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 teddy X-ray clinic

Your elf opens a toy X-ray clinic for a teddy, using a homemade paper coat and a chalk drawing that reveals an urgent need for a cuddle.

One little paper cloud has produced a pretend shower, and your elf has borrowed a tiny decorative umbrella to prepare for it.

A handkerchief blanket and a few paper sandwiches give your elf and a teddy a very small picnic for two.

Two marshmallow snowmen wait at your elf’s workstation, with one decorated and the other still expecting its face and buttons.

Your elf answers a very important call from Santa using an unpeeled banana, with a tiny homemade phone book beside him.

Your elf waits by the window with homemade binoculars, watching a little paper robin perched on the plant pot.

A little cardboard bookshelf and miniature paper books become your elf’s lending library, ready for a Christmas story choice.

Your elf tries flying a little paper kite indoors and finds that the houseplant has become an unexpected landing spot.

A little trail of snowy elf boot prints leads from the door to your returning elf, with the flour kept on a removable paper runner.

A cardboard backboard and tiny paper hoop become a North Pole basketball game, with your elf narrowly ahead of the teddy.

Your elf puts on a paper moustache and confidently claims that nobody will recognise him, despite everything else being exactly the same.

A foil-lined tray becomes the moon, with a homemade rocket and your elf planting a tiny North Pole flag beside the landing site.

An official standing scooter helps your elf start a tiny present-delivery round, with homemade parcels ready for the toy-box neighbours.

Your elf tackles a Christmas jumper covered in paper stars, with a household lint roller that suddenly looks like serious cleaning equipment.

Four Brussels sprouts try to cross a paper road, while your elf holds up the traffic with a tiny homemade stop sign.