Unique Elf Ideas

Your elf has a homemade red-card photo booth with an ELFIE frame, paper props and a little Strike a pose invitation.

Your elf has made a small Christmas wreath from a cardboard ring and red, green and white pom-poms, with a tiny ribbon bow.

Your elf has made little coin rubbings on paper and called them treasure for Santa, ready to turn into homemade gift tags.

Your elf has made a flat cardboard shoe for a little shoelace practice club, with a bow ready for the children to try.

Your elf has made a little guitar from an empty tissue box and elastic bands, ready for a North Pole unplugged session.

Your elf has set out a simple pepper and soap experiment for the morning, with a little note inviting the children to try it.

Your elf has written an invisible message in white wax crayon. A gentle wash of watercolour reveals the surprise.

A little homemade board, two button counters and a toy opponent give your elf a snakes-and-ladders match of his own.

Your elf opens a little jewellery workshop with a foil-covered cardboard star, a button bracelet and an empty gift box.

Your elf makes a dry cardboard wishing well with a miniature bucket, paper coins and little wishes for the children to add.

Your elf has a tiny visitor to look after: an official Frost Pip baby in its frost flower, with a homemade nursery corner.

Your elf challenges a teddy to table tennis on a homemade cardboard table, with paper paddles and a tiny scrunched-paper ball.

A cardboard telescope and a little paper star chart turn the windowsill into your elf’s North Pole observatory.