Christmas Crackers?  I receive free cut files for Scal2 from a website called SVGcuts.com.

I stuffed these crackers with candy.  These are 9″ long from end to end so the middle part that you stuff is not that big.

The first cracker I made I used a glitter paper that was colored on one side and white on the other.  This worked ok but the stiffness of  the paper made it difficult to glue together.

I also didn’t like the the white showing on the ends.

I decided to see if using some wrapping paper would work (plus it matches the presents) and I would double side the cracker.  The outside being the black and white striped and the inside being the silver.

Hmm, something didn’t turn out right.  What I discovered was I needed to flip the image.  It is the same principle when you are sewing a garment and you need to put right sides together (or in this case wrong sides together).

In this picture because I didn’t flip the image you can see the silver didn’t cover the inside correctly.

Testing #2 – Since all I needed to cover on the inside of the cracker are the ends, I added a rectangle to the image that I flipped so it would cut out the middle.  This makes adhering  the red to the inside of the black and white polka dot cracker easier to manage.

It works very nicely.  I trimmed off the excess white that is showing on this one and then I went back into my file in Scal2 and increased the size of the flip image a little.

I use clothes pins and clips to hold the cracker together as the glue dries.  I use Glossy Accents as my glue of choice because when you glue paper to paper it only takes about 5 seconds for it to dry.

I like using the wrapping paper because it is more flexible when you go to glue the sides together.  Another good point in using the wrapping paper is I used those left over pieces that I usually just throw away.  Using the wrapping paper saves my scrapping paper for a better project since once the crackers are opened they will be thrown out.

Twist one end and tie a ribbon around it, stuff it with your choice of items and then twist the other end and tie it with another ribbon.

Super easy, super cute and a nice way to add some candy to a Christmas stocking without it falling through to the toe.  It also sits well in the stockings and it is inexpensive to fill.  My suggestion would be to use Brach’s candies, they are already individually wrapped and they are small enough you can get a nice variety in the Christmas Crackers.