The Christmas Day pocket post
The elf has one last delivery before heading home. A little paper heart in a coat pocket holds a goodbye worth keeping.
Christmas Day is the elf’s last day before heading back to the North Pole, and this goodbye is made to be kept. A little paper heart tucked into a coat pocket carries a real memory from your December together, waiting to be found.
A second heart lets the children write or draw their own favourite moment for the elf to take on its journey home.
It’s a gentle, heartfelt way to end the season, turning the farewell into a chance to look back on everything you’ve shared, and the hearts make a lovely keepsake for next year.
How to set it up
- Fold the paper in half and cut two half-heart shapes against the fold. Open them into hearts.
- Inside one, write ‘My favourite bit was…’ and add a real moment from December. Tuck it into a coat pocket with the top peeping out.
- Sit the elf beside the coat holding the second heart. Invite the children to draw their favourite memory inside as a farewell for the journey home.