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Paper Airplane Race

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf builds a fleet of paper airplanes and a taped runway for a morning race. Mess-free, food-free and great at home or in the classroom.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Paper
  • Painter's tape
  • A marker

Setting the scene

  1. 1Fold three or four paper airplanes and number them.
  2. 2Mark a runway on the floor with tape, with a finish line a few steps away.
  3. 3Sit the elf in the cockpit of the biggest plane.
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

Rise and shine, Maya and Leo!

Flight school today! I’ve built the fleet and marked the runway. The record is three tiny elf steps. Can you beat it? Pilots must wear their best goggles. Pretend goggles are allowed.

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

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

Watching kindly,

Field Elf Pip
Field Elf, First Class
Elf Field Operations

P.S. I’m very good at hide-and-seek. You’re better. Don’t tell anyone I said that.

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.

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