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Four Steps To Pack Shipping Boxes For Optimal Shipping

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

In order to make sure your shipments from your business get where they need to go safely, with no hiccups in the transport process, it is vital that you pack your box for maximum protection and ease of identifying shipping information.

Here are four steps to packing your shipping boxes to prevent loss of product, and ensure a speedy and accurate delivery.

1. Use a Corrugated Box
If you can, use a new box whenever possible. While it may seem cost-effective to use an old box, the more times it is used, the more it loses its ability to protect its contents. Your corrugated boxes should be rigid and in excellent condition, with no punctures, tears, wearing, or water damage. Most boxes have a label indicating their weight limits and strength. Choose a box with adequate strength for your product.

2. Provide Internal Protection
Cushioning your products or shipping contents helps to make sure they are not damaged during shipment. For fragile items, make sure that you wrap each item separately and keep them separated. Most shipping damage occurs when two fragile items inside of a box make contact. Items should be a good two inches away from each other, and the walls of the box. Consider using cardboard scaffolding to separate very delicate items.

3. Close Your Container Securely
By properly securing your box you ensure the contents don’t shift during transport, or potentially spill out of the box. Use a strong tape that is at least two inches in width to make sure the box stays closed.

4. Use Proper Labeling
Finally, always label your box clearly with your own, and the recipient’s postal code with a complete street address. It’s a good idea to put the recipient’s telephone number on the box too, especially if they have a P.O. box. Place the mailing label on the top of the package, and make sure there are no other labels that might confuse a post employee.

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How To Use Discount Packaging Supplies To Facilitate Learning In The Classroom

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

As a teacher, it is a constant struggle for you to come up with creative ways to engage your students, without breaking your budget. One great way to save money while coming up with unique and stimulating lesson plans, is to use discount packaging supplies as learning tools! Here are several ways to use packaging supplies to help educate your students.

Bubble Wrap
The satisfaction of popping a bubble of bubble wrap is something that simply cannot be denied. Whether as a toy to increase sensory perception in very young children, or as an art medium for your students to create interesting sculptures, bubble wrap makes for a great learning tool. Finally, bubble wrap can be a great tool if you’re doing the famous “Egg Drop” lesson plan.

Boxes
Corrugated cardboard boxes, especially in different sizes, can be a handy tool for discussing concepts of space and volume in mathematics or science classes. Consider having your students measure the boxes and calculate the volume and surface area of each one. A great lesson plan would be for them to explain what box should contain which items, based on fit and volume.

Mailing Tubes
Whether as a way for you to store and organize bulletin board materials, or as a learning implement for students, mailing tubes are a great addition to any classroom. It can help students learn to deal with circles and cylinders, or help students with a wide variety of arts and crafts projects.

Kraft Paper
Laid across a grouping of desks, kraft paper can be a great method to encourage students to work as teams to solve problems. Students will love the concept of simply writing directly on their desks rather than in notebooks or loose sheets of paper.

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Corrugated Cardbord Packaging Supply Benefits

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

While corrugated cardboard isn’t usually perceived to be a pinnacle of high technology, the material is one of the most specially engineered based on an arched paper design known as fluting. This is the if you rip off the topmost piece of paper you can clearly see the fluting in cardboard. This fluting provides increased compression strength making the material extremely durable, easily producible, space-effective due to it’s folding design. There are three benefits to using corrugated cardboard as your packaging supply of choice.

Protective Qualities
In addition to the compression strength, fluting provides the contents of any box with superior cushioning. During shipping if objects inside move around, the fluting compresses slightly to absorb the impact. Corrugated boxes can vary in sizes, thickness, and layers of fluting for greater cushioning and durability. Finally corrugated material has tear resistant properties to keep the packaging pristine and protect products during the shipping cycle.

Custom Packaging
Machines used to make corrugated cardboard can be calibrated fairly easily to produce boxes of different dimensions. There are many different cardboard types, weights, adhesives and treatments. You can pick and choose among these qualities depending on the design of your packaging. Options range for simple inexpensive solutions to complex packaging for ample protection or visual appeal. You can also choose to have cardboard printed with your company logo, and even treated with flame resistant chemicals. Pretty much anything you can imagine you can achieve through all of the options corrugated cardboard provides.

Cost-Effective
Cardboard boxes usually rank on the bottom in terms of shipping packaging prices. This is because cardboard is easy to produce and lightweight, reducing shipping costs to a minimum. Cardboard can be used to achieve multiple purposes such as shipping, storage, and even advertising and brand-building.

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Create Fun Crafts Using Corrugated Cardboard Boxes

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

If you thought you couldn’t use corrugated cardboard boxes to create fun arts and crafts, think again.

1. Charming Totes – If you have some small cardboard boxes, you can recycle and alter them into cardboard totes. Recycling not only saves money, but it also helps keep our environment stay green and healthy.

To create a design for your tote, you can use scrapbook paper, magazine clippings, stamps or a combination of paper products to create the look and feel you desire. Print out a template to help make the process easy for you!

Items you’ll need:

  • Small box such as a cereal box, or other box
  • Choice of paper pieces, or postage stamps to decorate the box
  • Fine permanent marking pen
  • Scissors, glue

Easy instructions:

A. Cut the top flap of your box, leaving it completely open.

B. Start tearing your papers, and glue them onto your box. Apply only one layer of glue over the papers.

C. Once your box is covered on all sides and dry, take your handle template and lay it below the top of the box where you would like to have it and trace the template on both sides. Carefully cut the holes out with scissors.

Fairytale Lands are Easy to Create with Cardboard Boxes

2. Make a Fairyland town, village – Kids love creating their own Fairytale land. Using cardboard boxes help make it easy for children to build their own enchanting town.

Get started:

A. Get a firm corrugated cardboard box. Fill the box with Earth up to 1 1/2 inches from the top. Don’t level off the Earth flat. Pat it into little hills, making it look like a countryside.

B. Spread some moss, real or artificial, over the brown Earth. For trees, you can use leafy twigs and branches.

C. Use tiny boxes to create little houses and barns. To make a slanting roof for your tiny house, cut out a piece of cardboard a little larger than the top of the box.

D. To make a chimney, cut a little hole in the peak of the roof with a razor-blade. Then, cut a tiny piece of cardboard into a rectangle shape, and fold it into four sections.

As you continue creating and building, new ideas will continue popping up in your head. The possibilities are never-ending when it comes to creating your tiny town using cardboard boxes.

Get more instructions on how to build your own fairytale cardboard box town on AHC Arts and Crafts.org. You’ll find tons of neat craft ideas using corrugated cardboard boxes.

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