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Foil Ice Rink

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf goes ice skating on a baking tray lined with foil, with toy friends cheering from the side. Shiny, festive and set up in ten minutes.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • A baking tray
  • Kitchen foil
  • Cotton wool for snowbanks
  • Small toys

Setting the scene

  1. 1Line a baking tray with smooth foil for the ice.
  2. 2Pile cotton wool around the edges as snowbanks.
  3. 3Pose the elf mid-spin on one leg, with toys watching from the side.
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 opened the North Pole Ice Rink in your kitchen! The ice is excellent and never melts. I did six spins and one tumble. The teddy judges gave me a perfect score anyway. Your turn tonight!

Today’s mission: practise your best giggle. I’ll be listening.

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

With sparkles and secret plans,

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

P.S. I’m moving to a new spot tonight. Start guessing now.

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