Elf-scale estate agents
Two cosy properties have come on the market. Both have excellent handles and room for an imaginary mouse.
The elf has gone into property, and business is booming. Two upturned mugs become charming little cottages with paper front doors, and the elf is on hand to show prospective buyers around.
It’s a gentle, imaginative set-up that invites plenty of chatter about who might live there, which house has the better garden and how much cheese a mouse would really pay.
Children can design more front doors, add windows or build a whole street, so a ten-minute idea can easily become an afternoon of play.
How to set it up
- Turn the mugs upside down. Draw two little front doors on the paper and cut them out.
- Lean a door against each mug and sit the elf between the houses as the estate agent.
- Ask for a tour. Which house has the best view, and what would a mouse pay in cheese?