It was our turn to host our extended family on Christmas Eve and I really didn’t want to buy and throw away the bits from 25 crackers, so I thought I’d make some ‘prizes’ for the kids, following my Nine Striped Christmas in July hats.
I found this cute little Christmas tree pattern and put each piece into a cracker - a snap with some leftover wrapping paper I wasn’t going to use - with the idea that the kids would have to go and find their bits from family members (they got the top with the star).
It was a bit chaotic (with 25 people, 9 kids, 6 of which are 10 and under), so I didn’t get photos of all of them, but these are two of them.
All together I made 6 (the ‘big’ kids didn’t get one this year), in favourite colours.
Such a fun idea for a family activity, and a sweet souvenir of it, too. I can envision those kids saving the tree as a holiday decoration, and sharing with their own kids the story of how they got it.
