If you’re fed up of cheap cracker toys but can’t afford the high end deluxe ones, why not make your own? It’s easy - and a perfect way to fill up the Christmas holidays. Making your own Christmas crackers is total child’s play. In fact, it’s a great activity for the kids to get involved in. You can save money, and you can make them totally unique and personal to your guests too. It’s the personal touches that count.
Here at StudioPlay we give you our step by step guide to the perfectpersonalised Christmas Crackers.
1. Find the cracker of your choice, or one you would like to decorate
2. Dismantle the cracker you brought
3. Remove everything from the cracker you don’t like
4. Gold pen over the snowflakes or anything you don’t like about your cracker
5. Personalise the body of the cracker – either glitter initial – glue gun some winter berries on – write a name which can also be used as a table place setting – get the kids to DIY their own
6. Wrap the present you have chosen to go inside
7. Tie up the ends and VOILA - your very own personalised christmas crackers.
It’s the most anticipated day of the year – The 1st December means the first day of opening Advent Calendars. 24 days of sheer excitement and opening little windows with treats and chocolates that is acceptable to eat before 8am. Whether you want to get creative and personal or just haven’t got time to think – we have some best buys for the whole family.
First Up - D I Y Advent
Wooden Christmas Tree HERE || Fabric House HERE || Cotton Bags HERE
Ideas to go Inside ….Chocolates , sweets, jewellery, hair slides, hair clips, mini nail vanishes, lipstick, lipbalm, mini toys, watch, voucher, pound coins...
Adults – Mini bottle of alcohol, lotto ticket, tickets to a gig, the cinema, ice skating, baby bottles of toiletries
Don’t be scared to put the same item in a couple of the doors as its usually only chocolate… and if you get really stuck but have a great present that just wont fit … simple …. Write a little clue and send them on a little treasure hunt. Its just as exciting to watch as it will be for them finding it.
Please hashtag #studioplay if we have inspired you to branch out and try your hand at a DIY advent calendar, we love to see what everyone is doing.
Wrapping up in style this Christmas, and we are not talking about fashion here. It’s time to get your hands dirty and do a bit of DIY.
How lovely would it be to do something a little special for your nearest and dearests Christmas presents this year? Keeping it really minimal - get black , white and brown paper… add string, foliage and polaroid pics to give it that personal touch.
If you are feeling really crafty, get out the paints and add some dots, splats and stripes to personalise every single one differently….
I’m sure the kids would love to get involved too - a Christmas D I Y session for the whole family, fun times.
