2-minute craft! British Christmas Crackers (easy for kids, zero waste)

[@DianeinDenmark]

How to make British Christmas Crackers - takes just 2 minutes and you can use things you have lying around the house (paper offcuts, magazine pages, string/ribbon)! Low cost, sustainable, zero waste and lots of fun! There is no need to use "snaps" - they are just as much fun without! 🖐😃 I'm always here to cheer you on with my pom poms! You can support me by subscribing and liking this video - thank you! 💖🖐😊 Find me daily on Instagram instagram.com/dianeindenmark You can find my blog at dianedenmark.com and my Christmas prep videos are here kzbin.info/aero/PLxIYCyTLBED9iNyusR1K8xSfRBD7Slasb

[@observethebreath6273]

“and bob’s your uncle!” you’re adorable and i’m subscribing! so real

[@DianeinDenmark]

Welcome here!

[@jmcmurrah]

Diane, I’ve had the necessary supplies for about a month now but sometimes got a bit overwhelmed by the online tutorials. Yours is so absolutely perfect and I thank you for this because I still have time to make my crackers for this Christmas! You are the best…

[@DianeinDenmark]

You're welcome! I know there are lots of "perfect" tutorials and "perfect" looking crackers out there but, in the end, it's the joy of making them that's fun for me 😊

[@chocojavachip]

Thank you for showing this!! How easy!!! Also, what a creative way to still make your videos with your family working inside the house. We’re all having to be flexible with all of us home so much. 😃

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yep, hopefully back to (somewhat) normal in 2021! 👋😅

[@jmg2749]

Thank you! I’m going to making them for my grandson’s birthday!

[@Kayz6449]

Missed your Christmas crafting with your besties. You’d make a good mime artist.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yes, Corona really put a spanner in the works 😅 Hopefully my Besties and I will get to meet indoors next year...

[@becks3302]

Thankyou for making this simple to follow, I've decided to make my own crackers this year

[@owllover5462]

Oh my goodness! I love this. Will definitely be making these next year. You are so good at explaining and demonstrating. Thanks a bunch 🥰

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay! And I just know that you (or your youngest daughter...) will have some excellent ideas of things to pop inside!

[@owllover5462]

@@DianeinDenmark yes, she has better ideas than me 😊 Merry Christmas to you and yours and may the New Year bring lots of peace and happiness to you and the ones you love . Thank you for all you do 💗

[@traceygodfrey6432]

Brilliant mime. Hope you and the family have a safe joyous Christmas. Blessings to you all. Xx

[@user-hd6pl9jv8c]

This as EXCELLENT. I am thinking of making quite a few so I didn't want to do tedious measurement and cutting. Thank you!!!!!

[@evapoole4514]

Thank you for showing us how to make these!! I went out and found some popping strips at our local craft store. 🙌. I made a bunch of them today.... filled them with a little sleigh bell, chocolates and a small bottle of liquor 🤣

[@ellenh278]

I kinda love when your top coordinates with your kitchen towels for some reason. I don't know if its purposeful or a happy accident. Thanks for all your inspiration Diane. Merry Christmas!

[@DianeinDenmark]

LOL! Thanks, Ellen! I love to add some Christmas sparkle to my outfits, or wear red or green!

[@scheherezade3]

Watching this after Christmas but these go in my list for next year. Looks so fun to make

[@user-qe3cv5bh7l]

Amazing we are doing this for school thanks for the tips

[@juliebrooke6099]

They look great. I think they might pull and pop a bit better if you only put tape on one end of the snap when you’re assembling it. I didn’t realise they were a British thing. I kind of assumed everyone would have them.

[@Jahcure1fan]

The easiest exampled crackers couldn’t find my glue gun so this helped me a lot thank you 😊

[@triciat342]

❤️🎄thankyou ..the best demo of easy Christmas crackers I've seen .you are a delight to watch .merry Christmas!x

[@tesss.9505]

Thank you Diane. I know u r busy. I appreciate you doing this!!! Will make some indeed. Merry Christmas 🌲😘

[@vickiemendoza9252]

I ❤️ this!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@DareKat74]

Lol!😁 Thanks Diane, I ve been collecting loo rolls for days!!!😂 Will get the children to help with those!🤩

[@sibongilethwala7080]

Diane you make it look so do-able. Thank you. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

[@TiffanyW73]

Love, love,love 🌻💕😊🎄

[@mangnupa3427]

Thanks for that it is gonna be great for my class

[@carolyneastman6095]

Thank you....very interesting tutorial!

[@homemakersheart3614]

You did a great job with this! I have been waiting all month how to learn how to do this. I need little ideas for the inside. Since it's just my husband and I, I need things you may have around the house or that I can make. Any one have lovely jokes?

[@monikamarsollek3493]

Hi, Diane, you mentioned this in a video before and I collected some rolls. I’ve no idea where to get 'snaps', but it’s such a funny idea, especially if there are siblings in a family! They need each other to open these rolls. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family, stay happy and healthy and funny! Love, Monika❣️

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Monika! I got my snaps online (German Amazon) 👋😃

[@luciegallagher2710]

Love these!!!!! What a fab idea! I do love a Christmas cracker!!!!!! ❤️

[@DianeinDenmark]

And we're decluttering bits and bobs in the process, Lucie - know you love a good declutter video! 👏😂😂😂

[@luciegallagher2710]

@@DianeinDenmark I really do..... you know me very well!!!! ❤️

[@Ollie_dog133]

I’m new to your channel! I already love it!

[@dickietalmage7918]

Thank you 😊 💓 Diana. Always put a smile on my face from California.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Thank you, Dickie! Good to see you here again!

[@UnairOnline]

Awesome 🌲 🥰

[@lindal3966]

That was such fun! Have already bought mine but now seriously thinking about making some next year.

[@ceemar2621]

Thank you for this! How fun!! This would be great for birthday parties too! Thanks again!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yes, you can use all year round...a great way to "wrap" gifts! (You can make giant versions too)

[@sprimm5298]

Thank you for the 2020 content ! Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2021 from USA

[@susannethijssen6526]

Perfect! Now I can make my own and don’t have to go to the shops, which is good considering the lockdown. And I’m planning to regift some of the kids little toys they forgot about. 🎄

[@gigib4076]

How fun and quite easy to make, thank you!!

[@caroljohnson7843]

Hi Diane! I found your channel about a month ago and I love it! I love learning about Denmark. I live in the U. S. and don't know that much about your country. Thanks for sharing. I'm trying to watch all your Christmas videos from previous years right now. You're inspiring me to declutter. Merry Christmas!

[@trishtraynor1237]

Brilliant! There's something really special about Christmas crackers especially if you're crazy about miniature things. I used to buy really expensive ones from Jenners in the January sale. 😆

[@KristynLorraine]

So fun 💥 My Australian brother in law introduced crackers to our Christmas celebrations 10 years ago.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Kristyn! Yes, they seem to be very popular in Australia too! have a wonderful Christmas!

[@debbiekoortzen1154]

This is such a great idea, thank you for your videos. You have inspired me to get back on the Flylady wagon. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Lots of love from South Africa.

[@ashandu]

Such a fun easy craft!

[@elizabethharrell8707]

Hi from sunny AZ, great video..might try these! looking beautiful as usual. Happy Holidays!!

[@DarrenCaudle]

Great video - and such fun. Fond memories of Christmas Crackers in the 70s, made with the crepe paper and the pasted on motif ... probably from F W Woolworth 🤣🤣

[@DianeinDenmark]

And you could use the crepe paper to make coloured water, remembering that, Darren? 😅💦

[@DarrenCaudle]

@@DianeinDenmark hehe ... what fun we had back in the day. Unfortunately, we had a melamine table that became permanently marked, much to the chagrin of my mum, courtesy of 'The curious incident of the Crepe Paper and Orange Squash'. An Agatha Christie-eque incident worthy of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot 😉

[@debbiefulginiti170]

Looks like fun!

[@nathaliemorissette4681]

Youpidou des crackers! Merci Diane!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Pas de quoi, chère Nathalie!

[@Patricia-lg8vg]

thank you!

[@minziwinzi2554]

That's fun :-) I will definitely try these. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay! Let me know how they turn out, Minzi! 👏😍

[@Sonjaic]

Awesome!!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Let me know if you make them, Sonja!

[@karencondon2003]

Love it 🥰🤣😂🤣

[@DianeinDenmark]

With all your crafty skills, Karen, these will be a cinch for you! 👏😁🎀

[@karencondon2003]

@@DianeinDenmark yes! But I’m following Arne and Carlos knitting a Christmas ball everyday for December ❤️🎅🎄❄️❤️

[@nattyznook]

This is great! I’m in America and I’d seen these before but really had know idea what they were! Not a lot of do… When do you guys typically open them? Just curious 😊

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi there! In the UK we always pull crackers at Christmas Day lunch (25 December, served around 1.30pm). Here in my Danish/Scottish family, we pull crackers for our Christmas dinner (24 December, 6pm).

[@nattyznook]

@@DianeinDenmark Thank you!! For sharing this Christmas tradition! Now I know!

[@kathrynossoff9524]

But where do you find snaps? I would love to make these with my grandson.

[@DianeinDenmark]

Hi Kathryn! I found ours online (Amazon)! But, to be honest, they are just as much fun without!

[@voggs3072]

Where can I buy that big advent candle?! My friend is coming to canada from Denmark in the spring (covid willing) and I’d love to get him to bring it with! Love your videos Diane! Lovely part of my day!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Mine is three years old, brand Ib Laursen 👋

[@angelacross2216]

Collect your Blue Peter badge right now, and don’t forget the jokes must be REALLY bad.

[@DianeinDenmark]

LOL! Angela, my Dad was the king of bad jokes! 👏😂

[@Ansset0]

1:58 Maybe you should take a shot or two? Hands are a BIT shaky, like you have not yet got your fix... If that's neurological problem, consult a specialist.