Magic by Morning Tonight

Marshmallow Snowball Fight

Your elf challenged the stuffed animals to a snowball fight. The stuffed animals won.

A 10-minute idea for The Elf on the Shelf® or any elf doll.

  • 10 min
  • A little mess
  • Medium
  • Ages 4–7, Ages 8+

What you need

  • mini marshmallows
  • a few stuffed animals
  • a shoebox or cereal box

How to set it up

  1. Set a shoebox on its side as a fort, and line up the stuffed animals a few feet away.
  2. Lay your elf on their back behind the fort.
  3. Pile mini marshmallows over your elf until only the hat and feet poke out.

Safety check

Mini marshmallows are a choking risk for kids under 4. With little ones in the house, use cotton balls as snowballs, and keep the scene up where a baby or toddler can't reach it. How we check

An elf doll buried in mini marshmallows behind a shoebox fort, only the hat and feet showing, facing a row of stuffed animals.

Note from your elf: Final score: Teddy 47, Elf 2. I'm staying under here until spring.

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

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