Fill your own crackers

Mint1955

HELP please
OH every year drives me mad looking at every price range of crackers and moaning about the contents but insists we have crackers. I admit I usually end up with very easy generic ones not too costly as I think they are a tragic waste.

So I got to thinking I wouldn't mind too much if the gifts were more fitting so how easy/expensive is it to make crackers and fill myself?

I am not particularly crafty but with instructions I will give it a go

pelirocco

It might be easier to buy cheap ready made ones , then change the contents or tart them up

Mint1955

LOL told you I wasn't crafty why didn't I think of that its so easy thank you so much.

stressedshopper

I bought some make your own crackers from Poundland (6 in a pack).
then visited Boots & asked for some perfume/aftershave samples to fill them with

weeclick

I got one in tescos has everything you need to make it and u just buy the treat - which is what me and OH are doing and we have a budget to see who can get the best gadget!

Luckystar

I bought Asda pack of 7 make your own crackers for £3.50 you get paper hats and jokes and cute little berries decorations and ribbons to make them look pretty too. I've been doing these for a few years now and put a chocolate treat inside from the tin of roses I buy for Xmas, choose each persons favourite to make it more personal. For gift ideas - keyrings, mini bottles of booze, mini toiletries/make up or perfume/aftershave samples. For kids small toys - hair bobbles for girls, it's surprising what fits in and good fun to make them.

Racheldevon

Hawkins Bizarre also sell the packs, very simple to make

bossymoo

I did them a few years back and added the mini green and blacks choc bars (can usually get them in variety pack this time of year) everyone was well pleased as I tagged their names on so each got favourite flavour.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=green+and+blacks+miniatures&hl=en&client=safari&bpcl=38897761&num=20&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=672&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=4027699143509621101&sa=X&ei=nNy3UNv-No2U0QXywoD4Aw&ved=0CGUQ8gIwAQ

lurkylurky

I also buy cheap ready made crackers and add gifts, such as:

Miniature perfumes/aftershaves
Lipstick
Memory stick
Lottery tickets
Watch (which was a gift with purchase of some make up)
Cinema tickets
Silver toothpick holder
Jewellery

fiscalfreckles

stressedshopper wrote: »

I bought some make your own crackers from Poundland (6 in a pack).
then visited Boots & asked for some perfume/aftershave samples to fill them with

I saw these, have you made them up yet & are they OK?

CupOfChai

The other year, I told my mum of a genius idea I'd seen where you buy cheap crackers, then stuff a scratchcard inside each one (you roll them up small enough then poke them down the hole in the end).

She thought it was a good idea too, and decided it was my job to sit and poke scratchcards into about 8 crackers. Me and my big mouth!