Hiding Behind the Cereal Box

Follow the cereal trail across the breakfast table. It ends behind the cereal box, where your elf is peeking out.

A 2-minute idea for The Elf on the Shelf® or any elf doll.

  • 2 min
  • A little mess
  • Easy
  • All ages

What you need

  • a cereal box

How to set it up

  1. Set the cereal box on the breakfast table and sit your elf behind it, peeking around the corner.
  2. Lay a short trail of cereal pieces across the table, leading behind the box.

Safety check

Use a cereal your youngest already eats, without raisins or chocolate if a dog can reach the table. How we check

An elf doll peeking around a cereal box on a breakfast table, a short trail of cereal pieces leading to it.

Note from your elf: Boo! You followed my cereal trail. Good morning, breakfast buddy!

AI illustration of Moss, our own elf. Yours will look a little different.

Written with AI · Checked against our safety list · How we check

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