1. This parent, who hid their kids' elf in the oven, forgot about it, and then turned on the oven:
2. This parent, whose "elf making snow angels" scene was really adorable...until their cat mistook the "snow" for kitty litter:
3. This parent, who thought it would be cute to set up a candle marshmallow-roasting scene...until the marshmallows caught on fire and almost burned the house down:
4. This parent, who hung their kids' elf from the ceiling in the kitchen and it fell, so the kids woke up to find it drowned in a soaking pot:
5. This parent, whose elf "zip-lining" from fishing wire was a cool idea...until her kid stumbled upon him floating in midair like this and was scared to death:
6. This parent, who put their elf a little too close to a light fixture and burned its face off:
7. This parent, whose dog got to the elf before she could save it:
8. And this parent, whose elf-Barbie fishing scene was super cute...until Barbie's dress slipped and made the elf look like a creep...
...with a capital "C":
9. This parent, whose kids' elf made a cute little chocolate chip "poop" on the side of the toilet and then promptly fell in:
10. This parent, who tried the snow angel thing too, but her kiddo got to the sugar "snow"...right before school:
11. This parent, who tried to set up a scene where the elf chewed bubble gum and blew a bubble from their butt...but it deflated and looked more like diarrhea:
12. This parent, whose elf's "Be good" toothpaste message melted into something cryptic:
13. This parent, who tried to have his kids' elf draw minions on some fruit, but they didn't quite turn out as he'd hoped:
14. And finally, this poor, poor parent, who sat their kids' elf on a light fixture and it burned straight through his jingle bells:
Hang in there, parents — Christmas is almost here!
