Magic Carpet Arrival

The magic carpet landed on the kitchen table overnight, edges curled from the flight, with your elf still cross-legged on top.

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

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

What you need

  • a sheet of aluminum foil or a dish towel

How to set it up

  1. Fold a sheet of foil into a small carpet and curl the edges up.
  2. Sit your elf on it, legs crossed, as if just landing.

Safety check

Foil can tear into bits a toddler might chew, so with little ones in the house, fold a dish towel into the carpet instead. How we check

An elf doll sitting cross-legged on a small folded foil carpet on a kitchen table.

Note from your elf: Magic carpet parking only. Ready for December!

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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