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AI Elf Video Generator

AI elf video generator: one photo of you becomes a Christmas elf dancing in a toy workshop or wrapping presents, 5 seconds with sound. 63 credits.

  • From 63 credits per clip
  • From your photos
  • 5s / 10s / 15s
  • 480P
  • Audio available
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One clear, well-lit photo with the face visible, of you or an adult who agreed to appear. No photos of children. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB each.

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Actual output: 5s, 9:16, 480P. Writing “4K” in the prompt does not change this resolution. Faces and details may change; successful results still cost credits if you dislike them.

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Estimated cost: 63 credits
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A workshop dance, as an elf.Made on Cicadas · MiniMax H3 Max · 5s
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About AI elf video on Cicadas

This AI elf video generator turns one photo of you into a short Christmas clip: you, in a green elf tunic and a pointed hat with a bell, dance between workbenches in a toy workshop, or wrap a present at top speed and add it to the pile. Cicadas makes a new scene from your photo with MiniMax H3 Max, vertical, 5, 10 or 15 seconds, with native audio. The prompts ask for bells and workshop sounds; neither recorded sample included bells. It does not paste your face onto a cartoon or into someone else's video. Photos must show you or an adult who agreed to appear; photos of children are not accepted. A 5-second clip is 63 credits.

AI elf video examples made on Cicadas

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A workshop dance, as an elf.

MiniMax H3 Max, 5 seconds with sound, vertical, from one photo; collected later after our script lost its connection, so the wait was not timed. The woman from the photo, in a green elf tunic, red-and-white striped stockings and a pointed green hat, dances on the spot between toy-covered workbenches in a workshop hung with garlands, grinning and lifting her heels. Her face and curly hair stay close to the photo. Nobody else is in the frame and no lettering shows. The sound is fast, rhythmic tapping like quick footsteps, with no speech or music; neither listener reports the bells asked for.

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Wrapping presents at elf speed.

MiniMax H3 Max, 5 seconds with sound, vertical, from one photo; back in 56 seconds. The man from the photo, in a green elf tunic with a red collar and a pointed green hat with a bell, wraps a box in red paper at top speed at a workbench by a frosted window, sets it on a stack of presents and grins at the camera. His face and beard stay close to the photo; nobody else is in the frame and no lettering shows. The sound is rustling paper, then two hollow thuds, with no speech or music.

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Why use Cicadas for AI elf video

Two scenes: workshop dance, wrapping presents

Workshop dance: you, in a green tunic, striped stockings and a pointed hat with a bell, dance between toy-covered workbenches and grin at the camera. Wrapping presents: you wrap a box in red paper at top speed, stack it on a tall pile and wink. Each has a recorded clip on this page, made from the site's AI-made sample photos.

A new scene, not a pasted face

The model draws you in an elf costume in a new scene from your photo; it is not a face cut out and stuck on a dancing cartoon, and it does not edit anybody else's video. Your face, hair and build stay close to the photo; check the result.

See the price first

At 480P, 5 seconds is 63 credits, 10 seconds is 125 and 15 seconds is 188; at 768P they are 100, 200 and 300. A failed generation returns its credits.

How to use AI elf video

  1. 01

    Sign in and add one clear, front-facing photo: you, or an adult who agreed to appear.

  2. 02

    Pick a scene (workshop dance or wrapping presents), keep 5 seconds or choose 10 or 15, and check the quote.

  3. 03

    Tick the photo confirmation, generate, then download the MP4 from My videos.

AI elf video prompt ideas

Choose a fixed scene above; this page does not accept custom or edited prompts.

  • “Vertical phone footage in a cosy workshop full of wooden toys and shelves of wrapped presents under warm fairy lights, one continuous shot. The person from Image 1, dressed as a Christmas elf in a green tunic, red-and-white striped stockings and a pointed green hat with a bell, does a happy little dance between the workbenches, kicks up their heels and grins at the camera. Keep the face and hair as in the photo. Handheld camera. Sound: jingling bells and a cheerful clatter of toys, no music, no vocals. No other people, no text, no logos.”

  • “Vertical phone footage at a workbench in a toy workshop with a snowy window behind, one continuous shot. The person from Image 1, dressed as a Christmas elf in a green tunic and a pointed green hat with a bell, wraps a present at top speed in red paper with a ribbon, sets it on a tall stack and winks at the camera. Keep the face and hair as in the photo. Warm light. Sound: paper rustling, tape and a jingling bell, no music, no vocals. No other people, no text, no logos.”

AI elf video FAQ

Tested on Cicadas · reviewed 2026-10-14

Recorded on 2026-10-14 with MiniMax H3 Max reference-to-video through fal.ai, each request sent once with the exact scene prompt of this page: 5 seconds, 9:16, 480P with sound. Workshop dance: collected later after our script lost its connection, not timed; Wrapping presents: back in 56 seconds. The two clips use the site's AI-made sample photos of two fictional adults; no real person's photo and no photo of a child was used. We looked at eight frames of each clip, and saw nobody but the person from the photo, no readable lettering and no logo. Sound (two automated listeners, not human listening): fast tapping like footsteps with the dance (no bells reported), rustling paper and two thuds with the wrapping. Not tested: 10 and 15 seconds, 768P, other shapes and other scenes, and real customers' photos.

Updated Oct 14, 2026 · How we test

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