⭐ Best Elf Ideas - Top Rated Christmas Elf Activities

The elf sits in the bathroom surrounded by unraveled toilet paper rolls that are draped across the mirror, sink, and floor. The elf holds the end of a toilet paper roll with white paper streaming everywhere like a snowstorm hit the bathroom.

The elf creates a 'dance party' using bubble wrap taped to the floor with toy figures or small stuffed animals 'dancing' on it. Add a note: 'I made a POP party! Step on it and dance with me!' Preschoolers will love stomping on the bubble wrap to make it pop while pretending to dance with the elf.

Your elf has set up an elaborate DIY smoothie bar with labeled ingredient cups (spinach, berries, protein powder, etc.) BUT one cup is labeled 'Mystery Ingredient - DO YOU DARE?' filled with something unexpected like pickle juice, hot sauce, or sardine water. Include a challenge note: 'I triple-dog dare you to make a smoothie with the mystery ingredient and post a taste-test video!' Perfect for social-media-loving tweens who enjoy challenges.

Your elf becomes DJ Elfie! Set up a mini DJ booth using two round lids or coasters as turntables, headphones made from bottle caps and pipe cleaners, and tiny album covers cut from wrapping paper. Surround the elf with colorful building blocks arranged as speakers. Add a note: 'I've been mixing the North Pole's hottest tracks all night! Can you help me name my next song?' Include crayons for kids to draw their own album covers.

Your elf tried to lift 'weights' made from stacked cookies, candy canes, or small toys tied to spoons with ribbon. The weights are 'too heavy' so the elf is pinned underneath them dramatically with a sign saying 'Send help! Skipped leg day!' Bonus: scatter toy cars or small stuffed animals around as the elf's 'gym buddies' cheering them on.

Transform your elf into a techno DJ! Create a mini DJ booth using a cardboard box, with pot lids as turntables and wooden spoons as mixers. Add aluminum foil knobs and buttons. Surround the elf with toy sunglasses, a colander as a disco ball hanging above, and arrange baby toys as the 'dance floor crowd' (stuffed animals bouncing). Bonus: Leave a note saying 'Das ist gut, ja!' with glow stick bracelets for your toddler to join the silent disco party.

Elf attempted to make a post-workout protein shake but made a huge mess! Set up elf with a blender surrounded by spilled flour or powdered sugar (as protein powder), with a tiny protein shaker bottle, dumbbells made from toilet paper rolls and tape, and a motivational gym poster drawn by elf. Add a note: 'Leg day was brutal! My shake exploded everywhere! - Buddy'

The elf has 'done' the child's homework but gotten all the answers hilariously wrong on purpose (2+2=Fish, the capital of France is Pizza Town, etc.). Leave a red marker nearby with silly corrections and a note: 'Homework is HARD! Can you fix my mistakes before school?' Kids will laugh at the absurd answers.

Your elf is hosting a toddler dance party with the number 67 everywhere! Elf wears a headband with '67' and is surrounded by 6 toy cars and 7 stuffed animals having a dance party. Play toddler music and add a sign: 'Can you count my friends? 6 + 7!' This introduces the viral Gen Alpha reference while teaching counting - toddlers learn numbers, older siblings get the meme.

Your elf has packed a 'time capsule' box with funny items and memories from this year (drawings, photos, small toys, notes about funny moments). The elf sits with packed 'luggage' (small box), holding a map marked 'North Pole Express' and wearing sunglasses. A note says: 'Thanks for the memories! I'm taking proof back to HQ that you were AWESOME this year. Same time next December? -Your Elf'

The elf lies in the bathroom floor surrounded by unrolled toilet paper stretched across the tiles in the shape of a snow angel. Toilet paper is draped over the sink and toilet with the elf positioned in the middle of the paper mess.

Rampenissen sits in the middle of a bedroom pillow fort, surrounded by pillows and blankets scattered everywhere. Stuffed animals are positioned as if they've been knocked over in a pillow fight, with feathers and down scattered across the bed and floor. The elf holds a pillow triumphantly, with more pillows piled haphazardly around the fort.

Your elf has set up an extreme engineering challenge using Oreos! Stack them vertically to build the tallest free-standing tower possible. The elf leaves a measuring tape, a note with the current 'North Pole Record' (12 cookies high), and challenges your tween to beat it. Bonus: use toothpicks as support beams for advanced architecture. Winner gets to eat their creation!

The elf sits at the top of a tall stack of toilet paper rolls in the bathroom. Unraveled toilet paper streams down around the tower and across the floor.

The elf got into the Nutella jar and gave themselves (and maybe some toy friends or family photos) chocolate mustaches! Place the elf sitting next to an open Nutella jar with a spoon, and use a tiny bit of Nutella to create a mustache on the elf's face. You can also draw Nutella mustaches on toy figures nearby or place silly mustache drawings on family photos. Leave a note: 'Oops! The Nutella was too yummy to resist!'

Your elf has 'hacked' into social media! Print out fake phone screenshots showing the elf has changed the family WiFi password to 'NaughtyList2024', posted embarrassing throwback photos to a mock Instagram account, or created a TikTok-style video script about the family's funny habits. Leave the printed posts around their devices with the elf posing with a toy phone and ring light.

The elf sets up a 'mad scientist laboratory' using household items. Place the elf wearing a coffee filter 'lab coat' with safety goggles, surrounded by labeled test tubes (clear straws in play dough), beakers (small cups with colored water), and a clipboard with 'Top Secret Experiment: How to make kids laugh.' Add funny fake formulas like '2 cups giggles + 3 tbsp silly faces = best day ever!'

The elf sits in the bathroom sink surrounded by mountains of white foam bubbles that overflow onto the counter. Small toy rubber ducks are scattered around the foam-filled sink with bubble solution bottles tipped over nearby.

The elf has 'stolen' all the phone chargers in the house and created a ransom note demanding 5 acts of kindness or holiday cheer (like singing a carol, helping with dinner, or complimenting a sibling) before the chargers are returned. The elf sits with the chargers wrapped in ribbon like a present, holding a tiny ransom note. Perfect for tweens who are attached to their devices!

Your elf has been building their own 'Roblox world' overnight using colorful blocks! Set up the elf surrounded by block towers, with small toy figures positioned around like game characters. Add a handmade sign that says 'Welcome to [Child's Name] World!' Include simple block creations like a house, tree, or tower. Leave a note: 'I built you a special world! Can you add to it today?'

Your elf is hosting an epic karaoke concert! Set up a 'stage' using a box or platform, with the elf wearing sunglasses and holding a wooden spoon as a microphone. Arrange stuffed animals as the audience sitting in rows. Add a sign that says 'SOLD OUT SHOW!' Optional: scatter toy musical instruments around or make confetti from paper scraps for extra pizzazz.