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Saturday, March 23, 2013

A Mailable Egg Hunt

It's almost Easter! Why not send an egg hunt to someone you love?

I did just that for both John and my kid sister, Becky, who's away at college right now. Toady, I present the box I sent her. Later this week, you'll get to see John's!

Because we had such an advanced notice of John's deployment, I had been stockpiling care package items after every holiday. (It's so much easier to send care packages all the time when you've gotten 75-90% off deals!) I've had packages of eco-friendly, paper Easter basket grass and two dozen plastic eggs stashed in my care package corner for a year now.You can imagine how happy I am that Easter is now here-- if for no other reason than to get that stuff out of my bedroom!

Becky's eggs were stuffed with mini Reese's  eggs. I also threw in a gigantic Reese's Egg. It is legitimately the largest peanut butter egg  I've ever seen sold. (Don't worry, this one was not hoarded from last year!) 

And, of course, I threw in Father Angle Time.

Who is that? you ask. Father Angle Time is only the longest running joke in my family's history! A few years ago, my sisters and I were shopping at a bent-and-dent discount store close to our folks' house. You know the kind of store-- industrial lighting, weird odds and ends in piles on tables, discontinued food... If you're looking for Israeli children's cereal or a ten-pound can of malted milk, look no further! And that's where we discovered the  greatest find of them all-- Father Angle Time.

We were perusing the party supplies and we saw the best sign in the entire world. In very bold handwriting it read, "Father Angle Time-- 99 cents!" (No, that's not a typo for angel. It specifically said angle.) Below the sign were at least 30 Father Angle Times stacked up like creepy, whacked-out, unblinking firewood. 

Instead, Father Angle Time looks like he just escaped from a demented psych ward. But he was 99 cents. We had to have him.  (Admittedly, 99 cents was probably too high of a price to pay for Father Angle Time.)

Father Angle Time shows up in unexpected places-- in the freezer, under pillows, hanging from a hook in the shower. When Becky left for college, we hid him in her suitcase. When she came down to visit us, I opened the fridge the day after she left to find him staring up at me between the juice and milk.

When I made up Becky's box, I had him in my possession-- he had to make the trip to her! It was too easy to hide him! And of course, Becky'd never expect to be there!

When she opened the package, she posted a photo on Facebook of Father  Angle Time uncovered, staring up from the box like the scary nightmare he is.

Boom, Becky. You got Father-Angle-Timed!

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16 comments:

  1. This is so cute xx

    http://beautyqueenuk.blogspot.co.uk

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  2. I need a giant peanut butter egg. YUM!

    Father Angle Time cracks me up. I love that y'all are keeping the tradition alive. You will have to update us when he finds his way back to you.

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    1. I know, right? It was hard for me to send Becky that PB egg... I wanted it to be all mine, alllll mine!

      I'm sure Father Angle Time will make his way back onto the blog in the future. ;-)

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  3. Such a great idea, and I love the creepy Father Angle Time!

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    1. Thanks, Jamie Isn't he wild! What a weird thing to find in a store!

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  4. So cute! I wish I had someone to send this too! Your boxes are always so creative!

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    1. Thanks so much, or the kind words! :-) I'm glad you enjoy them!

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  5. This is such a great idea. I think I'm going to involve my kids and have them send one to their cousins who live far away. What a great idea!

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    1. I'm so glad that you like it! Please send me a photo of the care package your kids make! I'd love to feature it on the blog!

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  6. I love this...off to see more of your boxes! Leah @ simplehomeblessing.com

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  7. What a great idea! My kids have friends that just moved across the country-I think we'll send them an Easter in a box! Thanks for linking up with SITS.

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by, Michelle! I'm glad you're able to use one of my ideas. Please send me a photo of the package! I'd love to feature it on the blog!

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  8. Father Angle Time looks kinda like Christoper Lloyd in Back to the Future! I love that joke. We had a similar one in my family with a creepy clown air freshener we found in our vacation condo in Ocean City, MD. Sadly, we don't know where she is today or we'd surely be sending her around.

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  9. Omg. How adorable is that?! What a great idea!!
    Adrienne
    http://myblackwhitecolor.blogspot.com

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  10. Okay, we did this on Monday for family night and it was a ton of fun! I wish we could be at our friends' when they open the box! Here's my post about it...http://eatingthenibblybibs.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-is-coming.html

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Best wishes always,
Jo