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Paper airplane ride

Paper airplane ride: preview

Your elf comes in for a landing on a paper airplane.

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Paper airplane ride: what it looks like

You need

  • One sheet of paper
  • Tape or string

Set it up

  1. Fold a paper airplane.
  2. Sit the elf on top and tape it in place.
  3. Hang it from a light with string, or land it on a shelf.
How to use it
  1. Pick tonight's idea.
  2. Type a name and your elf's name.
  3. Print the page and cut out the note and the two signs.
  4. Fold each sign on the dotted line so it stands up, and set the scene.

Print a week of ideas on Sunday and keep them in an envelope. On a night with no energy left, a new note in the same spot still counts.

Read the note 
This is your captain speaking. Flight 25 from the North Pole has landed, Emma. Please stay seated until Christmas.

Jingle

24 ideas

Night 1Zip line Night 2Marshmallow bubble bath Night 3Flour snow angel Night 4Gone fishing Night 5Marshmallow snowball fight Night 6Elf donut shop Night 7Kissing booth Night 8Elf in a jar Night 9Elf bowling Night 10Paper airplane ride Night 11Elf yoga class Night 12Hot cocoa stand Night 13Movie night Night 14Story time Night 15Toilet paper snowman Night 16Funny fruit faces Night 17Tissue box bed Night 18Tiny cookie bakery Night 19Candy tic-tac-toe Night 20Gift bag sack race Night 21Hide and seek in the tree Night 22Wrapped everything Night 23Silly photo booth Night 24Packed and ready

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