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Secret Message Bananas

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf writes little messages on the fruit-bowl bananas with a ballpoint pen. The words darken by morning, like magic. No mess and five minutes.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Bananas
  • A ballpoint pen

Setting the scene

  1. 1Gently write short messages on the banana skins: “You're kind”, “Hello from your elf”, “Snack time!”.
  2. 2Press lightly so the skin doesn't tear. The writing darkens over a few hours.
  3. 3Sit the elf in the fruit bowl holding the pen.
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

Psst… Maya and Leo! Over here!

I’ve left you some banana mail. The North Pole post office says writing on bananas is perfectly official, as long as you eat them afterwards. Check the fruit bowl at snack time.

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

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

Your friend from the North Pole,

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