Adventures in the Heartland

Elf on the Shelf ideas

View our elf antics by year or the gallery below. Pages by year tell you where I found some items & occasionally how I did something if necessary! 2023 2022 2021 Free Fidget Spinner printable How to wire your elf

2023 Elf on the Shelf

Really having fun with it this year. Doing everything I can to use items I already have. This Christmas Carousel was put together with no new items!! Similar nutcrackers Similar reindeer Let me know if you like it! I would love to see your version! View our other elf antics More 2023 See 2022 See…

Free?! Christmas Elf Printable (s)

I did try selling some printables on etsy, possibly I wanted too much, maybe not enough. I didn’t think about a $1 per each was too much especially with etsy charging .20 cents per listing. I am toying with the idea of giving them out for free, so I will post one today to see…

2023 Elf on the shelf.

So, obligatory blurb. We do Elf on the shelf in our house. I try not to go too overboard with it, but I wired them & it simplified it by a million. I don’t want to be up crying or stressing over an elf during Christmas. Ours for the most part just add some holiday…

Cityscape Family Photos

We had a wonderful little photoshoot in downtown Manhattan, KS. We lucked out with a an excellent photographer last year. We knew with a new baby we needed to get pictures to have with him. It wouldn’t feel right having adding pictures to our new home and excluding our newest addition!

Elf on the shelf

2021 Elf antics. Our Elf keeps it pretty clean & writes notes or clues, our son’s favorite part. Duke could just write a note everyday and he would be over the moon. Link to my etsy where I am selling printables for you to use as I create them. Including printables for 2021 elf antics…

Halloween 2020

Oh, man am I stir crazy! I have already decorated for Halloween! It started as just decorating for fall. I swear. Elliott saw the halloween decorations in the totes and was ecstatic. Basically, I couldn’t bring myself to stop him. Dane had left and I had promised we weren’t putting out Halloween decor. Graciously, when…

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Hi, I’m Anna. A working & semi stay at home mom. I like to plan and sometimes craft. This is my blog where I share the little goings on in my life.

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