It's always nice to reuse things. A good thing in our house is to make our own Christmas crackers or crackers for a special event. We saved some empty toilet rolls.
- Insert small gift or chocolate and write a joke on a piece of junk mail.
- Wrap tissue paper around them and tie each end shut with previously used paper gift ribbon or leftover wool or string.
- Cut a strip of decorative paper from old gift wrapping and close with tape. For a kids party, the comic strip from newspaper is cute.
- Add an embellishment or sticker in the middle. Many embellishments can be taken off birthday cards received, or cute out a shape, or crochet a flower. Endless ideas.
My daughter and I made these crackers for a tea party for my friends from Girl Guides.
