Elf door accessories

What you can print

Click a thing to start with it. Then add more, and the page sets it all out on the sheet. You can print the sheets above as they are, or click the name and change them.

• A lantern to light the way home in the dark.
• Parcels the elf is busy wrapping.
• A Christmas tree with baubles and a star on top.
• A mailbox for the elf's post.
• A ladder up to the shelf where the elf hides.
• Rice porridge with a knob of butter, the Swedish elf's favourite.
• Firewood with snow on top.
• A sled to stand outside the door.
• A snowman on guard.
• Boots drying by the door.
• A Yule goat of straw with red ribbons.
• A wreath of spruce, for the door or the wall.
• A window with a light on inside and shutters, next to the door.
• Advent candles, all four of them.
• Mats and signs, where you can also write your own words on the sign.

How to do it

• Choose a size to suit the door: small, medium or large. The accessories then fit the door you have in the same size.
• Print on A4 at actual size, that is 100 per cent. If you choose many things at the large size, they go on to one more sheet.
• Cut out along the dashed lines, and trim the white closest to the thing if you like.
• Put them up by the door with sticky tack. Glued on card, they are sturdier.

Let the children colour them in

All the accessories also come without colour. Choose “To colour in”, and the tree, the snowman and the parcels become a craft before 1 December. Children like to look in on things they have made themselves every morning.

How many accessories do you need?

A couple go a long way. Start with a lantern and a mat when the elf moves in, and let more things turn up during December. A Christmas tree that is suddenly there one morning is a small antic in itself.

If you have no door yet, here are elf doors to print, and the elf may also need a name.

Keep small things away from small children.