Jamie’s Christmas Crackers

Okay, I know Christmas is over but how about making Jamie’s Christmas crackers for next year!

Things you will need to make Jamie’s Christmas crackers

• Wrapping paper cut to A4
• Toilet-roll tubes
• Sticky tape
• Cracker snaps
• Jokes, paper hats, toys or treats
• String or ribbon
• Name tags

To make crackers

• Lay an A4 sheet of paper flat with longer edge in front of you
• Place a toilet-roll tube in the middle of the longer edge, and secure it in place with a bit of sticky tape
• Poke through a cracker snap taping it to the toilet-roll tube

• Make up and write out your joke
• Pop it into the tube with a paper hat and the toy or treat of your choice
• Add an extra toilet-roll tube on each side of your middle one, threading the cracker snap ends through them
• Roll up the paper around the tubes

• Pinch together at either side of the middle tube
• Gently squeeze and twist
• Then tie a piece of string or ribbon around to secure it in place
• Remove tubes from either end
• Add a name tag if you’ve personalised the contents

📸 Carolyn Hayter
Source: Get creative with crackers taken from Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cook Book