Tiny Elf Door Arrival

A tiny paper door appeared on the wall overnight, and your elf is sitting right outside it.

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

  • Arrival
  • 5 min
  • No mess
  • Easy
  • All ages

What you need

  • paper and scissors
  • a marker
  • painter's or masking tape

How to set it up

  1. Draw an arched door about as tall as your elf, with a round doorknob, on a sheet of paper and cut it out.
  2. Tape it to the bottom of a wall, just above the baseboard, with painter's or masking tape.
  3. Sit your elf on the floor beside the door, as if it just stepped through.

Safety check

Painter's or masking tape comes off without pulling paint. Pick a wall out of the walkway, so nobody steps on your elf at night. How we check

A small paper door with a round doorknob taped to a wall just above the baseboard, with an elf doll sitting on the floor beside it.

Note from your elf: Secret shortcut from the North Pole! It only opens for elves, so please don't try it.

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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