Help with food items to mail

[Hawaii]

Hi - My plan is to mail down a box to connections with our bug spray, sunblock, shampoo,etc. Since we have two kids and one non-stop eating 13 year old boy what do you pack in your box. I thought peanut butter, granola bars, cereal, pringles, nuts, tuna, mayonaise, oatmeal, poptarts. Any other ideas? Thanks so much.

[PA Girl]

I haven't mailed a box but when I filled up the empty spaces in our luggage, I have taken -

micro popcorn
nuts
oatmeal packets (for the kiddo's breakfast)
granola bars
trail mix
coffee filter
coffee
paper plates/plastic utensils
bags of mini snickers
crystal light mixes

[Need2GetAway]

Hawaii - There is a recent thread you might want to look at about the pros and cons of mailings. Just know that some boxes never get there.

[Mar]

Hi Need2GetAway just read the other thread describing how you never received your boxes. Such a shame.
I always debate sending the box but have never tried it.
Last summer we left one decent size suitcase that we checked just for food/sunblock etc. We had cereal, a couple pouches of tuna, small squeezable mayo, small individual sizes of JIF peanut butter, small squeezable jelly, pringles, chips ahoy, crackers, special K bars, micro popcorn, cereal bars, poptarts, coffee. And then in tightly sealed containers, I took several travel size containers of laundry detergent, dishwasher tabs, tons of sunblock, tons of bug spray, first aid stuff too...bandaids, neosporin, Benadryl and Benadryl Itch Relief spray, shampoo, hairspray.