123 Unique Elf Ideas - Page 7 of 9

Easy elf idea – the colour-in Christmas snow globe

Your elf has started a tiny Christmas snow-globe craft, with a coloured tree and a spare insert ready for the children.

Your elf has made a little abacus from a cardboard frame, cotton string and cereal hoops, ready for a morning counting game.

A cardboard half-tube on a few books makes a little marble run for your elf, with a shallow lid ready to catch each rolling marble.

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

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

Three little green craft pegs become crocodiles in your elf’s miniature park, with paper eyes, teeth and tails added at home.

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.

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.

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

Your elf opens a toy X-ray clinic for a teddy, using a homemade paper coat and a chalk drawing that reveals an urgent need for a cuddle.

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

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

Your elf tries flying a little paper kite indoors and finds that the houseplant has become an unexpected landing spot.

A foil-lined tray becomes the moon, with a homemade rocket and your elf planting a tiny North Pole flag beside the landing site.

An official standing scooter helps your elf start a tiny present-delivery round, with homemade parcels ready for the toy-box neighbours.