Christmas Crackers

Christmas crackers are part of the English celebration of Christmas. They are cardboard tubes wrapped in brightly covered paper. To open them, two people twist and pull them like a wish-bone. The crackers are stuffed with a paper crown, candy, a motto, and a party toy. We thought what better way to to celebrate our wedding (Christmas in July) than to have crackers as our party favors.

Danielle and a few of her girl friends setup an assembly line to crank out the crackers.

Here are the empty tubes before being wrapped.

Here are Sarah and Jackie measuring and cutting ribbon for the ends and paper for the tubes.
Next up, Jenny and Elisa are putting the final touches on the crackers. They are wrapping them and sealing the ends.

(Note: You may be wondering didn't we miss a step...what is in the crackers. Well that is a secret and for you to find out you will have to come to the wedding and reception. :-))

Finally, here are the completed crackers...

Boxed up and ready to go!!!