Looking for inexpensive mishloach manot (shalach manos) bags?
Here are several options that rival dollar store prices.
Dozen Cardboard Bright Colors Treat Boxes – $5.60 ($.47 each) with FREE shipping via Amazon Prime (or when you spend $35+ thru Super Saver Shipping) (Thanks, Daily Cheapskate.)
Miniature White Treat Boxes (Pkg 24) – $5.39 ($.22 each) as an Add-On item or $5.61 with FREE Shipping via Amazon Prime
48 Organza Drawstring Pouches Gift Bags Assorted Colors 4×5″ – $2.12 + $.99 shipping = $3.11 ($.06 each!). These are shipping from China, so order ASAP to get in time to assemble your mishloach manot.
Assorted Colored Plastic Bags (50 pc) – $7.49 ($.15 each!) with FREE shipping via Amazon Prime (Thanks, Daily Cheapskate.)
Mega Colorful Gift Bag Assortment (5 dz) – $25 ($.42 each) with FREE shipping via Amazon Prime
Haven’t even started thinking about mishloach manot yet? Get some inspiration from this list of 101 Mishloach Manot Ideas.
Amazon pricing can change on a dime, so please confirm prices before you check-out.
I use the treat boxes (first photo) for mine every year. Oriental Trading has them in all sorts of patterns, and there’s always one or two designs on clearance. (One year, I unknowingly packed my mishloach manot in Vacation Bible School boxes!) They often have free shipping deals as well.
Warning – the miniature treat boxes are VERY small.
Thanks for this post. I am ordering for my Hebrew school class. We will be packing Mishloach Manot gifts with an older class as our helpers. I was thinking of using a recycled t-shirt shopping bag as the carrier, but not sure still of the ease of this. Here are the two posts I found about them, if anyone is interested:
http://www.moredesignplease.com/moredesignplease/2010/6/6/diy-recycled-t-shirt-tote-bag.html OR
http://www.reformjudaism.org/eco-friendly-mishloach-manot-bags-purim#.USDn9uwLGc1.pinterest
I agree with the above poster. Those boxes are very small. They only fit a few candies, not an entire mishloach manos