School Age (6-10 years)•✨ Naughty
Elf rewired the remote controls
🛋️Living Room
•⏱️10 min
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About this idea
The elf has swapped the batteries out of every TV remote in the house and taped them to the ceiling fan blades with a tiny note reading 'Sorry — I needed them for my sleigh GPS upgrade! 🎅⚡'. The elf sits nearby wearing a pair of googly eyes as 'night vision goggles', surrounded by a makeshift 'North Pole Tech Lab' sign made from a sticky note. Kids have to hunt down each remote and reinstall the batteries to restore order.
What you'll need
- Sticky-backed tin foil or construction paper
- Googly eyes
- A small sticky note or piece of paper
- Battery holders from old remotes (optional for authenticity)
- Scotch tape or hot glue gun (adult use only)
- A ceiling fan (or a fan blade prop)
How to set it up
- Cut a small sticky note into a rectangle and write 'North Pole Tech Lab' on it. Attach it to a wall or shelf to create a sign.
- Attach googly eyes to a pair of old sunglasses or directly onto the elf doll using tape to create 'night vision goggles.'
- Carefully remove the batteries from all TV remotes in the house. (Note: Have an adult assist with this step for safety.)
- Using scotch tape, attach each battery to a different blade of the ceiling fan, spacing them out evenly.
- Place a tiny note near the fan that reads 'Sorry — I needed them for my sleigh GPS upgrade! 🎅⚡' and position the elf nearby wearing the googly eye goggles, looking up at the batteries.
Tips & variations
- For added challenge, mix up the batteries so kids have to figure out which battery goes in which remote. Use this as a learning moment about battery polarity and matching + to + and – to –.
- If you don’t have a ceiling fan, use the blades of a table fan or even draw fan blades on cardboard and tape the batteries to that prop.
- Make it extra fun by hiding a small treat or sticker inside each remote once the batteries are replaced, rewarding kids for completing the task.
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