Make your own crackers

[ClaireWilliams3]

Hello,

Sorry if this has already been asked. Can I have recommendations and suggestions for making crackers? It’s for a lot of people, 20 or so, so I don’t want to bankrupt myself!

Thanks!

It would involve a fair bit of work, OP, but this blog always has great ideas for craft things and her Christmas crackers do look incredibly stylish.

£1 scratch cards might be an idea?

Oh thanks, the toilet roll ones look achievable!

It takes for ducking ever. Unless you have hours to spare I’d poke fancier presents into shop bought crackers.

You can get a pack of 6 from Oxfam - includes everything except the gift. The crackers/jokes are good and then you can choose your own gift. Best of both I reckon!

I buy cheap crackers in my chosen colour scheme, carefully undo them and put my own stuff inside, Then add jewels/ribbon if they need jazzing up on the outside. Saves fiddling around and only costs a few pounds.

These cracker kits are amazing by the way @ClaireWilliams3 - I bought the bright pink ones last year and filled them with miniature gin/vodka, a joke from a sheet downloaded from Pinterest, a paper hat and then a little trinket bought in a set of about a million from eBay.

The works have packs of 6 sets of fill your own for £3. They're fine - not the most beautiful but very quick and easy to do.

Another vote for pimping shop bought crackers. I usually try and get the big luxury kind in the January sales not helpful now sorry

I got some fill your own ones from houseofcrackers - they are blinking beautiful, but totted up what I have spent on them Inc the gifts and I was like !

Thanks everyone!

if you havent got lots of money, why bother with your own?

crackers are more about decoration than contents