All elf ideas

Browse funny, naughty and easy Christmas elf setups. Find a quick scene for tonight, a special arrival or an idea using props you already have.

Easy elf idea – the pop-up Christmas tree card

Your elf has made a Christmas card with a folded green paper tree that stands up from the middle when the card opens.

Your elf has taken fish and chips rather literally: a paper fish is waiting on a plate beside a few potato crisps.

Your elf is giving two cuddly toys homemade paper awards for Best cuddles and Best listener, with a tiny ceremony on the bench.

Your elf has brought mini Jenga blocks and left a Your turn note, ready for the children to build a small tower and play.

Your elf and a teddy are having a tiny tug-of-war match on the rug, with a paper centre line and a No pulling faces note.

Your elf has a tiny windowsill jungle of cress, with a seed packet ready for the children to grow another little pot.

Your elf has started weaving green paper strips through a red paper base to make a small Christmas mat.

Your elf has invented a cardboard clock with biscuit pictures instead of numbers, so it is always snack o’clock.

Your elf has a little cardboard candyfloss cart, with fluffy pretend treats on paper cones and a striped homemade awning.

Your elf has made his own Christmas wrapping paper with potato stamps, red circles and green triangles on brown paper.

Your elf has a homemade red-card photo booth with an ELFIE frame, paper props and a little Strike a pose invitation.

Your elf has turned a few closed books into stepping-stone islands, with homemade paper flames for a tiny floor is lava game.

Your elf is a cardboard knight guarding the last biscuit from a toy dinosaur dressed as a little paper-winged dragon.

Your elf has made a small Christmas wreath from a cardboard ring and red, green and white pom-poms, with a tiny ribbon bow.

Your elf has made little coin rubbings on paper and called them treasure for Santa, ready to turn into homemade gift tags.