Quick elf ideas: 5 minutes or less
Every idea here takes five minutes or less from start to finish. They are the ones to reach for when it is late and the sofa is calling.
- 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
- Hitched a lift in a hood
- One last hug
- I'll miss shoe
- Reindeer food to sprinkle outside
- Saying bye to every room
- Flown home through the window
- Merry Crisp-mas
- Too tired to move
- Green milk
- Compliments on the mirror
- Elf in a toast sandwich
- Elf's been colouring
- Pull a face like me
- Bed in a tissue box
- Trapped under a glass
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.
- Welcome letter from the North Pole: The elf arrives with an official-looking letter explaining the rules of the visit.
- 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!'
- Reindeer food to sprinkle outside: The elf leaves a bag of oats and sprinkles with instructions to scatter it outside on Christmas Eve.
- 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.
- Green milk: The milk has turned green overnight and the elf is sitting on the bottle with a drop of food colouring.
- Compliments on the mirror: The elf has written something lovely about each child on the bathroom mirror.
- 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.