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Elf Ideas for Kids

Easy elf idea – the tiny Rubik’s Cube workout

Tom’s elf sitting against a mustard cloth with a small solved Rubik’s Cube on a notebook and a Tiny brain workout note.

Your elf has finished a miniature Rubik’s Cube and is taking all the credit beside a Tiny brain workout note.

Funny elf idea – a tiny UNO game with Teddy

Tom’s elf and a teddy sitting opposite each other at a little table with miniature UNO cards and a Your turn, Teddy note.

A miniature UNO deck, a teddy opponent and a cheeky Your turn note make a tiny game night for your elf.

Easy elf idea – the frozen toy rescue

Tom’s elf sitting dry beside a green toy car frozen inside an ice block on a yellow tray, with a jug, a spoon and a Warm rescue note.

Your elf has a toy car trapped in ice, ready for a morning rescue using spoonfuls of warm water.

Easy elf idea – guess the Christmas carol

Tom’s elf beside two original hand-drawn cards showing gold bells and a green Christmas tree, with a Guess the carol note.

Two homemade picture cards give your elf a Christmas-song guessing game, with bells and a decorated tree as the clues.

Easy elf idea – the snowball weight check

Tom’s elf beside a blue-and-yellow bucket balance, with wooden blocks in the lower left bucket and cotton-wool balls in the higher right bucket.

Your elf has put cotton-wool snowballs and wooden blocks on a bucket balance to see which side is heavier.

Easy elf idea – the red paper lantern workshop

Tom’s elf beside an unlit red cut-paper lantern with bowed vertical strips and a white paper handle on a windowsill.

Your elf has opened a paper-lantern workshop, with a red cut-paper decoration and a spare sheet for the children.

Easy elf idea – the Christmas sniff test

Tom’s elf lying supported on a folded towel behind three dishes of cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and orange peel, with a Christmas sniff test note.

Cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and orange peel become your elf’s little Christmas scent-detective challenge.

Funny elf idea – the lost sock desk

Tom’s elf seated in a little wicker basket behind two red socks, two green socks, one blue sock and a Lost sock desk sign.

Your elf has opened a lost-sock desk, reunited two pairs and needs help finding the partner for one lonely blue sock.

Easy elf idea – the magnetic treasure hunt

Tom’s elf beside a red round-headed magnetic wand, steel paper clips, a wooden peg, a green pom-pom and blue card on a white tray.

A magnetic wand and a few everyday objects give your elf a treasure hunt with a surprising discovery inside a wooden peg.

Easy elf idea – the tiny Etch A Sketch challenge

Tom’s elf with a tiny red Etch A Sketch resting on his knees, showing a continuous stair-step line beside a Tiny drawing challenge note.

Your elf has a working miniature Etch A Sketch and a tiny stair-step drawing for the children to try copying.

Easy elf idea – the paper-plate reindeer disguise

Tom’s elf beside a brown-painted paper-plate reindeer mask with two eye holes, two card antlers, a red nose and a wooden handle.

Your elf has made a paper-plate reindeer mask for the children, with card antlers and a bright red paper nose.

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 sink-or-float test

Tom’s elf sitting dry beside an empty clear bowl on a blue tray, with a cork, a pebble, a teaspoon and a Sink or float note.

Your elf has set out a cork, a pebble and a spoon beside an empty bowl, ready for a morning sink-or-float experiment.

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.

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