Making Christmas magical with the International Elf Service ** WIN**
If there’s one thing I remember the most about Christmas as a child it’s that my Mum always went above and beyond to make it as magical as possible. As a result I must have been almost eleven before I even started to question whether Father Christmas was real and I knew that when I had children of my own I would do everything in my power to do the same, and I do.
My biggest worry in the lead up to our first ever Christmas during a pandemic was that many of the lovely things we do to make December special won’t be able to go ahead, and I hate to think that any of the Christmas magic will be lost as a result of that. So when I was introduced to the International Elf Service, the most wonderful, magical brand and website offering a range of Christmas Elf Letters (as well as Tooth Fairy and Birthday Letters!), I knew that it would be the perfect way to keep the magic alive whilst staying safe at home.
We were sent the International Elf Service Elfie’s Christmas Advent Letters Ultimate Story Bundle, the original Gold Award winning, personalised Christmas Advent Calendar, consisting of 25 stunning, hand illustrated, eco-friendly and personalised Christmas Elf letters from the North Pole! On top of that you get a personalised letter from Father Christmas for children to mysteriously find around their home throughout December.
Winning the Gold Award Toy Shop UK’s Independent Toy Awards 2020 Best Advent Calendar and shortlisted for the prestigious Junior Design Awards 2020/2021 Best Innovative Toy Design, I had high expectations for our bundle and it surpassed every single one.
How does it work?
The idea is that in the lead up to 1st December you can leave the certificate and the map of the village in the North Pole somewhere around your home for the children to discover and let them know they have been randomly selected to receive these magical letters.
The certificate and the map look so authentic and you can either choose to roll them up and hide them as a scroll or pop them into one of the personalised envelopes for the children to open.
From the 1st December you can hide a new Advent letter each day which the children can discover to read a magical tale of adventure, fun, pranks from the North Pole and, above all, magic. Each part of the story is told from one day to the next so as the days go on the children will begin to anticipate what happens next therefore building the suspense and excitement!
One of my favourite things about International Elf Service is that it doesn’t focus on behaviour or a naughty or nice list. Instead they focus on family traditions, promoting family time, igniting imagination and creating childhood memories to treasure forever, and I absolutely love that.
If, like my children inevitably will, your child decides to write back to the Elves and expect a letter back in return, you also get an emergency response letter to leave out for the children too. I absolutely love this, they really have thought of everything!
On Christmas Eve night you can leave out a personalised Letter from Father Christmas as well as a feed back form from the Sleigh’s In-Flight notebook which you can complete and leave out for your children to discover on Christmas morning. I know Harry will adore this, especially if we tick that the drink we left out was “burp making”.
On Christmas Day night it’s time for the last letter which tells you what happened in the North Pole on Christmas Day and ties up any loose ends from the story. I absolutely love the message to the children about kindness and spending time together as a family. I always tell the children that as lovely as it is for them to have physical gifts each year, the best gift we could ever ask for is each other.
For those, like us, trying to be more eco-friendly, you’ll be pleased to know that the letters are created using 100% recycled paper and renewable twine, while the eco-friendly personalised brown envelope bundles are bound with rustic jute twine. Wrapped beautifully in sustainable boxes, the letters and envelopes sit upon natural wood-filler spirals made from pine and spruce excess from managed forests (or wood shavings from the Elves’ workshop!) and finished with soft, cotton Candy Cane cord for an extra dollop of festive delight!
With each letter beautifully illustrated and as authentic as can be, I am already beside myself with excitement at the thought of the children’s faces when they discover their very first letter. At 6, 7 and 8, Harry, Megan and Eva are firm believers in Father Christmas, Elves, Fairies and all things magical, and I know that they are going to love every single moment of hunting out these letters and reading them together.
The great thing is that this doesn’t have to be a one time experience for the children, the letters change every year with new stories and illustrations so that you can buy the same bundle year after year and enjoy a different adventure every time. I already know this is going to be something we will repeat year after year for as long as possible and I’m just so sad that we didn’t hear about it sooner!
You can find out more about this letter bundle as well as all of the other packages via the International Elf Service website here.
WIN!!!
We are delighted to have teamed up with International Elf Service to offer one lucky winner the chance to win the International Elf Service Elfie’s Christmas Advent Letters Ultimate Story Bundle (£38.50).
We also have a fantastic exclusive discount code offering 20% off all Elf Service Christmas Elf Letter Bundles until 20th November simply by entering code DOVEMAGIC20 at the check out.
Enter via the link below and the winners will be chosen at random and notified via email at close of giveaway at midnight on 22nd November. Good luck!
We are also offering 4 runner up prizes over on Instagram with a choice of the International Elf Service Christmas Elf Letters 7-Letter NEWS Bundle(7 ‘newsy’ style Christmas Elf letters, for daily delivery a week before Christmas, or spread throughout December) or International Elf Service Christmas Elf Letters 7-Letter ACTIVITY Bundle (7 Christmas Elf letters, each with a super Christmassy activity. For daily delivery a week before Christmas, or spread throughout December! You can enter here.
** This is a collaborative post with International Elf Service. I have been compensated for my time. **
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I would like to win one as a treat for myself after being made redundant during lockdown, I applied for a job as one of Santa’s little helpers in Harrods Christmas grotto I didn’t get the job as I failed the medical…..Apparently they said I wasn’t ‘elfy’ enough!
My grandson would absolutely love this.
The way things are progressing, our normal treats are going to be cancelled, this would be the one magical thing the children to help make up for missing out
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This would make Christmas even more fun for my daughter this year
I found out a few weeks ago that my daughter no longer believes in Santa 🙁 and I am not going to spend the rest of my Christmas without any santa fun! so I will now bring the magic to my nieces and nephews, so these would be lovely
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I know a couple of little girls who would be absolutely delighted…
Anything to distract the kids from Elf on the Shelf would be great, I’m running out of places to hide him!!
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I would love to win this for my daughter Tallulah. She is the only one left who still believes in Santa in our house, so I’d love to make it extra special for her!
I love this my son would think its great too
perfect for my nieces
Arlo, my great grandson, would love this
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I think this is a wonderful idea with a new letter to look forward to and read every day and it is something more special than a small chocolate from an advent to countdown to Christmas (although no doubt my grandchildren will have those as well).
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Would be a nice treat.
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My granddaughters are Two and five, the perfect age for Christmas Magic.
My son would love this, love to see is face
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Be lovely for my boy(s)
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My Granddaughter would love this, it would make Christmas extra special.
I am desperately trying to keep the magic alive for my 9 year old as she is the last one to believe in Santa etc
I really feel a need to make Christmas extra special for my children this year after such a strange and uncertain 2020, so this would definitely add to the festive magic!
I’ve ordered some letters for us already, but I’d love to win a set to gift to another family who might be having a harder time this Christmas.
Would love to win this for my kids, the get so excited waiting on a letter from Santa each year this would be extra awesome
Perfect for my gorgeous great neice
Our Elfie has been visiting for 6 years now and this would add an extra splash of much needed magic to this year’s countdown to Christmas!
I’d like to win to bring a little Christmas magic to my niece and nephew
Grandson gets really excited about Santa so he would love this
I would like to win for my 3 kids .thank you so much for the chance to enter .
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I would love to win this to make Christmas more magical for my 3 children
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My daughter would just find this so magical.
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would love to win for my grandson bertie
id love to win this as a present for my nephew Max
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Daughter Be So Happy
I would be thrilled to win for my two girls. It sounds absolutely wonderful and so sweet. I love the messages of kindness and being together.
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I’d love to win to make the build up to Christmas even more special for my Son
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Unfortunatly i’m going to be working a lot over the christmas period. This would be awesome for my children to open everyday!
I think that Lil Peewee would love this
For my niece x
They look so amazing. My children are going to love it. Thanks for sharing.
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