Elf disaster: mum accidentally melts Elf on the Shelf in oven

Let's face it ladies and gentlemen, we've had our fill of Elf on the Shelf for this year.

Sometimes you forget to move them, or you might hide him so well the kids can't find him. 

But one mum took elf neglect to a whole new level, by accidentally melting her kid's Elf in the oven. 

At least we're not that bad, right?! 

Mum-of-two, Brittany Mease, wrote on Love What Matters, that she wasn't a big fan of Elfis the Elf to begin with: 

"I can’t stand doing Elf on the Shelf, but I suck it up every year and do it to see those precious smiles on my beautiful children’s faces." 

Returning on December 1st, Elfis had a broken leg. Luckily Doctor McStuffins fixed him up and he was put on "bed-rest" for 14 days: 

"Mum win, right? I just got a free pass to not worry about moving that creepy guy for TWO WEEKS! Heck yeah!" 

But the 14 days passed, and Brittany's kids noticed that Elfie hadn't moved yet. In a panic, she grabbed him and tossed him in the oven while the kids weren't looking. 

She had been planning on moving him later to avoid rousing suspicion, but life took over: 

"They have been waiting for him to come back for a couple days, but life’s been a little crazy with Gray being super sick (and my life being a joke in general) so… I forgot. I seriously forgot I put the freaking elf in the freaking oven!"

So a few days later, Brittany puts some lunch in the oven. Suddenly, she noticed a burning smell: 

"'THE ELF! THE FREAKING ELF IS IN THE OVEN!' She rushed in to help me get him out, and Gray came in the kitchen with excitement thinking our elf was back; but his world fell apart as we were using kitchen utensils to get our burnt and melting elf, out of the oven."

She said that her son was heartbroken, but her daughter found the melted Elf hilarious. So she's working to find a second Elf for the kids:

"I’m having to scramble and find the other elf we have; and then I have to call Santa (in front of the kids) and ask him if he will please pick Elfis up tonight. Ya know, since he is unable to make it to the North Pole to get fixed (because his head literally popped off from being too hot, once we pulled him out of the oven; and his feet are completely melted off)."

Brittany now calls herself the "Elf Killer" and has inspired other parents to come forward with their own elfing fails: 

Note to self: if hiding Elf in the kitchen, go for the fridge.