How To Make Christmas Crackers with Toilet Rolls
Christmas Crackers originated on Christmas dining tables in England, and if you try making them once, you are bound to try it again and again. It’s so much fun. Also, it is such an easy craft that your children can help you make it, together with other Christmas decorations using recycled goods.
In this article, we will learn how to make Christmas Crackers with Toilet Rolls.
You'll need:
- Toilet paper roll tubes
- Tissue paper
- Festive paper
- Cracker snaps
- Ruler
- Tape
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Jokes
- Candy and toys or party favors
Steps to follow:
Paper Crown or Party Hat
A paper crown should never be missing in a cracker. So, let’s begin by making the hats and then keeping them aside. To make the hats you have to follow the following steps:
1. Take the tissue paper and measure 9 cm x 60 cm (3 ½” x 24”) using a ruler. Cut the strip.
2. Then take both short edges and tape them together.
3. Now, fold the strip in half and make a solid crease.
4. Then again fold it in half and make a solid crease.
5. Fold it again for a third time and make the solid crease.
6. Now take your scissors and cut one edge at an angle.
7. Open it and your paper crown is ready. It's that simple!
Thin tissue paper is easiest to fold and keeps the crown light. Avoid making the creases too tight, as the paper could tear.
Prepare Cracker snaps
1. To prepare the cracker snaps, lay three toilet roll tubes side by side and then measure them.
2. Then cut the cracker snap into strips, taking care that the cracker strips are not shorter than the three toilet paper tubes, as the strip will go through all three.
3. Take a toilet paper roll and glue the cracker snap strip into it so that an equal length of the cracker paper strip is visible at both ends.
If children are helping, an adult should handle the scissors and snaps. Keep the snap ends visible and do not trim them shorter than the tubes.
Roll the crackers
1. Measure the length and breadth of all three tubes.
2. According to the measurement, cut the festive paper.
3. Now flip the festive paper upside down. Then take a double-sided tape and paste it along the full length of the festive paper.
4. In the middle of the tape, place the central tube containing the snap. Secure the other ends of the snap on the festive paper with tape or glue.
5. Place the other two rolls on either side of the central tube.
6. Now roll the tubes and seal the open length of the festive paper.
Keep the snap centered and its ends accessible, and check that the tubes stay aligned before sealing the paper.
Cracker Jokes
Cracker jokes are an essential part of the fun. So, gather as many jokes as you can from the internet and then print them or write them on small strips of paper. Keep each strip small enough to fit comfortably inside the tube.
Filling the Christmas Cracker
1. The only thing left is to fill the cracker. Take one side of it and slide it out a bit. With your fingers, crease the festive paper from which the tube has slid out a bit.
2. Take a strip of ribbon and wrap it around the creased paper. Then pull it tightly to close the end and secure it.
3. Then, from the open end, fill the central tube with candy, toys, or party favors. Also put a paper strip containing a joke inside it.
4. Then slide out the outer roll from the unsecured end and tie a ribbon around it.
5. Pull the ribbon tightly and secure the end.
6. Now both ends are secure and your Christmas Cracker is ready.
7. You can make as many Christmas crackers as you want using this method.
8. Put on the Party Hat and get cracking!
Choose small, lightweight treats or favors that fit easily. Avoid overfilling the tube so the ends can be tied securely.
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