Elf Sliding Across Cereal Boxes | Elf on the Shelf Ideas 2022
IS IT BREAKFAST TIME? With all the flurry of Festive activities you are going to want to start your day off with a helping of your favourite cereal so you have lots of energy. What is on today’s Festive agenda? Present shopping, caroling, Festive movies, cookie baking, tree trimming, what did we miss?
We hope you have time to do everything your Festive filled heart desires. And if that includes keeping up Elf on the Shelf traditions then we have you covered. Why not use our app Life Lapse to create some stop motion magic with your Elf. The kids will be amazed at what Elf can do when they are not around and you will get to learn a new skill in the process, sounds like win win to us!
What you’ll need:
iPhone or Android with our app, Life Lapse
Tripod or DIY tripod
Elf on the Shelf, of course
Props: in this case, we used a few cereal boxes. Bonus points if you happen to have the Elf on the Shelf cereal, but totally not necessary to pull this one off.
Step 1: Set up your cereal boxes in a line against a wall for stability, and lock exposure, focus and white balance to make for a smooth transition. Set up your interval timer to take a photo every 10 seconds or use a bluetooth remote if you have one with the pro version of our app.
Step 2: Start with Elf out of sight. Take a photo.
Step 3: Place Elf on edge of first cereal box. Wait for a photo to be taken.
Step 4: Move Elf across the boxes until they are out of shot on the other side. Make sure to only move Elf a little at a time without disturbing the boxes, so that the video is the smoothest it can be!
Step 5: Launch the editor. Speed up the video, adjust the brightness, or make any other adjustments to perfect the video.
Step 6: Save and share! Tag us @lifelapse_app or using our hashtag, #lifelapse. For Elf on the Shelf content only, take a look at our hashtag #elfontheshelfvideo
