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Candy Cane Hunt

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf hides a handful of candy canes around one room with a clue card saying how many there are to find. An easy, mess-free morning hunt.

Set-up time
10 minutes
Morning-after tidy
No mess

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Five to ten wrapped candy canes
  • A card for the clue

Setting the scene

  1. 1Hide the wrapped candy canes at child height around one room.
  2. 2Write a card: “I've hidden 7 candy canes. Can you find them all?”
  3. 3Sit the elf holding the last candy cane as the prize.
Tonight's note · Form EF-3
The Bureau of Whimsy
Elf Field Operations
Watching Kindly. Reporting Daily.
Field Elf DispatchWorkshop Annex 7, North Pole
Case No.EF-2026-43745
FormEF-3
IssuedDecember 14, 2026
Re: Nightly Field Dispatch

Dear Maya and Leo,

I’ve hidden candy canes all around the room. Some are easy. One is very, very sneaky. When you’ve found them all, the one I’m holding is the prize. Good luck, detective!

Today’s mission: find me tomorrow morning. (I’m getting sneakier.)

★ BUREAU OF WHIMSY ★ OFFICIAL SEAL ★ BUREAU OF WHIMSY ★ OFFICIAL SEAL

Love from your elf,

Pip (your elf)
Field Elf, First Class
Elf Field Operations

P.S. If you hear tiny jingling tonight, that’s just me practising.

Filed in accordance with the Whimsy Act. Please keep in a safe and magical place.

Form EF-3 · Rev. 2026 · Page 1 of 1

Scan to verify authenticity
DISPATCHEDDEC 14 2026 · EF DESK
The note your elf leaves, printed on Elf Field Operations letterhead. Filed here for Maya; yours carries your child’s name.Print this notePlan all 24 nights

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Paperwork that pairs with this scene

Elf Field Operations
  • Form EF-3Free

    Elf Nightly Note

    A short note from the elf for tonight: a kindness mission, a joke, a countdown or an explanation for this morning's mess.

    Letter
  • Form EF-2Free

    Elf Incident Report

    When the elf gets up to something: an official report with offense, evidence, witness statement and a (very lenient) ruling.

    Official form
  • Form EF-1Free

    Elf Arrival Letter

    Your elf's first-morning letter: introductions, the nightly-report routine and a few house rules, all very official.

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Scene set. Note printed. Bedtime.

Print the note with your child's name in about thirty seconds. Classic wording is always free.

Print this noteFile an incident report