I am blessed to have most of my family living in close proximity to me. Which is a huge bonus, I am a last minute shopper. Oh, I have all the gifts planned well in advance I just like the rush of shopping in the final weeks before the big day.  Still I have a couple people in which there are just a few too many miles between us…….this of course means shipping gifts.

I always felt that the gifts I was sending far away lost some of the personal touch I was able to add to gifts I handed out in person.  Presentation is half of the fun in giving gifts! After a lot of creative juices working overtime, I came up with some fun ways to make the experience of receiving my gifts from afar a little more fun!

By using unique packing material for your shipping boxes ……..

~Use evergreens. Place your wrapped gift inside a shipping box full of greens. This is especially special for someone who lives in an area with out evergreens! Plus they smell wonderful!

~Use hard candies. I stole this one from a Paula Dean story.  Fill the shipping box with gift recipients favorite hard candy!

~How about peanuts? Not those awful Styrofoam peanuts that have wicked static and stick to everything under the sun, nope the real deal!  This is a great gift for a sports fanatic!

~Wood shavings make a great introduction to old fashion toys! Fill the shipping box with shavings and your gift recipient will surly feel like the gift is right from Santa’s work shop!

~White batting or pillow stuffing dusted with silver glitter will give the illusion your gift is packed in snow! Cotton balls will mimic snowballs!

Yes, I need to head to the post office early next week to get my few packages shipped out, I don’t want to brave those December 21st lines…….I’ll be shopping that day!

Tags: Holiday ideas

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