<p>sent an Easter package last week in my favorite $8.10 USPS box. It weighed 12 lbs., the lady glared at me, then laughed and said, i know, it's for your daughter. So,it was crammed with a 5-foot-giant pink inflatable bunny :) strings of egg-lights, plastic eggs filled with Lindt (broke my heart to send those), and 2 eggs with jewellery, and homemade caramel trail mix. It's so much fun to plan these packages.</p>
<p>There was a stream of visitors all weekend to say "Hi" to the bunny and get some chocolate.</p>
<p>I did the $8.10 package for D1 for Easter also. Then pondered what if meant if you were sending lexpensive dark chocolate eggs and tiny bottles of Korbel champagne to a 24 year old from the "Easter bunny".... But she also got a book of Soduko puzzles, placemats, dishtowels, hand lotion, and bubble bath. Mostly from the $1 aisle at Target.
Next time I'll look for the fun bubbles as well as the bubbly!</p>
<p>what is the $8 UPS box- is it one you can fill with as much as you want, no weight limit?? I have not seen this...I know the USPS envelope, but not the UPS box, do tell more</p>
<p>USPS - the post office- has 2 sizes of flat rate boxes. (they have a red "flat rate" cirlce on them) One is a nice size for care packages, and you can make it as heavy as you want for the one flat rate of 8.10. The boxes are free from the post office - you can pick them up, or they can deliver them if you order online.</p>
<p>i am going to send fun stuff for halloween- bunny ears, cat ears, a boa, some gaudy earrings, that kind of thing, with some candy, maybe throw in a princess crown and a some stuff she can share</p>
<p>she is big into halloween, but my guess is they will be too busy to find stuff to dress up a bit</p>
<p>i have been buying cheap stuff for awhile, as her younger sis doesn't want her to take the stuff we have to school</p>
<p>i will probably include some socks (the tend to disappear)</p>
<p>I don't send care packages all that often, but have sent toys, weird toothbrushes, a couple of books written by William Shatner, and fun things to eat.</p>
<p>I second the pajamagram recommendation. Used them for Christmas for the Grandparents, they all loved them, and my high school senior was jealous.</p>
<p>I always pick up childhood classic DVD's at Costco to toss into a care package. They go well with the cookies. :) (I have been waiting impatiently for Sesame Street's "Don't Eat the Pictures" to come out on DVD)</p>
<p>What this thread is sadly reminding me is that my D's care package days are over in just a few weeks. I can't believe it.</p>
<p>Ha, my mother sent me a huge painted coconut "postcard" from Hawaii when I was a senior. I got the slip in my box that I had a package too big for the mail slot, and under type, the clerk had written, "Coconut." I was like, what the h*** could they mean by that? It was signed, "Silly Mom."</p>
<p>And, I'm so proud of myself for "discovering" this last fall that I'm going to repeat it: Bags of M&Ms and trail mix make terrific packing materials! They're heavy-ish, so it works well in the &8.10 flat rate boxes.</p>
<p>Thought I would revive this thread because I’m excited about a couple of things I’ve found for sons’ Halloween care packages. One is a tiny Frankenstein (1 inch high) that you stick in water and it grows. The other is a battery operated eyeball that looks bloodshot when you turn it on (you kinda need to see it to catch my drift). Any other finds to ramp up this Halloween?</p>
<p>son’s freshman year I sent a truly tacky plastic thing to hang on his door: from the front it was the American Gothic painting. Move to ether side and the figures became creepy skeletons.</p>