The special month of April brings showers and blooming flowers, but also Easter and Passover. These two religious holidays are wonderful for celebrating time together with family and close friends, eating traditional and ceremonial meals, and spreading goodwill to those less fortunate.
For both holidays, gift baskets are usually filled with traditional candies and ceremonial foods. I thought this year I would switch things up a bit and send out Easter boxes. For those who observe other religious holidays such as Passover, why not give someone a Passover box? Why a box and not a basket? My reasoning behind this is simple and two-fold: 1. It’s practical 2. It’s creative and different.
The practical part of creating an Easter box is that it’s easy to send in the mail. Here’s what I did for a few family members – I went to the post office, picked up a USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box and used that as my base or box. I spread the soft plastic green and pink grass that’s usually placed in an Easter basket on the bottom of each box to act as a filler or liner. Then the fun began!
I purchased polka-dotted pastel colored plastic eggs from Walgreens and placed jelly beans, mini Robin’s eggs, and coins inside each one of them. I also purchased a golden-colored speckled plastic egg and put a $20 bill in it. In our house, we still have Easter egg hunts and everyone is eager to find that golden egg.
At a local party store, I purchased some oblong and narrow gold-striped cellophane candy bags and filled them with the large malted milk balls both mint and peanut butter flavored to add some extra color and shape to the bag. I twisted the top of the candy bag and tied a small colorful ribbon for a fun touch. (I keep scraps of different sized ribbons for random gifts like these.) I dropped those in the Easter box. Kerplunk!
In addition, I wrapped some fun and silly gifts for my family to open in Easter decorated cellophane gift-wrap. Each time I placed an item in the box, I added more green and pink grass. To finish off this festive box, I poured in loads of foiled covered chocolate eggs, peanut butter cups and assorted other candies. I included a thoughtful card with a sweet handwritten note, sealed up the box, paid the flat rate fee and off it went via priority mail. To the recipient of this fun and festive box, I’m hoping it will bring some joy and laughter to them. Isn’t that what life is all about?
Back to the practicality of this box, if I had mailed an Easter basket, it would have been a lot more cumbersome and expensive to pack and mail. This was easy. Easter goodies in a box! Try it! Or if you’d like me to help you create a fun-filled box, Just Ask!
This year I’ll keep this box theme going and give Easter boxes to my family and friends who live close by and don’t need things mailed to them. It’s creative, it’s different and it will be eggseptional! Ha
Now hop to it and enjoy the sugar rush!
