61 Last-Minute Elf Ideas - Page 3 of 5

Easy elf idea – the tiny teddy picnic

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

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.

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

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.

Paper Easter eggs and rabbit ears appear beside the Christmas tree, and your elf has realised he is preparing for the wrong holiday.

Six ordinary objects on a tray become your elf’s Christmas memory challenge, ready for the children to cover and remember.

Tiny paper boots appear beside a full-size pair of wellies, and your elf looks rather suspicious about the sudden shrinking mystery.

Your elf covers a cupboard with little kind messages, leaving one extra note for someone to find in the morning.

Your elf puts an old phone in a homemade cardboard jail, with a tiny verdict saying it has landed on the naughty list.

An almost-finished jigsaw is missing one piece, and your elf is sitting nearby with a rather suspicious Looking for this note.

Two spare computer mice become unlikely racing rivals, with our elf on the grandstand. A quick setup using desk bits and scrap paper.

Our elf’s grand escape act has gone wrong: he’s under a clear bowl with a tiny Help note and a patient teddy audience.

An empty ribbon lead and paper paw prints reveal our elf’s invisible dog. A quick funny scene with almost nothing to buy.