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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.

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On the sixteenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ....

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...... a guest post from Chantelle who blogs at Mama Mummy Mum

Silent Crackers

If you've read the title, you're probably thinking that I'm going slightly mad, I mean how can crackers be silent?? Let me enlighten you……….

The kids and I have been making our own silent crackers, instead of the traditional pulling of the crackers to open them, you unwrap them instead and you make them without a crack snap inside of it.

To make you will need : 

* an empty toilet roll

* a square of wrapping paper

* ribbon

* scissors

* sellotape

* some sort of sweet to pop inside

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1. Roll the wrapping paper around the toilet roll and sellotape it in place. 

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2. Scrunch one end up and tie it up with ribbon, fanning out the end once secure. 

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3. Place whatever sweets you have chosen inside of the cracker, in this case I have chosen lollipops. 

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4. Tie up the other end with ribbon, again fanning out once secure. 

And there we have it, your very own silent cracker.

If you have younger children helping, you can make it easier for them by using pipe cleaners instead of ribbons to secure the ends. A simple alternative and a great idea if your kids don't like the banging sound that a normal cracker makes.

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  1. That is such a lovely idea. My lot love crackers so they would love these.

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  2. Loving this idea! My little ones get startled so easily over impromptu noises that these would be the perfect alternative.

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  3. Very cute. We do these too and add to the Christmas tree, doesn't matter if the kids get hold of them that way

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  4. Ooh great to have silent crackers.. my kids are a bit scared of the noise!!

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  5. Ahh what a lovely craft. Love that you can have one each and there's no fighting over who 'wins' either!

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  6. Ah this is a sweet idea - Kitty was scared of crackers as a child because of their noise so this would be fab for any sensitive child!

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  7. These are such a great idea - I am thinking of doing some for my toilet roll advent. Thank you for sharing.

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