# AI Elf Dance Video (Elf Yourself With Your Face) > Your photo turns into a Christmas elf, green suit, pointy ears and a hat with a bell, and you do a bouncy elf dance by a lit tree with your own face: the elf yourself video, made with AI. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-elf-dance - Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-elf-dance - Model: Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini image model) builds the start frame, then Google Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (reference images to video with sound) - Type: video effect - Category: Holiday (https://soracai.com/effects/holiday) - Cost: 140 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Your photo – One adult or one pet, face clear and toward the camera, knees up or full body. Your clothes turn into the elf suit. - Time: 1–3 minutes - Watermark: none - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-elf-dance/poster.avif - Updated: 2026-10-27 ## What is the AI Elf Dance Video (Elf Yourself With Your Face)? The elf dance is the Christmas video where you turn yourself into an elf: your clothes become a green elf suit with pointy ears and a hat with a bell, and you bounce around by the tree with your own face. Upload one photo of yourself, a friend or your pet and this template makes the clip. The idea is much older than AI video. For years the classic "elf yourself" cards pasted a photo of your face onto a cartoon elf body, and every year the searches come back in November and peak in December. It has turned into a nostalgia meme: in August 2025 a repost of an old elf dance captioned "This was our AI" passed 23.6 million views, and on 24 October 2026 a German post of the same kind ("So sah unser KI damals aus") passed 740,000 views in two days. Now people want the new version, with a real-looking body that moves instead of a pasted-on face. The template runs in two steps: an image model turns you into the elf by a lit Christmas tree, then a video model plays the hops, wiggles, spin and jazz-hands finish, with an original jingle-bell beat. Pets work too, in a tiny elf suit. You get an 8-second vertical clip with no watermark. The trend videos on this page are credited to their creators; the poster image is AI-generated. ## From pasted faces to a real elf The old elf dances put a flat photo of your face on a cartoon body, which is what made them funny. This version builds the whole elf from your photo, so your face, hair and body move together, and the tree, lights and presents look like a real living room at night. ## Which photo to use One adult or one pet, alone in the picture, face clear and toward the camera. The more of the body you show, the better the suit and the dance look. For a group, make one clip per person and edit them together. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-elf-dance and upload a photo (Your photo). 2. Press Generate (140 credits, shown on the button before you run it). 3. Wait one to three minutes; the result is also saved to My Creations. 4. Download the MP4 without a watermark. Failed runs are refunded automatically. ## Examples - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-elf-dance/poster.avif ## This trend on Instagram & TikTok - @amandatovar (Trend video), TikTok, 2025-08-13: “This was our AI”: the old elf dance that passed 23.6M views. 23,600,000 views, 3,800,000 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@amandatovar/video/7537901998163660037 - @milano_byb44 (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-24: The October 2026 comeback of the elf dance. 747,200 views, 74,600 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@milano_byb44/video/7700224674914897185 ## Tips - Use a knees-up or full-body photo so the elf suit and the dance have something to work with. - Face toward the camera, good light, no sunglasses or hat: the elf hat goes on top. - Make one for each person in the family and post them together, like the old elf cards. - Pets work: use a sharp photo with the whole body in view. - Caption it like the trend: "this was our AI" next to your new version. ## Use cases - A Christmas card video for family and friends. - An office or team holiday post, one elf per colleague who agreed. - Your pet's first Christmas clip for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. - A nostalgia post next to an old pasted-face elf dance. ## FAQ ### How do I make an elf dance video with my face? Upload one clear photo of yourself and press Generate. You get an 8-second clip of you dressed as a Christmas elf, dancing by a lit tree with your own face. ### Is it free? Video templates use paid credits. New accounts get free credits for photo templates only. The exact cost is shown on the Generate button before you confirm. ### Can I make my dog or cat an elf? Yes. Upload a sharp photo of your pet with the whole body in view and it dances in a tiny elf suit and hat. ### Does the video have music? Yes, an original jingle-bell dance beat with sleigh bells. Add any other sound yourself in TikTok or CapCut. ### Is this Elf Yourself or affiliated with JibJab? No. Soracai is not affiliated with JibJab, Elf Yourself or the creators of the elf dance clips. People search the trend by that name; this template makes its own elf video from your photo. ### Can I use someone else's photo? Only an adult who agreed to it. Never upload a child's photo. ### Is there a watermark? No watermark is added to the video. ### Where is my photo stored? Uploads are stored in Firebase Storage (Google Cloud) under your account so the run can happen and the result appears in Creations. They are not public, and you can email support to request deletion. 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