Easy elf ideas
The easiest elf ideas use one thing you already have and a funny pose: the elf in a tissue box bed, a note by the door, a mug of cocoa it can't finish. Every idea below takes 15 minutes or less, most take five, and each one has a line your elf can leave for the morning.
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- Easy elf ideas
- Quick elf ideas
- Last-minute elf ideas
- No-mess elf ideas
- Funny elf ideas
- Elf arrival ideas
- Elf goodbye ideas
- Elf ideas for toddlers
- Elf ideas for older kids
Arrival ideas
- Asleep in a stocking
- Hiding in the cereal box
- Stuck halfway down the chimney
- Hello note by the door
- Welcome letter from the North Pole
- Welcome breakfast
- Bursting out of a present
- Paper plane landing
- A tiny door appears
- Hitched a lift in a hood
Silly ideas
- Too tired to move
- Bed in a tissue box
- Elf on strike
- Marshmallow bubble bath
- Storytime with the teddies
- Joyriding the toy car
- Game night with the toys
- Tangled in fairy lights
Harmless pranks
- Green milk
- Trapped under a glass
- Chilling in the fridge
- Caught with the sweets
- Toothpaste message in the sink
- Loo roll mummy
- Shaving foam beard
- Breaking out of the cereal box
Kind ideas
- Compliments on the mirror
- Phone someone you love
- Hot chocolate for tonight
- Elf did a chore
- Toys to share box
- Secret kindness envelopes
- Bird feeder to hang outside
Food ideas
- Elf in a toast sandwich
- Sprinkles on everything
- Candy cane hunt
- Baking day
- Magic sweet seeds
- Marshmallow snowmen
- Pancake chef
Making ideas
Notes, clues and missions
- Pull a face like me
- Where's the elf?
- Joke of the day card
- Riddle on the fridge
- Colouring page delivery
- Write back to the elf
- Mission for today