Christmas Dinner Surprises

Last time I told you I was making special gift boxes out of toilet paper rolls. My Mom told me if I made enough for everyone for Christmas dinner, we would decorate the table with them. Well, I got all my boxes made. Then I started on making the stuff that goes in them.

I like to save the fortunes out of fortune cookies. Some of them have some really funny saying on them. So one of the things I put into each box is one of my fortunes. Also, I put in a some caramels because they are my favourite candy.

The other thing I made is zipper pulls from pop can tabs. It takes 8 pop can tabs to make a zipper pull. You can make it longer if you want, but I thought that was a perfect size. I used the instructions that my brother gave in his blog to make the zipper pulls, only I used just one piece of ribbon and I pulled it tight on the first tab and then left the ends long on the top to tie to the zipper. It kind of looks like a bug with feelers!

Anyway, I used different colours of tabs to make my zipper pulls so they are not all the same. People can trade them if they don't get the colour they would like. You can use zipper pulls on coats or purses or backpacks. They make it easier to zip things up. Mom said that they would probably also work good as a key chain. That's what she's going to use hers for.

The last thing I put into each box is a joke. I know a lot of Christmas jokes!

Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a shark?

A. Frost bite!

Q. What do penguins ride?

A. Ice cycles!

Q. What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmastime?

A. Sandy Claws!

Q. What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

A. Frosted Flakes!

Q. What do you call a snowman party?

A. A Snowball!

Q. What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?

A. Claustrophobic.

Q. What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmastime?

A. Sandy Claws!

Q. How is the Christmas alphabet different from the ordinary alphabet?

A. The Christmas alphabet has NO EL.

Q. What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed?

A. A cookie sheet!

Q. What do you get if  Santa is out in the sun too long?

A. Crisp Kringle!

Q. If athletes get athletes foot, what do astronauts get?

A. Missletoe!

Q. Why does Santa Claus like to work in the garden?

A. Because he like to hoe, hoe, hoe!

Q. What do you have in December that you don't have in any other month?

A. The letter D!