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How to Make Four Christmas Crackers

Level
Beginner
Time
1/2 day
Budget
<10

I'm crackers about crackers! I don't know about you but I think crackers are one of the best things about a Christmas dinner table especially if they have been made to compliment your chosen theme, you can even add a whole lot of fun with animal designs too!

Project and instructions by Jackie Jasper

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How to make

Step 1
Choose a plain or patterned paper sheet then use the template to draw and cut out the cracker base taking extra care on the diamond shapes.
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Step 2
Use a bone folder and ruler to score where indicated then fold along the score line as shown in the photo below.
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Step 3
Glue along the tabs then roll the cracker into a tube shape and hold for a minute until the cracker holds its shape. Tie a piece of ribbon at each end of the cracker with a double knot.
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Step 4
Decorate each of the crackers with an assortment of embellishments.
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Reindeer Cracker: Step 1

Once you have a brown cracker base use the templates to draw and cut out the tux and bow tie along with the antlers.

Reindeer Cracker: Step 2

First attach both the antlers to the top then cut a strip of patterned paper to fit around the top, fussy cut a triangular shape along the edge then fix in place around the top.

Reindeer Cracker: Step 3

Punch two small circles from black cardstock and draw a curved line on both using a white gel pen, attach these under the hat.

Reindeer Cracker: Step 4

Fussy-cut a rounded triangular shape from cream cardstock then a slightly smaller one form black cardstock, attach the two together then from a small black line at the bottom before attaching below the eyes.

Reindeer Cracker: Step 5

Fold up the bow by bending each end over and fixing in the middle with glue, adhere the tux then glue the bow on top before adding a glitter button, use the anywhere hole punch to make the three tiny black buttons and fix them to the tux front to finish.

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