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Christmas crackers



yetigumboots
Germany

Christmas crackers
 
Hi everyone,
 
Does anyone know how to make a christmas cracker that actually cracks... I thought I would do a last lesson before xmas on British christmas stuff. They don�t have Christmas crackers in Germany like we have, so I though it would be fun. Any ideas????
 
Merry Christmas to you all.  Yeti xx

12 Dec 2008      





Zora
Canada

Here�s a nice little site that explains everything AND sells the thing that makes the "cracking noise" !!

http://www.oldenglishcrackers.com/make-your-own-crackers.htm


12 Dec 2008     



yetigumboots
Germany

Thanks guys, I think I am a bit late to order the cracky things... I thought there might be a way of doing it without having to spend money. he he... Some hope...Geek

12 Dec 2008     



libertybelle
United States

You Guys!

You DO know that crackers are two things!
One is a paper roll thingy with hidden little trinkets in it that go off with a little blast
and the other is a kind of biscuit  you eat - like saltines or graham crackers!
(good with cheese on it!)

L

12 Dec 2008     



Zora
Canada

Hey liberty... the cracker expert! LOL Actually, I always think of the food first when I hear the word. But it�s Christmas time so I remember that they are probably talking about the other thing.. :)

And Yeti, the "snapper" is what makes the noise and it�s not an easy thing to "make" since it is made with ... I think .. a gunpowder, sulfur type substance... like the popcaps things.. if anybody remembers the guns that used to make sounds thanks to a little piece of paper that you could hit and it would go "bang"..

But you could make them without the "snappers" - it�s still a nice activity.


12 Dec 2008     



alien boy
Japan

Just don�t go crackers either making or eating your crackers!!!
B-)

13 Dec 2008