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What a Cracker! Get Crafty with the Kids this Christmas

It’s that time of year when the days whiz by and before you know it, Christmas is upon us again. Well we’ve got a super way to cross one of those Xmas essentials off the list, and you can save some pennies, do some recycling, and occupy the kids all in one by making your own environmentally friendly Christmas Crackers. Just follow the easy instructions below, you can miss out any bits you don’t need, and before you know it you’ll have some fantastic green Christmas decorations.

What you need:

  • Empty toilet roll middles
  • Coloured paper, tissue, crepe or old Xmas wrapping paper for covering the crackers
  • A few boiled sweets or chocolates
  • Some bits of ribbon
  • Thick tissue paper or crepe paper for hats
  • Glue or sellotape and scissors

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