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Tiny Laundry Day

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf hangs a line of tiny washing (doll clothes or baby socks) across a shelf, pegged on with paper clips. Funny, quick and toddler-friendly.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • String
  • Baby socks or doll clothes
  • Paper clips or mini pegs

Setting the scene

  1. 1Tie a length of string between two points, like shelf brackets or two chair backs.
  2. 2Clip on a row of small clothes.
  3. 3Sit the elf beside the line holding one sock.
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!

It’s laundry day at the North Pole. Even elves need clean socks! I’ve hung mine out to dry. Please don’t mix them up with yours. Mine are the ones that would fit a carrot.

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

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

Watching kindly,

Pip (your elf)
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
  • 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.

    Letter

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