I actually gave Magic Elves to everyone in my family this year (neices, nephews, grandparents, etc.) and made boxes with things for all 30 days for them to do with the elves. Here is a list I compiled...I know a lot of this isn't applicable to your trip but maybe you can find something in here to do with your elves at Disney. It was easy to just cut and paste the whole document rather than trying to pick and choose:
• Potatoes - build a mountain for the elf to climb
• Marshmallows – so the elf can make snowmen
• Use confection sugar or flour-so the elf can make a snow angel on the kitchen counter one night
• Mini marshmallows, toothpick, tea lights -so the elf can roast them over a tea light
• Use Cotton balls- so the elf can have a snowball fight with some toy friends like Barbie or stuffed animals
• Candy Canes- so the elf can hang them around the house or maybe from Daddy's ear when he is sleeping (make sure you do this on a day when the kids wake Daddy)
• Wrapped Christmas candy-so the elf can be found head first in the candy dish
• Board Games – so the elf and friends can play and throw the pieces all over the den
• Shoe Polish - so the elf can paint car windows with "Elves rock! Merry Christmas!"
• Lipstick – so the elf can write on the bathroom mirrors
• Colored paper – so the elf can make paper chains
• Train – so the elf can set up and ride the Train
• Playing Cards – so the elf can play cards with webkinz or other toys
• Soup Cans – so the elf can make a Christmas tree out of soup cans
• Crayons & Paper – so the elf can color a self portrait
• Play-Doh – so the elf can make snowmen, reindeer, snowflakes, etc. out of dough
• Toilet Paper – have the elf “tp / roll” your child’s bedroom and / or other rooms of the house
• Dental Floss – have the elf all tied up in dental floss in the bathroom
• Left over spaghetti noodles - have elf eat spaghetti noodles with syrup
• Red & Green Food Coloring, Strawberries & Whip Crème - so the elf can make breakfast. Ideas: red & green pancakes (green pancakes with strawberry topping with a little snow (whipped cream) on top. Red juice, green eggs, etc.)
• Have the elf leave notes of chores that the children need to perform
• Have the elf play hide and seek by leaving “clues” for where they are hiding
• Have the elf building legos
• Have the elf “gift wrap” school books and put in backpacks
• Have the elf fishing with a pole for “goldfish” that you can eat
• Have the elf rearrange furniture
• Have the elf putting together a Disney puzzle
• Have the elf riding in a boat in the bathtub
• Have the elf “styling” dolls hair and makeup
• Have the elf playing basketball
• Have the elf clean up a big mess that no one wants to clean up before they go to sleep (like the dishes)
• Have the elf "bungee jumping" from the ceiling fan
• Have the elf move outdoor Christmas decorations inside the house
• Use a tower made of stuff like can food so the elf can climb from the counter into a cupboard where the snacks are
• Find the elf on the computer writing an email to Santa about how the children have been…
• Have the elf strapped in the seatbelt in the passenger seat ready to go for a ride (to school, store, etc.)
• Have the elf playing the Wii, X-box, Nintendo
• Have the elf leave a trail of cereal (like fruit loops) for the child to find the elf doing something silly
• Have the elf riding in a car pulled by stuff animals
• Put bandana around elf’s head to set sail like a Christmas pirate
• Have elf read a book to audience of dolls
• Have elf attempting to bake cookies and making a mess playing in the ingredients
• Have the elf decorate a room for a different holiday (like putting up Halloween decorations or decorations from another country)
• Have the elf leave presents every so often
• Kindness letters....have the elf leave 4x6 cards so family members can jot down a note as they "catch" others being kind and put it in their stockings. Read them once a week as a family!
• Have the elf decorate the kid’s rooms while they are sleeping
• Leave some money boots lying around...the kids can use the money to buy something at Disney http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/boots/
• Have the elf decorate with snowflakes, candy canes and peppermints to make it feel more like home
• Have the elf leave a foam North Pole (Santa’s House) Kit Project with instructions for kids to make him his own house for his visit
• Have the elf leave a gingerbread house kit for family to make
• Leave elf in the tree with camera on the tripod. When downloaded you will see that they took pictures of themselves goofing off!
• Have the elf watching a new Christmas movie and eating popcorn
• Have the elf leave the “Elf” movie to watch throughout the year to remind them of the elf
• Leave Hot Cocoa and a Christmas Music CD with instructions for an evening drive to see Christmas Lights around town
• Bring Christmas PJ’s on December 23rd for kids to find Christmas Eve Morning.
• Have the elf sitting in a bowl of Christmas lights making a mess
• Empty out change jar and have the elf “hide” in the snowman jar with a note…“I always wondered what it was like to be a Snowman”
• Have the elf dress up in Camouflage and play with other toys
• Have the elf found sleeping in a Wreath
• Instructions to go get “elfed” online
www.elfyourself.com
• Have the elf eating ice cream sundaes in medicine cups
• Have the elf paint or make an ornament, leaving a mess of supplies for your family to paint some too
• Have the elf found playing Christmas games on the internet
• Have the elf found reading your Christmas Cards
• Have the elf found working on a scrapbook
• Have the elf found hiding in the freezer because its nice and cold in there like back home at the North Pole
• Have the elf found playing dress up in other dolls clothes
• Have the elf trying to ski/sled down a the ironing board tilted on a chair
• Have the elf caught peaking in presents under the tree
• Have the elf redecorate the Christmas tree with the underwear
• Have the elf hiding in the tree
• Have the elf coloring Christmas pictures or a Disney coloring book
• Have the elf taking a marshmallow bath in the sink
• Have the elf getting into the Eggnog
• Have the elf found working on his MySpace online
• Have the elf send the family on a scavenger hunt...I have a hotel scavenger hunt in my 4shared file in the travel games file
• Have the elf make smores over candles
• Have the elf make Christmas designs with toothpaste on bathroom counter
• Have the elf hiding in new mugs on counter for Hot Cocoa
• Have the elf make a snowman out of shaving cream by the sink
• Have the elf sliding from a zip line from the Christmas tree across the living room with fishing line and a straw
• Hang dozens of hand cut snowflakes across the living room ceiling, again hung on fishing line
• Have the elf have a tea party with the Barbies or other toys
• Have the elf make a hot wheels parade through the house
• Have the elf go to school in lunch box or backpack
• Have the elf paint dads toenails in his sleep and leave the evidence on the coffee table
• Have the elf use digital camera and take pictures of each family member with them as they sleep
• Have the elf get out all of the Christmas books to read
• Have the elf driving a remote control car using the controls with another toy in the car
• Have the elf in your car stacked on top of couch pillows “driving” the car and have the car parked at a weird angle
• Have the elf in the kitchen with empty fast food wrappers and the car keys
• Have newspaper all over the living room floor and the elf wrapped up in it or trying to wrap presents with it
• Have the elf drinking a soda with a straw and eating popcorn
• Have the elf playing poker with cards, chips and other toys
• Order pizza and pick it up. When you get to the store ask for an extra breadsticks box…when you bring it home have the elf inside the box and no breadsticks
• Have the elf show up on a table with craft projects every so often
• Have the elf show up in the child’s classroom and write “XXX was here” on the blackboard and leave a piece of candy on each child’s desk
• Have the elf take cans out of the pantry and stack them on the kitchen floor and spelled his name with them
• Have the elf take coat hangers and hook them together on the ceiling fan and climbed up 1/2 way
• Have the elf hide in the microwave with some hot chocolate
• Have the elf turn toilet bowl water green (food coloring) and write a note on the mirror
• Have the elf stack presents in a big tower
• Have the elf baking cookies…and make a mess but enjoy eating cookies for breakfast
• Have the elf move the car down the street and make sure the music is up load so it will be on when you turn on the car
• Have the elf remove the Christmas tree topper and put themselves on top of the Christmas tree
• Have the elf compile small bags of candy kisses with cute "Elf Kisses" labels OR bags of candy hugs and labeled them "Elf Hugs” OR those fluffy pillow shaped peppermints become "Elf Pillows,” OR green, red and white tic- tacs become "Reindeer Feed,” OR use a few mini cookies to create a bag of "Elf Cookies.”
• Have the elf write elf jokes on all the windows, doors and mirrors with window markers or stick-it notes and leave all over the house/hotel
• Have the elf hanging upside down with feet hanging out of the top of a stocking
Elf Jokes: Maybe you could take shoe polish and have the elves leave jokes on the bathroom mirrors.
• What kind of music do elves like best? "Wrap" music!
• How many elves does it take to change a light bulb? Ten! One to change the light bulb and nine to stand on each other's shoulders!
• What kind of bread do elves make sandwiches with? Why, shortbread of course!
• What kind of money do elves use? Jingle bills!
• What did the elf say was the first step in using a Christmas computer? "First, YULE LOGon"!
• Why did the elf put his bed into the fireplace? He wanted to sleep like a log!
• What's the first thing elves learn in school? The "elf"-abet!
• Who sings "Blue Christmas" and makes toy guitars? Elfis!
• Who lives at the North Pole, makes toys and rides around in a pumpkin? Cinder-"elf"-a!
• Knock Knock. Who's there? Elf. Elf who? Elf me wrap this present for Santa!
• Knock Knock. Who's there? Holly. Holly who? Holly up already and Elf me wrap this present for Santa!
• Knock Knock. Who's there? Yule. Yule who? Yule be sorry if you don't Holly up and Elf me wrap this present for Santa!
• Knock Knock. Who's there? Snow. Snow who? Snow time to be playing games! Yule be sorry if you don't Holly up and Elf me wrap this present for Santa!
• One elf said to another elf, "We had Grandma for Christmas dinner". And the other elf said, "Really? We had turkey!"
• Why did the elves spell Christmas N-O-E? Because Santa had said, "No L!"
• Why did the elves ask the turkey to join the band? Because he had the drumsticks!
