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The Compliment Jar

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf starts a jar of compliments for the family or the whole class to fill up through the season. No mess, no food, and it works anywhere.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • A clean jar
  • Small slips of paper
  • A pen

Setting the scene

  1. 1Label the jar “COMPLIMENT JAR”.
  2. 2Write three compliments on slips of paper and drop them in.
  3. 3Leave blank slips and a pen beside the jar, with the elf perched on top.
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

Good morning, Maya and Leo!

I’ve started a jar of nice things to say, and I put in the first three. Every time you notice something kind or brilliant about someone, add a slip. On my last night, we’ll read them all together.

Today’s mission: be kind, be brave, and be you.

★ 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. Santa says your report was ‘extremely nice’.

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

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