Things to put in your Christmas crackers
Some ideas below for things you can put into your Christmas crackers that are more useful and less likely to be thrown in the bin than the usual plastic stuff you get. There are also some ideas for things you could include in addition to or instead of the usual jokes.
Cracker gifts – 12 ideas to reduce plastic waste
- Mini soaps
- Individual face masks
- Chocolates
- Raisins/dried fruit wrapped in a twist of greaseproof paper
- Seeds to grow windowsill herbs and cress
- Lip balms
- Miniature bottles of lotions
- Key rings
- Fridge magnets
- Mini nail varnishes
- Christmas challenges (see below)
Fun challenges
- Eat 5 brussel sprouts
- Sing Jingle Bells in your most operatic style
- Rap Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Everybody floss
- Do an impression of the person to the left of you
- Sing “All I want for Christmas” like Prince Charles
- Tell everyone a funny story from when you were little
- Tell everyone what you want to be when you grow up
- Tell everyone what the last lie you told was
- Tell everyone what’s on your music playlist right now
Christmas charades
- Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
- Jingle bells
- Elf
- Home Alone
- Mistletoe
- The holly and the ivy
- Good King Wenceslas
- Christmas pudding
- God rest ye merry gentlemen
- Turkey
- Mince pie
- Yule log
- Love Actually
- Snowflake
- Christmas tree
- Advent calendar
- Queen’s speech
Mindful activities
- What was the best thing about 2018?
- What’s your wish for 2019?
- Phone a friend to wish them a merry Christmas
- Meditate with a mince pie – imagine tasting and seeing it for the very first time
- What’s your favourite thing about the person sitting to the left of you
- What question would you like to ask the person sitting to the right of you
- What was your favourite Christmas present this year
- What was your best Christmas ever and why
- Which crazy Christmas tradition would you introduce if you were queen for the day?
- What do you dread most about Christmas?
- What is your favourite Christmas smell?