Notes & Messages

The fruit bowl has mail. Each banana carries a message scratched into the peel, a name, a heart or a joke, and the words have mysteriously turned brown by breakfast.

The elf left a love note on the breakfast table: a big heart made of ring cereal, with a short message spelled out underneath.

The elf hid a trail of tiny envelopes around the house. Each clue leads to the next, all the way to a small surprise.

The elf left what looks like a blank page and a little purple flashlight. Shine the light on the paper and a secret message glows.

A bottle with a rolled-up letter washed up in the empty bathtub, and the elf is floating beside it on a sponge raft.

Someone wrote on the bathroom mirror. A good-morning message in bright marker, a few doodles, and the elf perched on the sink holding the marker.

Each child finds a postcard from the North Pole with a drawn stamp and a personal note about something they did well this week.

A message from the elf is cut into puzzle pieces and scattered on the table. Put it together to read what the elf has to say.