Mummies and daddies, you may have heard of the term ‘North Pole Breakfast’, perhaps in the playground when talking to other parents, on Facebook, or through word of mouth. We have Poptarts and Christmas shaped Marshmallows in bowls and finally instead of boiled eggs in egg cups we have elf egg cups with kinder eggs.

Have a North Pole Breakfast as your elf arrives on 1st December, to welcome them back or celebrate the new arrival, and of course to help your elf acclimatise!There are also lots of free North Pole Christmas Breakfast Signs available on Pinterest where you are sure to find your own to match your theme. Spread a filling such as cream, Nutella or lemon curd on each slice as you build it, to hold it together.

Or take inspiration from Eats Amazing’s Reindeer Pizza Quesadillas swapping out the Pizza ingredient for breakfast items or lets the kids enjoy pizza breakfast and keep to the original recipe. I try to remain consistent with the selection of photos each year, so I try to always include their Halloween costume, first day of school, school picture, a photo from vacation, etc. I am usually not even starting on the breakfast until the middle of the night once the tree and house are decorated. To me it looked like a normal breakfast but with presents and lots of disposable tableware – not for me. A relatively new Christmas tradition, it’s a fun family-friendly meal to celebrate the Christmas countdown.We threw an amazing elf on the shelf party which was great fun and pretty much everything you need is in this box, just add the food and the guests! The night before I set it all up ready and just placed the food out where it would go but left everything sealed. For traditional themes, add mini Christmas Trees, fill vases with baubles or simply scatter them across the table. And, from Elf on the Shelf to Christmas Eve boxes, there are a fair few new traditions we didn't have when we were kids.

And if you fancy going the extra mile and making a full ‘Christmas Tree – Night Sky’ Christmas fruit board, check out our idea here. We are so excited that this is going to be the first year we are going to have a real tree and have decided it's going to stand in our conservatory where our table is as it's nice and cool in there.Or for a very special treat how about turning a hollow Christmas figure into a glass filled with their favourite milkshake flavour. With festive Elf cookies, tree lollies and lots more, we have plenty of recipe ideas for you and your little ones to make together.