshmallow-roasting scene...until the marshmallows caught on fire and almost burned the house down:

20.This parent, who hid their kids' elf in the oven, forgot about it, and then turned on the oven:

21.This parent, who hung their kids' elf from the ceiling in the kitchen and it fell, so the kids woke up to find it drowned in a soaking pot:

22.This parent, who tried the snow angel thing too, but her kiddo got to the sugar "snow"...right before school:

23.And finally, this poor, poor parent, who sat their kids' elf on a light fixture and it burned straight through his jingle bells:

Hang in there, parents — Christmas will be here before you know it!

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