Last-minute elf ideas for when you've forgotten
Just remembered the elf and the shops are shut? These need nothing you'd have to buy and take five minutes at most. Nobody will ever know it was a last-minute job.
- Asleep in a stocking
- Hiding in the cereal box
- Stuck halfway down the chimney
- Hello note by the door
- Hitched a lift in a hood
- One last hug
- I'll miss shoe
- Saying bye to every room
- Flown home through the window
- Merry Crisp-mas
- Too tired to move
- Elf in a toast sandwich
- Elf's been colouring
- Pull a face like me
- Bed in a tissue box
- Trapped under a glass
- Phone someone you love
- Where's the elf?
- Elf on strike
- Chilling in the fridge
The list
- Asleep in a stocking: The elf has arrived and gone straight to sleep inside a Christmas stocking.
- Hiding in the cereal box: The elf has cut a window in the cereal box and is peeping out at the breakfast table.
- Stuck halfway down the chimney: Only the elf's legs are showing, poking out of the fireplace or a gap in the bookcase.
- Hello note by the door: The elf is waiting by the front door with a wobbly handwritten hello.
- Hitched a lift in a hood: The elf has arrived riding in the hood of a coat on its hook, peeping over the edge and waving.
- One last hug: The elf is holding out both arms with a note asking for a goodbye hug before heading home.
- I'll miss shoe: The elf is sitting in a child's shoe with a note that says 'I'll miss shoe!'
- Saying bye to every room: On the last morning the elf is hugging the Christmas tree goodbye and wants help saying bye to every room.
- Flown home through the window: On the last morning the elf's spot is empty and one curtain is pulled back, as if it flew out in the night.
- Merry Crisp-mas: The elf has hung empty crisp packets on the tree like baubles, with a 'Merry Crisp-mas' sign.
- Too tired to move: The elf hasn't moved but has a tiny blanket and a note saying it overslept.
- Elf in a toast sandwich: The elf is squashed between two slices of bread with 'I'm toast' written on a note.
- Elf's been colouring: The elf has coloured in a page from the kids' colouring book and left a page for them.
- Pull a face like me: The elf is pulling a silly face with a note asking the kids to copy it and take a photo.
- Bed in a tissue box: The elf is tucked up in an empty tissue box with a tissue blanket.
- Trapped under a glass: The elf is trapped under an upturned glass with a 'Caught in the act' note.
- Phone someone you love: The elf is holding a paper phone with a note asking the kids to call someone they love today.
- Where's the elf?: The elf is properly hidden and has left one hint on the fridge; a grown-up has a second hint for anyone who's stuck.
- Elf on strike: The elf is holding a tiny placard saying 'On strike. Need biscuits.' and refusing to move.
- Chilling in the fridge: The elf is lying in the fridge under a tea towel blanket, missing the cold of home.