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Thank-You Card Station

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf sets up a card-making station to thank everyday helpers: the mail carrier, a teacher, the bus driver, a neighbour. Kind, crafty and tidy.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Folded card or paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Stickers (optional)
  • Envelopes

Setting the scene

  1. 1Fold a few sheets of paper into cards and set them out with crayons.
  2. 2Write a list of people to thank: the mail carrier, a teacher, a neighbour, the bus driver.
  3. 3Sit the elf with a crayon, halfway through decorating the first card.
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!

Some of the kindest people are the ones who help us every day. I’ve started a card for the mail carrier, but my handwriting is very small. Could you make the rest? I’ll help with the stickers.

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

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

Elf-ishly yours,

Field Elf Pip
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

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