Kids Crackers For Christmas 2011
Kid Crackers 2011
For Christmas 2011 we have created some kids crackers which we hope you will like. We made them to our mini cracker size and they can easily be handled and pulled by the smallest of hands. As usual they are handmade by our team here in Somerset to our usual high standards! We have made them using a red foil paper which is perfect for Christmas and my 2 boys love any paper that is shiny and red. so the final decision on the paper for the kids crackers was made by my 7 year old son!
We think he made a great choice especially as the kids crackers will include one with a jolly Santa face and the other has an equally jolly snowman figure decorating it. We’ve trimmed the ends of the crackers with gold and silver metallic ribbons just to give them a nice finishing touch.
Kids Crackers
Don’t forget we sell all our crackers empty with one end left open for you to add your own gifts either from our cracker gifts page or gifts you have sourced and bought elsewhere. Of course we include the cracker snap, hat and very cheesy joke in our kids crackers. You will obviously want to know the size of the barrel where the gifts will go, it’s 7.5 cm x 3.5 cm. It’s is quite small but can hold some treats like chocolates. Which leads me on to our recommended kids crackers fillers of chocolate Christmas drops which are perfect for filling your kids crackers, see here: chocolate Christmas drops
Order the mini Christmas crackers here: kids crackers
Luxury Jumbo Christmas Crackers 2011
Silver And Gold Jumbo Crackers
We have just created these jumbo crackers for Christmas 2011. Jumbo sized crackers were extremely popular last year and we have expanded the range for 2011. No expense has been spared in the creation of these amazing crackers!
Available in either gold or silver the crackers have been handmade in Somerset as usual and we’ve added a new luxury metallic ribbon to the cracker cuffs and added hand tied matching bows.
To give these jumbo crackers an additional wow factor we’ve added a large Christmas decoration which is made up of holly leaves, tinsel, pine cone, bell and more.
Limited numbers of these will be available so please order early to avoid disappointment.
Order silver and gold jumbo crackers here: Jumbo Christmas Crackers
Red Jumbo Christmas Crackers
Following on from the silver jumbo crackers above we have created another version using our beautiful sparkly red glitter paper. We’ve used one of our finest red and gold metallic ribbons around the cuffs and dressed it with the same decoration as used on the silver and gold jumbo crackers above. The only difference being it is red.
To keep the costs down we have not included bows with this cracker. The red glitter paper is more expensive than the plain silver or gold and thus we felt it would be too much to the cost of the jumber cracker to add bows. However we can add bows for an additional £1.
Or order the red jumbo crackers please click here: Red Jumbo Crackers
Luxury Christmas Crackers
Luxury Christmas Crackers
The term luxury Christmas crackers seems to be appear on every box of crackers that appears on shop shelves or in online shops selling crackers. Even the cheapest poorly made boxes of Christmas crackers usually has luxury Christmas crackers stamped all over the packaging. To add insult to injury they have a price tag which clearly indicates that they are anything but luxury Christmas crackers!
So how does one determine what a luxury Christmas cracker really is. Is it the value of the gift inside? Of course an expensive gift inside the cracker certainly pushes that particular cracker into the realms of a luxury Christmas cracker. But if it’s placed inside a cheap cracker doesn’t that defeat the point of being classed as a luxury Christmas cracker?
We at Classic Cracker believe that luxury Christmas crackers are not defined as luxury just because of the cost of the gift inside. In fact we sell more empty crackers without any gifts than any other type of cracker and we feel that our crackers are luxury crackers even without an expensive gift in them.
Some of the criteria that needs to be met for a cracker to be considered truly a luxury Christmas cracker are the following:
Made in the UK – With all due respect to China and other countries around the world, we in the UK make Christmas crackers to the highest standards. China is a bulk manufacturer creating crackers as cheaply as possible and paying low wages for lower skilled staff. Here in the UK we have better working conditions, better pay and workers who tend to take more pride when making luxury Christmas crackers.
Hand Rolled – There are 2 ways to make crackers. The cheapest way is to make crackers using a one piece sheet of cardboard commonly know as a foil board. These are mass produced in China by machines and are put together by simply folding together and either clipping a lip into a flap or gluing down one edge. All the fillers are laid on top of the card and rolled and closed. This process is very simple and unskilled. To the untrained eye they can look very good if the foil board has a good design. Luxury Christmas crackers are handmade using beautiful sheets of paper, hand rolled, scrunch, tied and decorated. This way of making a cracker is highly skilled and is not something you can pick up easily unlike the cheap foil board process
Decorations - using beautiful ribbons and making hand tied bows adds extra credence to the fact that we are making luxury Christmas crackers. All of the decorating on luxury Christmas crackers takes a lot of time and skill and yet the finished cracker looks spectacular.
Luxury Christmas Crackers – sample images
Luxury Christmas Crackers
Please take a moment to visit Classic Crackers online Christmas cracker shop if you want to see more luxury Christmas crackers.
Luxury Silver Christmas Crackers
Although we are only in May we here at Classic Crackers have to start thinking about Christmas and getting new designs created and online ready for the rush later in the year. Today we have created some luxury silver Christmas crackers using our silver pearlised paper. We have created a luxury seasonal pick of large silver leaves with black flowers buds with silver edging. And to add to the luxury appearance of this cracker we have used a new metallic silver ribbon of the highest quality and wrapped it around the cracker handles. This cracker is sold empty and is available to fill with your own gifts chosen from our website or sourced locally yourself. 
More Wedding Crackers
Wedding Crackers
We’ve been busy creating more wedding crackers. Actually the gold wedding cracker is something we have made in the past but we ran out of elements of the cracker which resulted in us removing it from the site. We have now found a new supplier who has all the parts we need to make the cracker and thus we’ve reintroduced it this week. We’re very pleased to be able to return it as it was our most popular cracker at the time and hopefully it will be again.
As with all our wedding crackers it’s handmade using the the best materials. We’ve used our pale gold pearlised paper to create the cracker and we’ve decorated it with a real feather boa and 2 gold wedding bells tied with gold metallic ribbon. To finish the cracker we’ve used one of our finest luxury wedding ribbons.
Silver Wedding Crackers
We’ve also created silver wedding crackers version but instead of using bells we have incorporated a silver babies breath decoration. The babies breath is available in gold, white, wine and black if you prefer. We can always alter designs if what if offer doesn’t quite match your wedding theme. We’re also bringing out some mini wedding crackers using the babies breath design. Keep an eye out for these in the next couple of days.
Silver Wedding Crackers
More Wedding Crackers
We can make our wedding crackers in many designs and go out of our way to create something that meets your wedding theme. Various sizes are available and many gift fillers can be chosen to fill your crackers or they can be left open for you to fill with your own wedding favour fillers – please visit wedding-crackers.co.uk for more examples
Jumbo Christmas Crackers
Cracker Sizes
This year bigger seems to mean best! Our jumbo Christmas crackers are proving to be hugely popular already and we’re adding to the range every day. Although they are not much longer than a standard size Christmas cracker you can see from the picture they are much fatter. You really can stuff them full of goodies. And you get to put exactly what you want in them and not the usual junk you have to accept from High Street shops. That is probably what makes our fill your own Christmas crackers so popular with many customers coming back to us year after year.
Because of their size it allows us to use more extravagant means of decorating the crackers to give them that wow factor. This one has just been created and added in the past couple of days. It’s been made using our eco friendly paper which is made from the Daphne bush. For those of you who don’t know the Daphne bush can and does regrow it’s bark after it’s been stripped. Therefore they don’t need to be grown and cut down all the time. 
We have decorated it with pine cones and berries to give it a traditional Christmas look and for an added twist we’ve included a real cinnamon stick which produces a lovely aroma! Finally we’ve tied it all up in a lovely raffia bow.
For those of you who don’t have the time or inclination to pick 0ut your own gifts to go into the fill your own jumbo Christmas crackers we do have 2 box sets available at the moment with more to come in the next week or so.
These sets come in 6′s and are filled with our luxury cracker gifts presented in beautiful organza bags with a party popper or rocket balloon thrown in for good measure.
To view our range click on the following link: Jumbo Christmas Crackers
Halloween Crackers
With Halloween just a couple of weeks away we’ve created fill your own Halloween crackers. As usual they are all hand made to order here in Somerset and you should receive them within 5 days of placing your order. Each cracker is hand rolled using our best black pearlised paper and we’ve added a pumpkin for the Halloween theme. Finally we’ve added some orange ribbon to finish the crackers nicely.
Halloween Crackers
Each cracker will be left with one end open allowing you to drop in any fillers you want. It’s easy to do and we provide a bit of ribbon for you to tie the crackers up with. Every cracker will include a Halloween joke, party hat and a snap.
We do have some Halloween sweets available for you to order with your Halloween crackers. Please click on the following link to see the options: Halloween Sweets
Christmas Crackers For 2010
Christmas Crackers 2010
Christmas 2010 papers are starting to arrive and we’re creating this year’s Christmas crackers and adding them to the Classic Crackers shop as quickly as we can. One of our most popular fill your own Christmas crackers last year was a white cracker with a glitter silver snowflake pattern. For Christmas 2010 it is going to be available in black as you can see from the picture here.
As with all our fill your own Christmas crackers, one end is left open for you to drop in gifts. Your can buy cracker gifts from our online Christmas cracker shop or we can leave your crackers empty and you can source your own cracker fillers and insert them yourself.
It’s very simple to do. We do all the hard work really! We make the cracker as you see in the picture but one end is left untied. We have scrunched it already and all you have to do is gently pull the end out so it opens up enough for your to drop your cracker gifts inside. Then push it shut and tie it up with some ribbon which we provide with all our empty cracker orders.
It really is that simple and takes just a few minutes to do. Don’t worry about the bows either as they are stuck on and you can still add gifts and tie the crackers up even if there is a bow on the cracker!
To order the black snowflake Christmas crackers click on this link:
http://www.classic-crackers.co.uk/filled-crackers/143-black-snowflake-crackers.html
England Football Crackers
With the World Cup 2010 upon us we couldn’t resist designing some football crackers. To be fair the idea was presented to us by one of our customers who asked us if we could create an England cracker for her husband’s 40th birthday party and she wanted an England football cracker created. And this is what we have created! The example below is a box of six empty crackers with one end left open allowing you to add your own fillers or choosing from the gifts via our online shop.
We’ve made them using our white pearlised cracker paper and decorated them with red satin ribbon to try and create the St. George flag. We’re pleased with the results!
Eco Crackers
Eco Crackers
Back by popular demand are our eco crackers. We have made these eco crackers from 2 different types of eco friendly paper. The first is a paper that is produced from bark grown on the Daphne bush. When the park is stripped off the bush it grows back naturally meaning there is no need to cut the bushes down and regrow them as is the case with traditional methods of making paper.
The next paper includes flower seeds. Once you’ve pulled your eco Christmas crackers instead of recycling the paper bury it in your garden. Next spring you will find flowers appearing from the area where you buried your paper. Now that has to be the most environmentally friendly eco crackers that’s produced today!