Birthday Care Package!

 So, this is my second year in a row of having to celebrate Tony's birthday via care package. I actually used the same box I used last year. I just put a piece of scrapbook paper over where I had written #25 so that this one could be for one year later...I don't have pictures of the sides...I'll look around for them...The sides say, "Happy Birthday Tony" in block letters that are colored in various designs.



The whale thing you will see show up on all the packages I send...it's an inside joke regarding that happened on the ship once...Just go with it.

 You can also cut ziploc bags to put pictures on the flaps so they can be removed by the recipient. I also included scrapbook stickers (just be sure to cover them with packing tape so they survive shipping). Also, notice, I put envelopes on the inside panels of the package. These contain little notes to him.

I also invested in a food saver vacuum sealer. I just got the more basic one they sell at the Nex. I made some brownies (I used a brownie mold that is designed to make brownie pops). I put them in a small plastic container that some sea asparagus I got from the farmer's market came in. I then put the whole thing in a vacuum sealer bag and sealed it. It seemed to work well. I think this also prevents complete crushing. He said they were a tad squashed but that they tasted amazing (they better, Ghirardeli double chocolate mix)

This is an Annie's microwave mac & cheese

He loves the Ninja Turtles. These are bubbles.

These are Barnum's animal crackers

I decided to write the kind of popcorn on it because I assumed he wouldn't read the kind on the back.

Gotta be punny!

li-hing sour gummy worms

un-birthday package for my friend! I forgot to include the card before I sealed the package and I didn't want to ruin my duct tape master piece so I just put the card in the envelope and taped it to the outside of the package. It looks like a decoration and it's a cute way to include a card in a package.

Got this idea from pinterest. Add a banner to a package! So easy! Just write each letter of your message on it's own little flag. I decided to individually tape each flag just in case. Then, I hole punched the mini flags and used some ribbon we already had to string up the letters. Be sure to make sure you put them all in the right order! Then, simply tape it to each corner. I decided I wanted it to show when the package was all the way open but you could also tape it to the flaps that go on the outside.

By the way, I totally accidentally sealed up this package before I included the banner and had to open it back up (I tend to put a lot of tape...like really a lot...on my packages) so that was a bit of a challenge.