A Festive Touch: DIY Your Own Christmas Crackers
For a fun family activity, impress everyone with Marlo Kids’ exclusive DIY Christmas crackers, available in two unique Marlo prints! Perfect as finishing touches for your holiday tablescape, these DIY crackers are a creative way to add a personal touch. All you need is our printable Marlo Christmas cracker template, available in two holiday-themed prints, along with a few household supplies, and you’ll have charming, customizable crackers ready to delight guests young and old.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
- Download our exclusive printable Marlo Christmas cracker template here
- White or Pink A4 cardstock
- Scissors
- Butter knife
- Ruler
- Christmas cracker snaps (optional)
- Glue
- Ribbon or string
- Sweet treats
METHOD:
- Download and print both sides of our exclusive printable Marlo Christmas cracker template on white or pink A4 cardstock.
- Cut out your cracker shape by following the lines of the template.
- Use a butter knife and a ruler and score along all the dotted score lines.
- Use a craft knife or scissors to cut out the diamond shapes. This is the tricky part.
- Fold along all the score lines. You need to fold the diamond shapes in on themselves to make a valley fold.
- If you want to add Christmas cracker snaps for that extra pop, glue this on the inside of your cracker.
- Overlap one of the sides and glue your cracker together.
- Bring one end together and tie with ribbon or string.
- Pop in some sweet treats or personalised gifts.
- Tie ribbon or string to the other end to close.
