Cereal Ring Toss Breakfast

Your elf set up a breakfast game, and the prize is breakfast.

A 5-minute idea for The Elf on the Shelf® or any elf doll.

  • 5 min
  • A little mess
  • Easy
  • Ages 4–7, Ages 8+

What you need

  • O-shaped cereal
  • three mugs
  • paper and a marker

How to set it up

  1. Line up three mugs at the far end of the breakfast table, with paper signs: 1, 2 and 3 points.
  2. Pour a small pile of O-shaped cereal at the other end and sit your elf beside it, one ring in their lap.
  3. Add a tiny score card: toss rings into the mugs, then eat your winnings.

Safety check

Toss gently, never at faces, and sweep up stray cereal after the game. How we check

An elf doll beside a pile of O-shaped cereal, with three mugs marked 1, 2 and 3 points at the far end of a breakfast table.

Note from your elf: Ring toss champion of the North Pole. Beat my score: 3.

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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