Mailing 2 liter soda bottle?

[Katy Belle]

Many years ago, probably 10+, I was in the post office when a lady came in with a 2 liter soda bottle to mail to her kid at Summer Camp. She had slit it on the side and filled it with candy and stuff, then taped it up, put an address label on it, and they allowed her to mail it just like that! It was really cool...colorful, fun.

Is it possible to still do that? I looked at the US Postal Service Website and couldn't really figure it out. I have 2 kids going away to camp this year and both camps do "mail call." How fun it would be to get that and share it with your new friends!

Has anyone done this recently? I guess when I get to the USA I will stop by the post office first thing and just ask...but I thought that my DIS friends might know!

Thanks! Katy

 

[KristaTX]

I don't know, but what a fun idea!

 

[torinsmom]

We did that for a white elephant party for the church youth group and it was a big hit. I don't know if you could mail it though.

Marsha

 

[Imzadi]

As someone who was dissapointed to recently receive a package all crushed because the packaging was so minimal, you don't know what condition that bottle actually arrived in. It could have been all dented & crushed. If it was down in a storage facility where there are rats, they might have smelled the candy, since there was no outer wrapping and barrier for the smells, and chewed through the tape.

I think, just put them in a box, add festive wrapping to the outside of the box. It will give the kids another layer to go through and the anticipation of opening a box.

 

[disneychrista]

Also make sure that the camp allows candy, if that is what you are going to send. I know when I went to camp, back in the early 80's, you could not have candy, gum or any food for that matter.

 

[phorsenuf]

I know you can mail a coconut. I sent one to my parents before from the store outside of Pirates.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Also make sure that the camp allows candy, if that is what you are going to send. I know when I went to camp, back in the early 80's, you could not have candy, gum or any food for that matter.

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did you have to wear uniforms and march?

wow! thats harsh.

 

[Imzadi]

I know you can mail a coconut. I sent one to my parents before from the store outside of Pirates.

How do you put postage on a hairy coconut?

 

[Sparx]

Also make sure that the camp allows candy, if that is what you are going to send. I know when I went to camp, back in the early 80's, you could not have candy, gum or any food for that matter.

I was going to say this too. I went to 4H camp several times and we were never allowed to bring food for fear of luring bugs into our cabin.

 

[Tinijocaro]

I also mailed a coconut. I guess they stapled the postage, but I do remember writing the message on the coconut so I guess it was sans hair. They day we came back from our honeymoon, my dad was trying to wrestle this coconut out of the mailbox. Pretty funny!

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

we received a 40th birthday invitation in a plastic bottle last summer.

Also, you can mail whole coconuts from WDW so it appears that the postal service is flexible.....

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

How do you put postage on a hairy coconut?

the postage is on a sticker.

 

[karibritt01]

Also make sure that the camp allows candy, if that is what you are going to send. I know when I went to camp, back in the early 80's, you could not have candy, gum or any food for that matter.

I was thinking the same thing. My kids go to separate camps, and neither camp allows us to send food of any kind. You may want to check with your camp before you go to all the trouble of checking with the post office.

 

[mommytotwo]

There is also a site online where you can mail beach balls.

 

[MistressMerryweather]

I wonder if they still ask you if it is "Fragile, Liquid, Perishable, or Potentially Hazardous" when mailing a coconut? Ahhh, it's very late. I amuse myself. LOL

 

[Cindy B]

Also make sure that the camp allows candy, if that is what you are going to send. I know when I went to camp, back in the early 80's, you could not have candy, gum or any food for that matter.

My camp, also in the early 80's was pretty much the same way. We also had to turn in all walkmans (all they had then) in the office and get them back at the end of the week.

 

[lovesmurfs]

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did you have to wear uniforms and march?

wow! thats harsh.

No, it's not harsh at all --- for DS16's camp in upstate NY, it's so as not to invite vermin, including bears.

 

[Mickey527]

I sent a 16 oz water bottle once from Clearwater FL to my neice and nephew in CT.
I typed out a note with a great old type font and then burned the edges and tea stained it. I put some sand and shells in the bottle too.
I just put on a sticker type label from staples and took it to the post office.
I think it cost me about $2 to ship it and it came to them in perfect shape.
They still have the bottle with the all the stuff inside on the shelf in their family room.
I got the idea in my Family Fun magazine a few years ago.
I would think the candy in the bottle would be tough on the kids at camp who don't get stuff, maybe that should go into a box.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Even if you didn't want to send candy (for the reasons provided here, or others), there's no reason you couldn't insert other fun items - maybe toys like yo-yos, slinky, etc - and ship those in a soda bottle instead.

 

[disneychrista]

No, it's not harsh at all --- for DS16's camp in upstate NY, it's so as not to invite vermin, including bears.

Exactly!