10 of the best Elf on the Shelf props and accessories

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Best Elf on the Shelf props and accessories at a glance

• Best accessory for Elf on the Shelf inspiration: The Elf on the Shelf Scout Elves at Play Kit & Set with 60-Page Elf Idea Book, £21.95
• Best accessory for giving an elf message: Elves Behaving Badly Rewritable Board, £2.78
• Best accessory for setting up a quick scene: Elf on the Shelf Insta-Moment Pop-Ups, £12.95
• Best accessory for making it realistic: Elf Footprints Stencil, £2.49
• Best accessory for the last day of Elf on the Shelf: Elf on the Shelf Peppermint Plane Ride, £12.95
• Best comedic accessory: Hoolaroo VIP Elf Deluxe Naughty Tricks Jokes Props Box, £9.99
• Best dressing up accessory: The Elf on the Shelf Claus Couture Collection Sweet Tees and Suitcase Set, £11.99
• Best accessory for sending a letter to Santa: Elf on the Shelf Letters To Santa Pack, £19.89
• Best bath time accessory: Elf on the Shelf Bubble Bath, £3.50
• Best accessory for encouraging good behaviour: Albert Austin Dummy Camera with Fake CCTV Camera, £6.99

Here's our pick of the best Elf on the Shelf props and accessories...

1. The Elf on the Shelf Scout Elves at Play Kit & Set with 60-page elf idea book, £21.95

– Best for Elf on the shelf inspiration

This Elf on the Shelf accessories kit comes with an activity book packed full of fun and exciting tips and ideas for scenes to create for the Elf. This kit is perfect if you want to really have some fun with Elf on the Shelf this year, but lack inspiration. If you have been doing it for years, you've probably run out of ideas.

Not only does the kit give you inspiration, but it also comes with lots of little props to make creating those scenes quick and easy for you.

Just a few examples are some string to hang the elf wherever you like to keep an eye on your children. Or, you can sit your little Elf on its seat, watching over your child, ensuring they are well behaved.

This kit comes with 15 elf tools to help you create over 100 fun scenes for your child to enjoy this Christmas.

Available from: Amazon and John Lewis

2. Elves Behaving Badly Rewritable Board, £2.78

– Best for giving an elf message

If you want your child to wake up to a cheeky message from the elf then this message board is great. You can reuse the board over and over again to write a different message each morning,

You can also let them draw, write and doodle on it themselves. The board is write-on, wipe-off so is mess free and easy to use. The kit includes a dry erase marker to write on the board.

Available from: Amazon

3. Elf on the Shelf Insta-Moment Pop-Ups, £12.95

– Best for setting up a quick scene

This 46 piece set is brilliant for instantly setting up scenes for the Elf. There are 5 wonderful backdrops the Elf can appear in. There is Elf Gamer, Christmas Car Ride, Elf Salon, Elf Beach Time and Christmas Campout.

Your children will love seeing the Elf in all these fun scenes, plus, bonus for you, they are super quick and easy to set up. When you're stuck for ideas, you can simply just get out one of these scenes, put your Elf in it and you're sorted. With all the different scenes, there's something for everyone.

Available from: Amazon

4. Elf Footprints Stencil, £2.49

– Best for making it more realistic

I am sure you've all heard of Santa's footprint stencils. So, why not do the same for the Elf?

These are not Elf on the Shelf branded, but nonetheless they'll make the Elf on the Shelf seem even more realistic for your child. They'll wake up, spot the footprints and think the Elf has been up to mischief.

You could hide the Elf slightly and use the footprint stencils to help guide your children to find the naughty Elf.

Available from: Amazon

5. Elf on the Shelf Peppermint Plane Ride, £12.95

– Best for the last day of Elf on the Shelf

When it comes to Christmas Eve, you have the tough task of finding a way to send your Elf back to the North Pole. Your children probably don't want the Elf on the Shelf fun to end, but it must.

This plane ride prop can send the Elf off, back to the North Pole. You can suspend the inflatable plane overhead or place it anywhere you like with the 6-feet of candy cane cable it comes with. This is a great way to end Elf on the Shelf, making your kids excited to see their favourite Elf again next year.

Available from: Amazon

6. Hoolaroo VIP Elf Deluxe Naughty Tricks Jokes Props Box, £9.99

– Best for comedy

If you want to have a laugh with Elf on the Shelf this year, these assorted naughty Elf jokes are perfect.

These jokes and pranks will help create the best Elves Behavin' Badly scenes this Christmas. After all, Christmas is all about fun and laughter.

You can prank your kids with fly in an ice cube, a creepy finger, super vomit, dog poop, spilt ketchup and many more.

Elf on the Shelf isn't just for kids to have fun, you can enjoy it too, with these fun pranks.

Available from: Amazon

7. The Elf on the Shelf Claus Couture Collection Sweet Tees and Suitcase Set, £11.99

– Best for dressing up

If you want to switch up your Elf's outfit throughout its time at your house, this adorable trio of sweet tees is ideal.

There is an ice blue tee with 'Candy Canes Rule' graphic, a purple tee with 'It's Always Hot Cocoa Time' graphic and an aqua tee with Scout Elf and Reindeer Hug graphic.

These cute tees come with a collectible tin suitcase to store them and has a luggage tag ready to be personalised. Dress the elf however you like to make it extra special.

Available from: Amazon

8. Elf on the Shelf Letters To Santa Pack, £19.89

– Best for sending a letter to Santa

This Elf on the Shelf Letter to Santa pack will memorise your child. Have them write a note to Santa with what they wish to get for Christmas. Then, bake it in the oven for a few minutes and the letter will shrink to a size that can be either hung upon the tree, or given to the Elf to take to the North Pole.

This interesting way to write to Santa will entertain your kids, and could create sweet memories and tree ornaments for you to keep.

The set comes with ribbon (to hang the note to the tree), Father Christmas' Special shrinking paper, 2 pens and Mrs Claus' Magic press to shrink the letter in the oven.

Available from: Boots

9. Elf on the Shelf Bubble Bath, £3.50

– Best for bath time

This isn't necessarily an accessory for the Elf, but it'll make bath time fun and festive for your children, and your elf could "deliver" it on the day you want to use it (or perhaps take a bath in it himself). Bring Elf on the Shelf to bath time with this fun blue berry fragranced Elf on the Shelf bubble bath. You could sit the Elf in the bathroom to watch over your children in the bath and make sure they're behaving.

Available from: Boots

10. Albert Austin Dummy Camera with Fake CCTV Camera, £6.99

– Best for encouraging good behaviour

If you want your child to truly believe Santa is watching them to see whether they should be on the naughty or nice list, you could get this fake CCTV camera to go with the Elf on the Shelf to report back to Santa.

The fake camera looks so realistic that your children will really think Santa is watching them and will be on their best behaviour up until Christmas.

It's a fun idea to keep the magic of Santa alive in a slightly more modern way.

Available from: Amazon

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