Elf on a Shelf - Snowflakes Made of Earwax

This is the first year we have participated in "Elf on a Shelf" and my daughter is fascinated with him. Last night he decided to make a snow flake out of cotton swabs on the kitchen counter. My daughter thought it was cute and couldn't wait to tell her friends, but apparently she cannot remember to call them cotton swabs or even q-tips. All day she keeps telling people that her Elf on a Shelf made a snowflake out of "ear wax thingies." I can only hope people figure out what she means and don't imagine a giant snowflake shaped pile of earwax on my kitchen counter.