ELF on the Shelf has taken over households all over the UK in the run up to Christmas.
And this year you can pick up a bargain ‘Hide and Seek’ game featuring the
A mum shared how she found an Elf on the Shelf ‘Hide and Seek’ toy for £2.99Credit: TikTok/@katiesfamilylife
All you need to do is hide the elf and set a timer for your kids, and he emits cluesCredit: TikTok/@katiesfamilylife
While sites such as Very have been selling the interactive toy for £16.99, a mum has shared how she spotted it for just £2.99 in .
Katie, who posts under @katiesfamilylife , uploaded a clip showing off her bargain find.
She wrote: “Actually couldn’t believe it when I saw it for this price compared to what people are selling it for on here.
“Perfect little stocking filler, run there asap!!!”
The Elf on the Shelf Hide and Seek game features a six-inch elf which plays sounds and music to guide ‘seekers’ towards a hiding spot.
Once the viral character has been hidden in your home, it emits giggles and musical hints every few seconds.
All you need to do is first activate the timer, and then kids have a race against time to find it before the time runs out.
When they discover its hiding place, you can press a snowflake button which activates a “Dance Mode”, so you can celebrate with “lights and sounds.”
Many parents seemed delighted that you can pick up the toy for a bargain price from Home Bargain.
One person wrote: “Omg I have just literally brought this for my little one bargain.”
Another added: “We got it the other day, was so happy to find it in home bargains.”
Elf history
The is a tradition that began in 2005, according to CNBC , and now sees parents putting the toy in a for their kids in the run-up to December 25.
According to the outlet, that year, Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell self-published the book titled The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition.
Love it or hate it, the cheeky elves takeover homes up and down the country each DecemberCredit: AP
The book came with a special box that contained a small Scout Elf.
In an interview on The News with Shepard Smith, Bell said the tradition is like a “simple game of hide and seek.”
She continued: “The elf will watch us during the day, report to Santa at night, and in the morning before kids wake up, the elf flies back from the North Pole and lands on a different spot in the house.
“They move around the house, they engage with families, hopefully they bring lots of joy and lots of fun.”
According to The Elf on the Shelf website, Scout Elves are “Santa’s most trusted helpers who help him in homes around the world and back at the North Pole.
“Each elf wears a red-and-white suit, a pointy hat and a white collar—that’s how you know they’re an official Scout Elf!”
Each morning, children will see what the .
The Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas tradition that began in 2005Credit: Supplied When does Elf on the Shelf begin?
According to the official website your Scout Elf can arrive anytime during the festive period.
Typically he or she will arrive at the start of the celebrations and return to the North Pole with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Santa sends most of his Scout Elves during “Scout Elf Return Week”, which runs from November 23 to December 1.
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