Christmas colour post
Letters have arrived without addresses. Luckily, the elf sorts the Christmas post entirely by colour.
December is the busiest month at the North Pole sorting office, and tonight the elf has opened a branch on your kitchen table. With no addresses on the letters, every slip has to be delivered by colour instead, which turns sorting into a quick, satisfying game for little hands.
It works brilliantly for younger children who are still learning their colours, and the odd two-coloured letter gives older ones a proper puzzle to argue over.
Keep the envelopes afterwards and the post office can reopen on a rainy afternoon.
How to set it up
- Mark each open envelope with a different coloured dot. Colour little paper slips to match.
- Set the envelopes in front of the elf as sorting slots. Muddle the slips into a pile.
- Invite a postie to sort the mail. A two-colour letter needs a decision from the head postmaster.