OOT Bags

ldanzr

I am wondering how many of you are doing OOT bags? And.. if you are making OOT bags, what are you using for the bags and what are you placing in the bags? If you have a picture or link of the actual bag, that would be AWESOME!! TIA

tifani27

I am not doing them but I was going to do them and have some ideas. If you want to keep the cost down and keep them small you could use sand pails and fill them with mini sunscreen, water bottles, lotion, granola bar, chap stick, maybe some cheap cute sunglasses just as a fun thing. Those are my ideas, hope it helps!

kaesha

I got some hibiscus print bags donated to me by the lovely knottie msmoore - but I think she got them at the Oriental Trading Company.Here's what we put in ours, and they've been really highly received:a) bottled water (2)b) bottles of Kona Brewing Company Beer (2)c) Maui Coffee Co. coffee (1)d) Maui Chips (2 - regular & maui onion)e) Hershey's kisses /w mac nuts (1 handful)f) Hawaiian music cd (homemade)g) one extra heavy (I say that 'cause we were carrying them around) pineapplef) Hawaiian host treats (costco mix back - 3 of each variety)g) Welcome Newsletterh) Map of Maui/ Guidesi) Fish identification guide

TFMA

We just finished ours yesterday..."save our islands" bags that are decorated with tropical fish or sailboats, 1bottle Barefoot wine, Kaui cookies (mac nut shortbread), Kauai coffee, 45+ chapstick sunscreen, large bottle Aloe Vera gel, advil, Dried Mango, Kauai guide, our activities program, Hawaiian cooler (holds 6-9 cans) gel freezer pack, HI Life sticker.  I love them!  Sorry no pics cuz we have everything packed for our Setember 5 departure!   Good luck! Beth

iluvhawaii

We did OOT bags for our guests, and they LOVED them!  We purchased our bags from a random drug store in Hawaii.  They were reusable blue bags  with a hibiscus floral design.  In the bag we put:(2) bottled water(2) Passion fruit/orange hawaiian beverage(2) Hawaiian Host chocolate candy(2) mini bags of Knott's berry farm Raspberry cookies(2) Granols bars(2) Mini bags of Maui onion chips(2) Mini bags of gummy candy flip flops (Oriental trading Co)- Map & tour guides of Oahu- Welcome letter with timeline of events  

Yentrok6

I don't have the contents figured out, but I'm using reusable shopping bags bc they're lightweight, ship well, pack up easily, and can be used for groceries, etc. afterward!  They are pretty cheap and come in lots of different colors: http://www.efavormart.com/reusableshoppingbag-applegreen-1-1-1-1-1-1.aspxI found some cheap luggage tags at Michael's that I'm going to use to personalize the bags and keep with the color scheme.

marikoono

We used gable boxes: There was some variation from box to box, but for the most part they had:Welcome letter w/ timelinetourist brochures/mapssurvival kit (ie. tylenal and bandaids)2 postcards (with one addressed to us)photosharing cardcookies from the honolulu cookie companybeachballwatergunplayingcardsHershey kisses (my something from home; we live in Hershey, PA)

BoBride28

Those gable boxes are so cute!!! Where did you get those from?

BoBride28

Also what size of the gable box did you order? Thanks!

marikoono

They are 9x6x6 size gable boxes. I actually lucked out and bought left over boxes from another knottie (I only needed 10 boxes or so). I know there's a site that sells them by peice...but I can't seem to find it. Most sites seem to sell them by cases of 100:http://www.uline.com/BL_5618/Gable-Boxes?searchedkeywords=gablehttp://www.nashvillewraps.com/ShowType.ww?Class=041

ldanzr

I was also just looking around and found these two sites that also sell them.  The first one seems to have pretty reasonable prices.http://www.boxandwrap.comhttp://www.packagingsource.com

peachmango

I also used gable boxes for the OOT boxes.  Kraft 9x6x6 ones.  I have a bunch of gable boxes left over... if anyone is interested, email me:catherine.w.lee at gmail.com