Make sure the cookie jar or other breakable items arrive unbroken.
Difficulty Level: Easy Time Required: 20 minutes
Here's How:
- Assemble supplies of crumpled newspaper, bubble wrap, stryofoam peanuts, plain paper, tape, sharpie and boxes.
- Fill jar with excelsior, peanuts or tightly wadded paper.
- Wrap jar first in plain paper if some of it is cold painted (to avoid ripping paint off with bubble wrap). Never use newspaper as ink could stain the jar.
- Wrap lid and base separately in bubble wrap and tape.
- Put each piece into a separate small box.
- Fill space around piece with tightly crumpled newspaper or peanuts and seal small box.
- Put both small boxes into larger box, fill empty space around boxes with more packing, such as crumpled newspapers.
- Other items that can be used for cushioning include 2 liter plastic bottles for stability and styrofoam egg cartons cushioning the top or bottom of box. Rigid styrofoam can also be wedged in for protection.
- Put card with recipient's address inside box.
- Seal large box with heavy duty wrapping tape.
- Use black marker to put address on box.
- Don't use flimsy boxes.
- Never use stryofoam peanuts by themselves without inner boxes, they shift too much.
- Don't even think of sending a jar without protecting yourself and the seller with insurance.
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