{"id":31664,"date":"2014-03-12T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=31664"},"modified":"2014-03-12T05:35:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T13:35:56","slug":"send-easter-eggs-in-the-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2014\/03\/send-easter-eggs-in-the-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Easter Eggs in the Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31666\" alt=\"Send Easter Eggs in the Mail\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mailing-easter-eggs-580x512.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mailing-easter-eggs-580x512.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mailing-easter-eggs-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mailing-easter-eggs.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re a kid, getting something in the mail is a pretty big deal. \u00a0(Heck, even as an adult I get excited about anything that isn&#8217;t a bill or junk!) \u00a0What you may not know about the mail is, you can send all kinds of stuff besides just boxes! \u00a0I once knew somebody who attached a mailing label directly to a playground-style rubber ball and sent it to her nieces and nephews. \u00a0Crazy, right? \u00a0Kierste from <strong>Simply Kierste<\/strong> took advantage of the post office&#8217;s odd package policy and decided to try sending her kids Easter eggs in the mail! \u00a0Imagine the looks on your kiddos&#8217; faces when the mailman brings them a special delivery from the Easter Bunny &#8211; or anyone of any age, for that matter. \u00a0It&#8217;ll be such an unexpected surprise! \u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/simplykierste.com\/2013\/03\/mailing-easter-eggs.html\">how to send Easter eggs in the mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project estimate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jumbo plastic egg, $1<\/li>\n<li>Candy, on hand or $1 and up<\/li>\n<li>Easter grass, on hand or $1<\/li>\n<li>Postage, about $3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: \u00a0about $4 and up<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;re a kid, getting something in the mail is a pretty big deal. \u00a0(Heck, even as an adult I get excited about anything that isn&#8217;t a bill or junk!) \u00a0What you may not know about the mail is, you can send all kinds of stuff besides just boxes! \u00a0I once knew somebody who attached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":31666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,13],"tags":[43,552,625,5255,3445,1276],"class_list":["post-31664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-and-under","category-holiday-crafts","category-kids","tag-candy","tag-easter","tag-easter-eggs","tag-holiday-crafts","tag-holidays","tag-mail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Send Easter Eggs in the Mail &#187; 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