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Pikachu Banana Faces

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Kitchen Difficulty ●●○○○ Messiness ●●○○○ Ages 3–10

How it's done

Draw Pikachu faces on a few bananas with a food-safe marker. Pose the elf as the artist holding a marker.

You'll need

  • bananas
  • food-safe marker

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Pets in the house?

Should be fine around pets as long as you place it out of reach.

Why this works

The kitchen is the first room most kids visit in the morning — for cereal, for milk, for the toaster. An elf scene staged here has the highest odds of being the first thing your child spots and shouts about. Difficulty 2 means it uses items you already own and takes about five minutes — quick but visibly intentional.

Variations

  • Bigger-kid twist: For an older crowd that sees through simple scenes, step up to Buddy Four Food Groups — same room, cleverer setup.

If it doesn't go to plan

If the elf ends up too well-hidden and the kids can't find it, nudge them with a vague hint ("Looks like our elf went somewhere cozy") — the discovery is the point.

Credit: This idea comes from Ashlina Kaposta — Ashlina Kaposta . Visit the original post for more ideas and photos.

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