Math Snowball Fight

Your elf left a pile of paper snowballs, each with a math problem inside.

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

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

What you need

  • scrap paper
  • a pen
  • a basket

How to set it up

  1. Write one math problem on each sheet of scrap paper, one per student.
  2. Crumple each one into a snowball and pile them in a basket on a front desk.
  3. Sit your elf on a shelf nearby, away from the basket, with a note explaining the game.

Safety check

Toss gently into the basket, never at faces, and keep your elf out of reach of flying snowballs. How we check

A basket of crumpled paper snowballs on a classroom desk, with an elf doll on a shelf nearby.

Note from your elf: Grab a snowball, solve it, toss it back. Ready, set, snow!

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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