Materials:

• Wrapped candy
• Empty candy wrappers

Instructions:

1. Your elf will unwrap Christmas candy to eat and enjoy. One small problem…they don’t know when to stop!

Legal [General, 1, 5, 8]

Materials:

• Chocolate wafer bars
• Plate

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will use chocolate wafer bars to build a jumbling tower on top of a plate. They’ll be practicing their patience until you find them by:
   • Removing wafer bars carefully so they don’t fall.
   • Trying not to eat the chocolate wafer bars. So tempting!

Legal [General, 5]

Materials:

• Color printer
• Card stock/paper
• Printable
• Scissors
• Tape
• Corn on the cob (real or plastic)
• Popped popcorn

Instructions:

1. Your elf will print and cut out the printable, folding the treat transformer along the dotted lines.
2. Then, they will place corn on the cob into one side of the printable machine and popped popcorn on the other.

Get Printable

Legal [General, 2, 5]

Materials:

• Color printer
• Card stock/paper
• Printable
• Scissors
• Plate
• Donuts

Instructions:

1. Your elf will print and cut out the printable sign.
2. Then, they will prop it near a plate of delicious donuts for you to enjoy!

Get Printable

Legal [General, 2, 5]

Materials:

• Color printer
• Card stock/paper
• Printable
• Scissors
• Tape
• Miniature or regular-sized cup of cocoa
• Phone, computer or other device to watch the Cocoa with Joe show

Instructions:

1. Your elf will print and cut out the printable.
2. They will set up the Cocoa with Joe poster.
3. Then, they will grab a mug of cocoa.
4. Finally, they will don their matching monocle and mustache while tuning into Cocoa with Joe on The Elf on the Shelf’s YouTube channel.

Get Printable

Legal [General, 1, 5]

Materials:

• Mini marshmallows

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will scatter many marshmallows on the counter, hop in the pile and begin making a snow angel!

Legal [General, 1, 5]

Materials:

• Color printer
• Card stock/paper
• Printable
• Scissors
• Baking sheet
• Wax paper
• Bowl

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will print and cut out the printable.
2. Then, they will whip up the batch of Brown-E's, by displaying the printable brown letters on a baking sheet. Yummy? Funny!

Get Printable

Legal [General, 2, 7, 8]

Materials:

• Toast
• Icing
• Sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf learned a thing or two from Mrs. Claus’ kitchen, so they whipped up a sugary, sweet breakfast by spreading icing on toast and then topping it with sprinkles. Voila!

Legal [General, 5]

Materials:

• Soft peppermint candies
• Mini and full-sized candy canes
• Small bucket or cup
• Crushed chocolate cookies
• Mini watering tin

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will tend to a candy cane garden. First, they will plant soft peppermint candies in crushed chocolate cookies (dirt) and water them with a mini watering tin.
2. Soon, the soft peppermint candies will grow into mini candy canes before finally reaching full-sized candy canes!

Legal [General, 1, 5, 7]

Materials:

• The Elf on the Shelf^® Vanilla Candy Cane Cookie Cereal
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will bring a box of The Elf on the Shelf^® Vanilla Candy Cane Cookie Cereal for you.
2. Then, they’ll pop out of the box to surprise you!

Legal [General, 1, 2, 5, 8]

Materials:

• Blue tablecloth
• Snowflake napkins
• Snowflake sequins
• Snowflake foil swirls
• Waffles sprinkled with powdered sugar
• Fruit
• White powdered donuts Christmas tree
• Glass of “snowman milk”
  • Mini glass bottles
  • Straws
  • White milk
  • Marshmallows for heads
  • Colorful chocolate coated candies for buttons
  • Red licorice for scarves
  • Black and orange decorating icing to draw eyes, noses and mouths
• Color printer
• Card stock/Paper
• Printable
• Crayons or colored pencils

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will get to work preparing a wintry welcome back breakfast. They will use a blue tablecloth and snowflake décor to set the scene.
2. Then, they will prepare a breakfast of waffles, fruit, white powdered donuts and “snowman milk.”
3. Lastly, they will print the worksheet and leave it for kids to complete.

Get Printable

Legal [General, 1, 2, 5, 6]

Materials:

• Merry Minis
• Graham crackers
• Jelly beans
• Mini lollipops
• Coconut shavings
• Mini marshmallows
• Mini candy canes
• Icing

Instructions:

1. To create mini gingerbread houses for the Merry Minis, your Scout Elf will use icing to attach two graham crackers together and to secure jelly beans as the roof.
2. They can also create mini sleds with a graham cracker and mini candy canes.
3. They will add embellishments to the festive scene with coconut shavings, mini marshmallows and mini lollipops.

Legal [General, 1, 5]

Materials:

• Pancakes prepared according to favorite recipe
• Array of fruit, candy and other toppings depending on the pancake
  • Raspberries
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Mini and regular chocolate chips
  • Bananas
  • Brown decorating icing
  • Blue decorating icing
  • Powdered sugar
  • Dried cherries
  • Strawberries
  • Dried mangos
  • Blue coated candies
  • Blueberry
  • Bacon
  • Blackberry
  • Yellow chocolate coated candy

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will get busy in the kitchen whipping up a batch up pancakes.
2. Then, they will use an array of fruit, candy and other toppings to create pancakes that resemble themself or their furry friends!

Legal [General, 2, 5]

Legal [General, 1, 8]

Legal [General]

Materials:

• Cookie dough
• 1 oz. glasses (the perfect size for a shot of milk!)
• Straws
• Knife

Instructions:

1. Using the smallest drinking glasses they can find, your elf will create a small snack to show you how Scout Elves enjoy cookies at the North Pole!
2. First, your elf will use cookie dough to create tiny elf-sized chocolate chip cookies and bake them according to the package instructions.
3. Once the cookies are complete, your elf will use a knife to cut a small slit in the cookie so that it can be placed on the rim of the 1 oz. glass so they have a shot of milk to wash down the cookie.
4. After pouring the milk and adding a festive straw, your elf is ready to show your family this fun-sized snack!

Legal [General, 1, 2, 8]

Materials:

• Mini bottles
• Straws
• Buttons
• Glue dots
• Licorice
• Powdered donut holes
• Orange writing icing
• Sprinkles
• Milk
• Coconut shavings

Instructions:

1. Sugary sweetness abounds in this snowy—and edible—scene created by your elf! To create this indoor winter oasis, your elf will start by laying a foundation of coconut shavings as “snow.”
2. Next, your elf will create mini bottles of milk decorated to look like snowmen! To do that, your elf uses glue dots to attach buttons to the front of each bottle.
3. After filling the bottles with milk, your elf will wrap a licorice scarf around the neck of the bottle.
4. A marshmallow makes the perfect head for the snowman, and your elf will hold it in place with a festive straw.
5. Your elf will use sprinkles, orange writing icing and licorice to create a smiley snowman face on the marshmallow.
6. Finally, your elf will gather a big pile of powdered donut hole “snowballs” and wait for you to find their festive treats.

Legal [General, 1, 5, 7]

Materials:

• Mini brownies
• White icing or whipped cream
• Strawberries
• Scout Elves at Play® tools: Peppermint Grappling Hook, Candy Cane Cable and Holiday Harness

Instructions:

1. The Scout Elves are Santa’s biggest fans, and your Scout Elf has created a tasty treat to pay homage to the big man in red! After cutting off the tops of the strawberries, your Scout Elf will be ready to assemble these sweet “Santa hats.”
2. Your Scout Elf will use icing or whipped cream to attach the strawberry to the top of a mini brownie.
3. For a finishing touch, your Scout Elf will squeeze a dollop of icing or whipped cream to the top of the strawberry.
4. Holding steady with the Holiday Harness, your elf will dangle the Peppermint Grappling Hook by some Candy Cane Cable to reach for this sweet treat! (Helpful hint: the Holiday Harness works best on smooth surfaces, like mirrors or tile!)

Legal [General]

Materials:

• Clear mugs
• Chocolate milk
• Paper straws
• Orange pom-poms
• Googly eyes
• Brown pipe cleaners
• Tape
• Scout Elves at Play® tools: Cheery Chair

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will craft a cocoa treat that looks like the Elf Pets® Reindeer, the perfect touch for a morning meal or official North Pole Breakfast! To start, your elf will use brown pipe cleaners to create “antlers” by wrapping two smaller pieces of pipe cleaner (approximately 2 ½ inches long) around the top of one longer piece of pipe cleaner (approximately 5 inches long).
2. Using tape, your Scout Elf will attach the “antlers,” as well as two googly eyes and an orange pom-pom “nose” to the clear mug.
3. After filling each clear mug with hot cocoa, your elf will stick a straw in each and kneel on the Cheery Chair to take a sip!

Legal [General]

Materials:

• Donuts
• Blue icing
• White icing
• Plate
• Scout Elves at Play® Paper Crafts: Marvelous Message Cards, Dwindling Donuts

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf created a batch of delightful donuts for you to enjoy! To make their brightly colored confections, your elf will start by bringing several of Mrs. Claus’ donuts back from the North Pole.
2. Next, your elf will frost each donut using blue icing.
3. To top off the donuts, your elf will drizzle white icing on top.
4. Finally, your elf will follow the instructions in the book Scout Elves at Play® Paper Crafts to create their own mini box of donuts and a sign that will let you know these frosty blues are just for you!

Materials:

• Small dinner rolls
• Ground beef
• American cheese
• Ketchup
• Mustard
• Cocktail wieners
• French fries
• Dish towel

Instructions:

1. It looks like your Scout Elf has worked up a little appetite from flying to the North Pole! To satisfy the hunger, your Scout Elf will create a mini picnic atop a dish towel by:
2. Shaping the ground beef into mini burger sliders that will fit on small dinner rolls.
3. Cooking the burgers (because they’re smaller, they’ll need less time than a normal-sized burger on the grill or in the skillet).
4. Dressing the burgers with ketchup and small squares of cheese.
5. Cooking cocktail wieners and folding them into the top halves of the dinner rolls.
6. Dressing the mini hot dogs with a squiggle of mustard.
7. Cooking a small order of french fries to go with the main dish.
8. Digging into this meal fit for an elf!

Legal [General, 1]

Materials:

• Mini marshmallows
• Bowl
• Paper
• Pen

Instructions:

1. That long return flight from the North Pole sure made your Scout Elf tired! For their first order of business in your home, your elf will gather mini marshmallows to set up a place to regain energy.
2. Next, your elf will place the marshmallows in a bowl to create the perfect spot to relax.
3. Finally, your elf will climb inside and write a note to let you know that they’re “marsh-mellowing” out!

Legal [General, 1]

Materials:

• Flat cookies
• Icing
• Large marshmallows
• Mini marshmallows
• Baking chocolate
• Mini candy canes
• Knife
• Heart candies (optional)

Instructions:

1. Your Scout Elf will celebrate his or her love of cocoa in a new way today with these marshmallowy, chocolatey cookies that look just like a mug of hot chocolate!
2. To make these cookies your elf will start by laying out the flat cookies of their choosing, and spreading icing on them (this is what your elf will use to hold the other ingredients in place).
3. Once the icing is spread, your elf will press a large marshmallow firmly onto the cookie.
4. Next, your elf will take the baking chocolate and melt it according to the package instructions. After letting it cool for a couple of minutes, your elf will carefully spoon the chocolate on the top of each marshmallow.
5. While the chocolate is still warm, your elf will stick mini marshmallows on top of the chocolate.
6. To create the handle, your elf will use a knife to cut off the curved part of a mini candy cane, and stick it into the side of the marshmallow.
7. As a final finishing touch, your Scout Elf will add a heart candy to the front of each cookie to show you how much he or she loves hot cocoa—and your family!

Legal [General, 1]