Holly and Swirls Cracker Shaped Treat or Favour BoxCompleted by Gwyneth George

I printed the sheet several times onto Super Smooth white card. I scored along the indicated lines using my Hoogie Board then cut the cracker shapes out, cutting out the "remove" diamonds by folding along the score line and snipping out the doubled over triangles. I used Template Tape to stick the flaps together and a variety of different ribbons to tie both ends, some as just knots and some tied with a big bow.

I've left one untied in this picture to show how flat they are once cut and stuck if not tied up. So if you like to make things ready for Christmas well ahead of time making them up to this stage, just ready to put something in and tie them up, they will take very little space to store. On some of the crackers in the photo I sprayed over the cut out cracker with gold glitter spray before sticking together. The bottom left one had a loop of ribbon put into the join before sticking both sides together so that it can be hung on a tree. I used a green glitter pen on the holly veins on some of the crackers and a glaze pen over the berries.

These are easy to make and are something different to just packing a small gift up in a piece of wrapping paper. Made up without the holly they are suitable for other occasions as well.