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Woodland Christmas Crackers: Easy DIY Craft

Thursday, December 17, 2015 by Jody 4 Comments

Christmas Crackers are a fun, simple, and inexpensive way to add a little treat to your kids’ table, Christmas Tree, or Christmas packages.

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Now, if you have never heard of Christmas Crackers, here is a quick lesson for you – They were invented in the UK in the mid 1800’s by Tom Smith, a London Sweet Maker. Today, a Christmas Cracker is traditionally given next to your Christmas dinner plate. While they used to be quite fancy and much larger, these simple tissue paper ones are easier to put together but just as cute.

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

You need just a few craft supplies that are probably already laying around your house and of course some small candy and trinkets to fill them with. These can be made for children but easily modified for a fun adult party favor too.

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

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Woodland Christmas Crackers: Easy DIY Craft
 
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Author: Lolli
Ingredients
  • Empty toilet paper rolls
  • Tissue paper (you can also use wrapping paper)
  • Ribbon or twine
  • Stickers
  • Small items for filing, such as individually wrapped candy, glitter, confetti, small toys, jokes, quotes, barrettes or fortunes on slips of paper
Instructions
  1. Carefully cut empty paper rolls in half.
  2. Cut tissue paper to 8”- 10”, I like leave a generous amount of paper on each end for tying off.
  3. Hold paper rolls together and place on one end of 2 layers of tissue paper.
  4. Fill rolls with trinkets, candy, glitter,etc..
  5. Roll away from you, tightly.
  6. Tie off each end with curling ribbon or twine.
  7. To make it a bit easier to break open the cracker take something with a very small point like the end of a metal coat hanger, or this scrapbook piercing tool like I used and poke small holes all around the center where your two halves join.
  8. Decorate with stickers, drawings, or glitter glue.
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Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Our Christmas tree and home decor is woodsy so I thought it would be fun to make them match with our theme. You could make yours with any theme or color scheme. And since they are so simple to make, they would be a perfect kid’s craft – let the kids put together their own Christmas crackers for friends or siblings.

Here are the visual steps:

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Cut paper rolls in half

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Fill with goodies and wrap in tissue paper

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Tie the ends with ribbon or twine

Woodland Christmas Crackers- An Easy Craft from Food Fun Family-7

Decorate crackers and then carefully poke holes in the paper where the 2 halves meet to make it easier to break apart

That’s it! How easy is that?

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Jody is a homeschooling, work at home mom of two from central Florida who loves shopping, gardening, junkin', scrapbooking, crafts, and cooking up a storm. Jody also has a couple of 4 legged babies, her dachshunds that are never far from her, and a hard working hubby too. She gets through these crazy days of life fueled by countless cups of coffee and a whole lotta’ Jesus. You can find Jody over at A Sip of Southern Sunshine, too.

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Comments

  1. Janet W. says

    Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 5:54 am

    This is such a cute craft! My grandsons would enjoy making this, too!

  2. Julie Wood says

    Friday, December 18, 2015 at 9:34 am

    You are so creative! These are adorable WOODLAND CHRISTMAS CRACKERS craft. I know that these would be fun to make with my daughter and give to others. Thanks for the idea.

  3. shelly peterson says

    Friday, December 18, 2015 at 8:44 am

    These look like a lot of fun to make and then to open up. I would love to do these and surprise the kids with them.

  4. Allison Swain says

    Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    Wow these are adorable! We will be trying this out, this year.

    Thank you for sharing.

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