Looking for a quick and easy way to dress up the holiday packages you’ll ship this season? This idea hit me while packaging a gift to mail to my friend Mandy.
Mandy loves coffee and hot chocolate so I picked up some assorted flavors at Caribou Coffee and couldn’t help but notice how cute the store’s shopping bag was. I found a box to ship the goods in, and even though it was plain I still wanted the packaging to look festive. And that’s when it hit me–while you can’t wrap the outside of a package you’re mailing, you can wrap the inside! And since the Caribou Coffee store bag was so cute and festive, I decided to re-use it as my wrapping paper.
First I pulled apart the cardboard box and the paper shopping bag so they were both flat. Then I glued the paper to the cardboard, and cut the excess so it was flush all the way around.
Then I reassembled the box with the pretty paper on the inside…
…and loaded it up with the goods.
And there you have it–a plain cardboard box all set to mail, with a festive surprise in side!
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What a cute idea!!
That is SO clever! Your friend is going to love it!
Seriously adorable! I would be beaming to get a such a thoughtful gift on my front door step
What a great idea! I hope you realize that everyone–especially me–is going to steal this idea now! I would be so excited to open a boring brown box & find it so beautifully wrapped inside! Thanks for the idea!
great idea!
That is such a great idea!
Genius idea, and such a cute result.
Super cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea and so thoughtful, too!
I wondered how you got the inside of the box so pretty! LOL
I loved it D…and my dad will love getting a sweater in it next week too! 
What a fantastic idea! I think I’m going to have to try this!
Cute packaging, cute handwriting, cute return address label.
This is so awesome! Love this!!
you so genious
super duper awesome idea!
What a fun idea! Now I’m bummed I shipped the last of my gits last night. I’m totally doing this next year. I’m also going to link to this. I hope it brings your some extra traffic!
That is brilliant! So cute!!!
How cute! I love it!
Very cute!