Can I just mail it like this or would it be better to put it into another shipping box? I'd be worried about the decorations on the tube getting messed up.

I think wrapping up a Pringles can is also an easy way to make something similar :-)

Didn't mean to sound so mechanical but wanted to get it all in with 500 characters. I think this looks more personal than a colored mailing tube and with a pretty bow these even look great under the tree. We disguised a one hundred dollar bill to our daughter last year by folding it small inside tissue paper and putting it in the bottom of a pringles can I wrapped and put under the tree. Thing is we put the pringles back in before sealing. That was fun!!

Measure around tube with a measuring tape -- mark the measurement on a length of wrapping paper. Use spray adhesive on plain mailing tubes or empty food tubes then roll the paper onto the tube. Add 1/8th inch for an overlap to make sure there's no gap then use a glue stick to glue the overlap down. Cut the paper slightly longer than the tube, push extra paper over the edge to the inside, then snap in cap. Glue circle of paper to top of snap on lids, glue lid on tube, glue ribbon around lid edge.

hey heather that's a cool idea! :D thanks!

Oh my gosh, this is a great idea. I've always wanted a different way to send cookies thru the mail rather than the usual tin in a cardboard box. I can't wait to try this! Thanks for sharing this!!!! Merry Christmas....

I did this one year but just used old Pringles chips containers