You shove everything in the box, close your eyes, tape it shut and pray it doesn’t break on the way there, chances are it will. Your boxes could be thrown, kicked, smashed all in a matter of a few hours after leaving your hesitant hands. I have a good reputation for delicate item packing, as a matter of fact, I’m obsessive about it.

First consider size and fragility of your item, then find a good sturdy larger box. In the pictures you will see how I pack. For the item in the pictures, it had very delicate horns (antelope) made by Herend expensive, fragile and with no original box to protect it. So I use foam for these items, it’s expensive and you have to purchase it on sale from fabric store, or from packing supply store (my favorite is the pink foam it’s soft yet sturdy)

Cut foam in such a way that it molds to shape of items delicate parts (in this case the horns), then use Fragile tape and wrap it lightly on the foam not the object, no sticky residue, that would not be good, don’t use commercial super strength stuff it just makes it worse rather

than help. Wrap rest of item in foam and tape again with “fragile” tape. Last step, finish it off with a good wrapping of bubble wrap.

Then make a crib for your item in it’s box, wether it be styrofoam peanuts, bubble wrap or a nice sponge base. I like whenever possible to put styrofoam peanuts in a small grocery plastic bag, squish out the air and tie a knot at the end. this way you have the advantage of using the peanuts while not creating a mess everywhere, when you pack and when they open the package.Take a small plastic grocery bag turn it inside out and dive into the styrofoam peanuts while you gather them in the bag and turn it inside out , this way you have captured the peanuts without them flying everywhere. Put a note a thank you card and goodie inside, and on the bill you have printed out to put in the box, write that the plastic bags are not a toy, keep away from children and that you sent a treat but if anyone is allergic, to please not let them have it.

So now you nested your Herend figurine in the box and put foam all around make sure it is stable and not wobbly but staying in place and proceed to fill box with styrofoam peanuts in a plastic bag or not, and top it off with more foam or large bubble wrap. Tape box , add fragile tape, address labels and of you go, even if the box is kicked the antelope is resting snuggly and securely in it’s box. Happy wrapping!