The Banana Gang
5 minutes · Free · 2–8 years · No mess
The elf had a creative hour overnight and turned the fruit bowl into a gang. Each banana got its own face drawn on in marker — one laughing, one cross, one wearing glasses, one with enormous eyebrows. It takes two minutes and it gets a giggle at breakfast the moment somebody reaches for the fruit.
What you need
- Bananas (at least 5)
- A black marker
How to do it
- Wait until everyone is asleep and lift the bananas out of the fruit bowl.
- With a black marker, draw a different silly face on each skin.
- Add small messages if you like: "Don't eat me!" or "I'm the boss".
- Put the bananas back and leave the marker lying next to the elf door.
What you tell the children
“Oh no, the bananas do not want to be eaten! Only the one with the funniest face is allowed to be eaten first today. Choose wisely.”
The note the elf leaves
I made some new elf friends last night. They are a bit green and they talk back. Can you tell what they are trying to say?
Your elf
The printable version is in the app — with your elf's name on it, and your child's.
One idea every night
The app spreads the ideas across the nights up to Christmas, reminds you in the evening and prints the letters. Twelve are free, and 70 more come with the season pass.
