How do you mail food/care package?

babyalex124

I sound so stupid, but I've never really mailed anything besides a letter.  So if I want to send a friend who just had her baby (due 4 days before me - Ahhh!) a care package with candy, gossip magazines, fuzzy socks, etc., can I just take it all to the post office and put it in a box?  Is shipping expensive?  I know it's based on weight.  

She lives 90 minutes away (I've brought her up in a previous post) so I'd rather mail something than head up to her house.  

How do you mail food and other care packages?   Any cute suggestions for a mom of two?  She does everything for everyone else so I want this package to be more about her.  

Thanks!  

(And thanks for all of your help with my daunting MIL post!) 

whitneylauren

They have flat rate boxes now where its a flat rate if you can fit it in the box.

agytay

If it is packaged food like cookies and snacks, then you can just UPS it or USPS it like a normal package.

If it is like a cake or prepared meal, then the process is a bit more intricate and you need to check with the carrier about what the instr

Ready4theParty

USPS has flat rate boxes.  For cookies and magazines a medium size would be fine and I think it's about $12.85 to ship.  But it's not based on weight. 

Just from experience if you are sending cookies, or something that could be cru

lovelyday39

When I make cookies, I send them in a ziplock, tucked into a shoe box with tissue paper, inside of a larger box. This helps keep them from crumbling. I also send them priority mail.