Ice Fishing in the Freezer
Your elf went ice fishing in the freezer, with a pencil rod over the ice tray.
A 5-minute idea for The Elf on the Shelf® or any elf doll.
What you need
- a pencil
- string
- sticky notes
How to set it up
- Tie a short string to a pencil and stick a fish cut from a sticky note to the end of the string.
- Sit your elf in the freezer by the ice tray or ice bin, the pencil across their lap and the fish in the ice.
- Stick a note on the freezer door: Gone ice fishing! Ask a grown-up to open.
Safety check
Open the freezer together in the morning, and never let kids climb on a freezer drawer. Keep the string short. How we check
Note from your elf: Caught one! It was a little frozen. Okay, very frozen.
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