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Christmas Elf Ideas

Easy elf idea – the miniature hopscotch course

Tom’s elf seated beside six numbered coloured-paper hopscotch squares on a wooden floor with a button marker.

Six numbered paper squares make a little hopscotch course for your elf, with a button marker and a cheerful Hop to it note.

Easy elf idea – the North Pole present inspector

Tom’s elf inspecting three small wrapped boxes with a Present checks clipboard and a North Pole quality control sign.

Your elf checks three finished miniature presents against a homemade clipboard before approving them for Christmas delivery.

Funny elf idea – the Christmas traffic jam

Tom’s elf directing a queue of three toy cars around a sealed strawberry jam jar on a black-card road.

A jar of strawberry jam blocks a little road of toy cars, and your elf is left trying to deal with the Christmas traffic jam.

Easy elf idea – the tiny paper-boat regatta

Tom’s elf beside two folded paper boats on a flat blue-paper river with foil pretend water and a Finish sign.

Your elf starts a race between two paper boats on a dry homemade river, with a tiny flag and finish sign ready on the table.

Easy elf idea – the dry paper aquarium

Tom’s elf beside a clear dry container with three coloured paper fish, green paper seaweed and a My first aquarium sign.

Three little paper fish and a clear container make a completely dry aquarium for your elf, with homemade seaweed and no water to tidy up.

Funny elf idea – the cardboard time machine

Tom’s elf seated in a homemade cardboard time machine with foil controls, a clock and a Next stop Christmas note.

A cardboard box and a few pretend controls become your elf’s time machine, set for Christmas but apparently still waiting to work.

Funny elf idea – the tiny paper-cloud shower

Tom’s elf holding a small yellow paper parasol beside a paper cloud with three hanging blue paper raindrops.

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

Easy elf idea – the tiny teddy picnic

Tom’s elf and a teddy on a red-and-white handkerchief picnic blanket with paper sandwiches, a biscuit and two miniature cups.

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

Easy elf idea – the marshmallow snowman workshop

Tom’s elf beside two three-marshmallow snowmen on a wooden table, one decorated with chocolate eyes, orange nose and dark buttons.

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

Funny elf idea – the banana phone call

Tom’s elf holding an unpeeled banana beside his face as a pretend telephone with a Santa calling note.

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

Easy elf idea – the paper-robin watch

Tom’s elf holding two short cardboard-tube binoculars beside a flat paper robin on a plant pot and a Robin watch note.

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

Easy elf idea – the tiny elf lending library

Tom’s elf beside a miniature cardboard lending library with coloured paper books, library cards and a Borrow a book sign.

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

Elf arrival idea – the snowy footprint trail

Tom’s elf beside a brown-paper trail of white curled-toe elf boot prints with red footprint stencils and a Back from the North Pole note.

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.

Easy elf idea – the North Pole paper basketball game

Tom’s elf holding a crumpled paper ball beside a homemade basketball hoop and backboard with a toy bear watching.

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

Funny elf idea – the giant paper moustache

Tom’s elf wearing a curled black paper moustache beneath his nose and holding a Nobody will recognise me note.

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

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