Sounds sorta creepy doesn't it? Like the title to a new Horror flick. But it isn't. It is the exact opposite. You do something kind for someone you don't know and ask them to pay it forward. I had never heard of it before but thanks to Pinterest...my world grew a little bigger. I went to a website and got this:
She has all three printouts that you need. The idea is that you get a basket and fill it with goodies and three pages. The first explains that they have been elfed with goodies. Now it is their turn to share goodies with two of their neighbors, with a copy of explanation and notices to put on their door that they have been elfed. (So you don't get elfed twice). Is "elfed" a word? Well it is now. So is "elfing".
So we put together baskets with items to make S'mores, hot chocolate, some candy canes and three ornaments.
So the kids made 4 baskets and took them to three different neighborhoods. Drama 1 (Some of the kids didn't want to make the baskets, they only wanted to deliver them...so they are not in the picture...at the request of the girls.) They decided to take one to school on Monday to start the Elfing at school with the teachers. The first Elfing...epic fail, according to my daughter. They went up to a neighbor's door, put the basket at the front door and ran. Well they hid behind bushes to see what would happen. Well another neighbor saw the kids running and hiding (he has motion sensors in his yard because he has had some of his yard decorations stolen in the past) and he yelled at them. When my daughter went up to him to explain, he just yelled, " I don't care what you are doing, leave them alone, they have small children...stay out of their yard. BAAAAHUMBUG!!!" Okay, he didn't add the bahumbug....I did. I saw it happen so I went to his house to explain. He rolled his eyes and said well it seems like a nice idea. and Bah humbug...
Well they were scared after that time but they went on and delivered two more . These people were more welcoming and one invited them inside her home to see her Christmas decor. So I will call them a SUCCESS!
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