Cookie Lookie ~ Elf on the Shelf

It's a little late to be blogging about our Elf on the Shelf but I am just now getting the hang of this blogging thing so I thought I would add Cookie Lookie's adventures. 

The first morning, we found Cookie Lookie hanging from our dining room light and he left us candy canes.

The second morning,  Cookie Lookie spilled our crayons and left us three big coloring books.

Cookie Lookie got stuck in this hole, on the third morning.  He dropped candy on the floor for us. 

We found our elf on our toothbrush holder.  He left a toothpaste mess but he also left three new toothbrushes. 

Our elf was busy making chocolate chip cookies for us but he spilled a little flour.

Cookie Lookie brought three new friends for us to play with and he and his friends had a messy hot cocoa party. 

While parachuting in from the North Pole, our elf got stuck in a tree in our front yard.  He left us a candy cane full of Laffy Taffy. 

Cookie Lookie gathered up some of our rubbery duckies and took a bath.  He left us new bottles of bubble bath.

Our elf brought us a new board game and invited our old friends to play with him. 

Cookie Lookie dumped my purse and left bank lock boxes for the children. 

Cookie Lookie and G.I. Joe had a snow ball fight.  Cookie Lookie left us musical snow globes. 

Snowman

We made this snowman with white kitchen trash bags stuffed with scrap paper.  We read Frosty the Snowman and then we talked about which items we would need to decorate our snowman. Each child took a turn putting on our snowman's eyes, nose, smile, and buttons.

We put our snowman on our reading loft where the children can read to him. 

Snow Jell-O

Aside from making snow ice cream, this is one of our favorite snow snacks.

We scooped snow into a large bucket.

We poured packages of Jell-O into a small glass pitcher.

We poured boiling water into the glass pitcher with the Jell-O.

We poured the liquid Jell-O into small glass bowls.

We put lids on the bowls full of Jell-O.

We put the bowls of Jell-O in our bucket of snow.

Now, we wait.....

Indoor Play Environment

This is our "art studio" where children have access to art supplies such as colored pens, colored pencils, chalk, crayons, markers, stencils, water colors, scissors, paper, and the easel which offers a dry erase board and a chalk board.  The dry erase board is by far the most frequently used art and writing material. 

This room is also home to our science station where children will find items to explore such as magnets, discovery bottles, shells, magnifying glasses, scales, plants....

Non-toys, which have been inspired by Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Heuristic Play, are also availabe.  The children are able to create their own imaginitive play with mug trees, napkin rings, rocks and other natural items, wooden bowls and trays, juice lids, tins, corks, wooden thread spools.....

Art supplies and non-toys.

Our loft that my wonderful husband built.  This houses a cozy reading area, puppet theater, kitchen, and doll nursery.

Our kitchen and doll nursery.  See the light switch?  Our loft has working lights and a door bell.