This cute gift filled cracker craft is so easy to make. These lovely little crackers are great for both adults and kids to make as a sweet, handmade gift idea that’s perfect for valentines day, Mothers/fathers day, birthdays, and many other occasions!

Here’s what you’ll need

• Card or paper (my floral cracker is made with 200gsm card and my sons red one is made with standard paper)
• Scissors
• Glue OR double sided tape
• Ribbon
• Our FREE printable gift tags (available at the bottom of the page)
• A sweet treat or a small gift to pop inside

How to make a cute gift filled cracker

First, start by cutting out a square of the paper or card that you are going to use to make the cracker. For this larger patterned one, we used 20cm x 20cm, but for the smaller ones, we used 15cm x 15cm.

Place your square in front of you and fold a small tab across the bottom of the page about 1cm tall. Apply a layer of glue or double-sided tape onto the tab.

Fold your card in half by taking the bottom two corrners of the square and folding them upwards with the tab still folded inside to meet the top. Press down the crease strongly and run your fingers over the top section to make sure your glued tab sticks securely to the other side of the card beneath it.

Fold the card in half the same way again by taking the bottom two corners and folding them up to the top two. This should leave you with a folded rectangle strip.

Fold each end inwards so that your folded ends measure roughly the same as the gap in between the two of them. This can be seen above.

Take a pair of scissors and cut the ends of your folded strip into a point. Note that the smaller the point is the tighter your cracker will seal. However, you should bear in mind the strength of your paper/card as you don’t want it to rip when tied.

Open up your cracker and sure up the folds. Your cracker should now be looking a lot more like a cracker! Take a length of ribbon and tie it securely around one end. Pop your treat (i.e bagged sweets, stickers, etc) into the other end of the cracker.

Take another length of ribbon and tie the other open end of the cracker securely. For our crackers, we then printed one of our sweet gift labels (available free at the bottom of this page). we punched a hole in the corner and tied it onto the cracker with excess ribbon.

You’re finished and your cracker is ready to gift! 

Aren’t these just the cutest?