26 Best Elf on the Shelf Printables For Free

We absolutely love Christmas in our home. For the last 8 years now we have had the Elf on the Shelf visit us. It is so hard to find new and fun things to do so this year I thought I would put together our favorite free Elf on the Shelf printables.

If you don’t have time for elaborate Elf on the Shelf antics, but want something super special, you are going to love these FREE Elf on the Shelf printables.

These are definitely aimed at the mom, who is awesome, but like me doesn’t have a spare hour a night trying to hang the elves from the ceiling, or wrapping up the kitchen cupboards! Now don’t get me wrong, I wish I was that cool mom. But hey, I’m not!

In this list of FREE Elf printables, you are going to find everything you need to have the best Christmas ever. In fact, some of these printables are for November, with the anticipation of the Elf’s arrival!

If you are looking for Elf on the Shelf gifts that they can leave for the children you are going to love our favorites.

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Even More Elf Printables?

If you are in a rush and are tired of searching for Elf on the Shelf printables you can purchase all of my printables for a small fee here. There are exclusive printables included not found anywhere else, and 41 pages to print!

41 pages are included in this download including:

North Pole Breakfast Menu (2 pages)
Elf construction zone (2 pages)
Snowman soup (exclusive)
Elf Kisses (exclusive)
Elf notes (3 pages)
Elf scavenger hunt (3 pages)
Elf memory game
Elf games
Elf hats
Elf on the Shelf word scramble (3 pages)
Elf names word search (2 pages)
Elf coloring page (8 pages)
Elf arrival letters (5 pages)
Elf goodbye letters (2 pages)
If I were an elf writing activity (1 page)
Elf yearbook cover (2 pages)

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Free Elf on a Shelf Printables

Check out the absolute best Elf on the Shelf printables we have found, there are over 20 completely FREE resources for you to download. All you need to do is grab some paper and prepare your printer and you are good to go!

Make sure you choose the correct paper size and click on the shrink to fit button. All of our free printables work better when printed on cardstock (this is the one we use and love.)

Elf Construction Site The Best Elf on the Shelf Arrival Ever!

At the beginning of November, we start to create our elf construction site!

We put our Christmas decorations up the weekend after Halloween, so this is normally when we also start our Elf on the shelf excitement!

5 Super Cute Free Elf on the Shelf Arrival Letters

There are four different elf on the shelf arrival letters to download and print and is a great way to introduce the Elf.

How to Have a Magical North Pole Breakfast - Free Menu Printable

If the elves bring a North Pole Breakfast when they arrive, print out this free menu printable.

Also, there are some ideas of what food you can have including some healthy and savory options!

FREE Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt Printable

We absolutely love treasure hunts in our home and this Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt is one of our favorites.

The 12 rhyming clues will send the kids all around the house trying to find their Elf.

8 Free Christmas Elf Coloring Pages the Kids Will Love

Have fun with our 8 free Elf coloring pages the kids can enjoy in December. This is a great gift to leave from the elf in the morning.

The kids will be so excited that the elves have left them a fun activity to do.

Free Printable Elf on the Shelf Hat

Adding Elf on the Shelf hats to all of your family photos is one of my favorite elf antics! This is such a fun activity the kids will love it!

Included are red and green hats so we tend to add the green hats to the pictures of the kids and red hats for everyone else.

Elf on the Shelf Notes (27 Free Printables)

Print out these 27 Elf on the Shelf notes for a really easy day.

You can either leave the kids an activity for the day to do or just say hi from Santa!

Elf on the Shelf Printable Games

This is one of my favorites. Print out our Elf on the Shelf printable games and also print out our actual full-sized games and have fun in the morning with the kids.

Full-Sized Free Printable Games for the Kids:

Free Printable Elf Memory Game

Let's play some Elf on the Shelf inspired games, with our free Elf memory game.

Print out the images twice and see who can match the most pairs.

Elf Word Search - Find The Most Popular Elf Names

Have fun with this free elf word search and find the 16 most popular Elf on the Shelf names.

If I Were An Elf Writing Activity (free printable)

The kids will actually love writing this December with our free if I were an elf writing activity.

Elf on the Shelf Word Scramble (easy & hard version)

Can you unscramble these Elf words? There are 2 versions of Elf on the Shelf word scramble for younger and older kids.

Elf on the Shelf Yearbook cover printable

Create an Elf on the Shelf yearbook with our free covers. This is a great idea for the last day.

Free Elf on the Shelf Goodbye Letter To Print Out

This is always a sad time in our house.

Although secretly it is a relief, as I don't need to have sleepless nights about whether or not I remembered to move him!).

Print out our free Elf on the Shelf goodbye letter to explain everything to the kids. There are 2 different letters, and an extra one if you have multiple elves as we do.

How to Draw the Elf on the Shelf

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Would you like to draw this cute Elf on the Shelf? It's easy and fun with this simple, step-by-step drawing tutorial.

Don't forget to download the free printable pages with step-by-step drawing instructions, picture tracing, and grid drawing worksheets, and a coloring page!