A funky pen - this year an axe for ds, wolf for DH and funky fountain pen for me (al about €3).
Those metal link puzzles.
Scratch card.
Socks/woolly hat.
Keyring.
Any other stationery - cute rubbers, tippex mouse, fun postits.
Fidget toy.
I use loo rolls and paper to make them, decorate with their name/initial of the person. If the gift is quite chunky - eg hat or gloves - I use Pringles tubes! I save them over the year.
I have kept some silly bits I've got over the years from commercial crackers, like the fortune telling fish or those colourful triangles with a guide to making different animals like fish etc. They come out every year and never fail to delight for a few days, then go back in the Xmas box of decs. DS loves them. Oh, and the teeny tiny playing cards! Remember them?
I'll make them next week when I'm not so busy and DS is at school.
This year on Xmas Eve we've got friends round from far flung countries and their spouses. I shall make hats and number them, then place a number in each cracker so they can put that hat on. Cardboard doesn't roll up into a cracker very well, so they'll be on the side table. There'll be a snowman, gingerbread man, Xmas tree, elf, reindeer etc. DS can help me make them - very simple things.
Can't wait!