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 cardboard shoelace club

Your elf has made a flat cardboard shoe for a little shoelace practice club, with a bow ready for the children to try.

Your elf has two very quiet pets looking for a home: ordinary pebbles with little paper faces and homemade name cards.

Your elf has made a little guitar from an empty tissue box and elastic bands, ready for a North Pole unplugged session.

Your elf is applying to be the Christmas tree star, with a homemade gold-card backdrop and a hopeful little note.

Your elf has set out a simple pepper and soap experiment for the morning, with a little note inviting the children to try it.

Your elf has written an invisible message in white wax crayon. A gentle wash of watercolour reveals the surprise.

Your elf has decided it is Teddy’s birthday, complete with a paper hat, a pretend cake and a tiny homemade party.

Your elf borrows a small colander for a turtle shell and leaves a Slow and steady note beside his kitchen disguise.

A little homemade board, two button counters and a toy opponent give your elf a snakes-and-ladders match of his own.

Your elf opens a little jewellery workshop with a foil-covered cardboard star, a button bracelet and an empty gift box.

Your elf makes a dry cardboard wishing well with a miniature bucket, paper coins and little wishes for the children to add.

Your elf leaves a folded paper fortune teller with small Christmas activities hidden under the flaps, ready for a morning game.

Your elf has replaced a few decorations with clean odd socks and seems very pleased with his new Christmas tree look.

Your elf is still awake in his satin pyjamas, counting three homemade cotton-wool sheep beside a tiny paper fence.

Your elf has a tiny visitor to look after: an official Frost Pip baby in its frost flower, with a homemade nursery corner.