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Christmas Elf Ideas

Easy elf idea – the fizzy snow volcano

Tom’s elf beside an open paper cup inside a white snow-mountain sleeve, a vinegar jug, a teaspoon and a Snow volcano note on a red tray.

A paper-covered cup becomes your elf’s little snow volcano, with ingredients kept separate for a morning fizz experiment.

Funny elf idea – bubbles, not baubles

Tom’s elf beside a closed Gazillion bubble-solution bottle, red and green baubles and a Bubbles not baubles note on a blue tray.

Your elf has confused bubbles with baubles and left a bottle of bubble mixture beside two Christmas decorations.

Easy elf idea – the Christmas tree corner bookmark

Tom’s elf beside a navy notebook with a green folded-paper Christmas bookmark fitted over a page corner.

Your elf has folded a green paper corner bookmark and decorated it like a little Christmas tree.

Funny elf idea – the sleigh fuel savings bank

Tom’s elf beside a small plain white ceramic piggy bank, a few silver coins and a Sleigh fuel fund note.

Your elf has opened a tiny savings bank with a little ceramic pig and a Sleigh fuel fund sign.

Easy elf idea – the Christmas shape-sorting game

Tom’s elf behind three paper plates labelled circles, squares and triangles, holding red circles, green squares and yellow paper triangles.

Your elf has left circles, squares and triangles to sort onto labelled plates, making a simple Christmas morning game.

Easy elf idea – the homemade parachute test

Tom’s elf beside a flat square plastic parachute with four coloured corner strings connected to a wooden clothespeg resting in its centre.

Your elf has assembled a small plastic-bag parachute with a wooden clothespeg as its cargo, ready for a morning test flight.

Easy elf idea – the North Pole paper-fan wind department

Tom’s elf beside a red accordion-fold paper fan, green tissue strips and a North Pole wind department note on a desk.

Your elf has opened a tiny wind department with a homemade accordion-fold paper fan and light tissue scraps to move.

Easy elf idea – orange-and-clove Christmas pomanders

Tom’s elf beside two oranges decorated with whole cloves, one tied with red ribbon, and a Smells like Christmas note.

Your elf has started a fragrant Christmas craft with fresh oranges, whole cloves and a little red ribbon.

Funny elf idea – a free sample of North Pole air

Tom’s elf holding a clear puffed resealable bag labelled North Pole air, with a small Free sample note on a dresser.

Your elf has brought home an empty clear bag labelled North Pole air and is proudly offering it as a free sample.

Funny elf idea – the box-in-a-box present joke

Tom’s elf beside four progressively smaller open gift boxes nested together, with a gold paper star in the smallest box and a Keep going note.

Your elf has put a tiny You’re a star message inside a series of smaller boxes, with a Keep going note beside the biggest one.

Funny elf idea – the tabletop pool game

Tom’s elf beside a green-cloth wooden tabletop pool table with a cue, a white cue ball, three coloured balls and a Sleigh break note.

Your elf has taken a sleigh break beside a compact tabletop pool game, with a cue and a few balls ready for the family.

Funny elf idea – cooking snowballs at elf cooking school

Tom’s elf beside a miniature red toy frying pan containing cotton-wool snowballs, with a red lid, blue utensil and homemade cardboard hob.

Your elf has put cotton-wool snowballs into a toy frying pan and is wondering why his pretend dinner won’t melt.

Easy elf idea – the homemade Christmas shakers

Tom’s elf on a rug beside two sealed yoghurt-pot shakers decorated with red and green paper sleeves and white stars.

Your elf has started a North Pole rhythm club using two homemade shakers made from empty yoghurt pots.

Easy elf idea – the paper-cup North Pole telephone

Tom’s elf and a plush rabbit beside two white paper cups connected through their bases by a cotton string, with a Hello North Pole note.

Your elf and a toy rabbit have set up a homemade cup-and-string telephone, ready for a morning call to the North Pole.

Funny elf idea – teddy’s sleigh-driver height check

Tom’s elf sitting beside a teddy and a homemade paper height strip, with a Too small for the sleigh note and a ruler on the floor.

Teddy wants to drive Santa’s sleigh, but your elf has set up a very strict homemade height check.

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