Want an easy way to thank delivery drivers this Christmas? Use this free printable delivery driver snack sign, and set out a Thank You basket to show your appreciation for the hardworking drivers that deliver your Christmas gifts!
It’s Christmas time, and if your front porch looks like mine, then it has packages stacked about waist high.
I’ve done about 90% of my Christmas shopping online for the past few years, and that means that delivery drivers are at my house almost everyday for the entire month of December. Nope, I’m not exaggerating!
On top of that, we live at the end of a dead end street, and our driveway is relatively long with no good place to turn around.
AND we have a big dog.
So our delivery drivers work extra hard to deliver all of our packages at Christmas time!
So this year, I’m giving them a little something to look forward to when they’re at our house for the 5th time in one week, trying to turn around without taking out a tree, while avoiding our black lab… A yummy snack and drink!
And if you want to make a thank you snack basket for your hardworking delivery drivers this Christmas, then I’ve got an awesome free printable sign for you to use!
This snack basket idea is an excellent way to spread a little holiday cheer and kindness this year! After all, delivery drivers are the modern-day Santa Claus… and you leave milk and cookies out for Santa, so why not leave a treat for your friendly UPS, FedEx, and USPS drivers, too!
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How to Make a Delivery Driver Snack Basket
Making a delivery driver snack basket is one of the easiest Christmas acts of kindness that you can do! And when your drivers are on hour 11 of their work day, they’ll be thrilled to roll up to your house! Here’s how to make your own snack basket for delivery drivers using the free printable “Take a snack” sign:
Step 1: Print out the delivery driver snack sign.
I have two different sign options for you to use for your snack basket… one with a cute poem, and one that has a simpler message, so you can choose which one that you want to use. You can download the free printable delivery driver snack sign of your choice at the end of this post!
I recommend that you print the delivery driver snack sign on white card stock, because it will last longer outdoors and it’s less likely to get wrinkled up in windy conditions.
Or, you can also laminate your sign so that it lasts longer. This is a good idea if your front porch is not covered, or if the rain tends to blow into your porch.
This is the laminator that I use and recommend, but you can also have your sign laminated at most office supply stores or FedEx Kinko’s. Or, pop your Thank You sign into a cheap Dollar Tree frame to protect it from the elements and to keep it from blowing away.
Step 2: Gather some snacks and bottled drinks.
I filled my Holiday Thank You basket for delivery drivers with a variety of snacks, both sweet and salty, as well as some bottled waters and canned soda.
Here are some easy and inexpensive ideas for your Thank You basket snacks:
- Chips – you can buy the big variety packs of individually packaged chips
- Popcorn
- Granola bars
- Protein bars
- Animal crackers – you can buy the individual bags at Dollar Tree for 6 packs for $1.25
- Full-size candy bars
- Individually wrapped snack cakes (like Little Debbie)
- Pretzels
- Small packs of nuts
- Cookies – like the variety packs of individually wrapped treats made for kids’ lunchboxes
- Trail mix
- Fruit snacks
- Fresh fruit – like apples and bananas
And don’t forget the drinks:
- Small bottles of Gatorade
- Water
- Soda cans
- Bottled coffee beverages (like Starbucks Frappucino)
Where I live in Tennessee, it’s cold in December, so the drinks stay cold in the basket on my front porch. Perfect for bottled coffee beverages and soda.
If it’s warm where you live, I would suggest just sticking to bottled water. Or, you can also put the drinks in a small cooler with an ice pack.
But be careful with the drinks! If the temperatures are below freezing where you live, you don’t want your soda cans to freeze and bust!
Step 3: Assemble your delivery driver snack basket on your front porch.
Place all of the goodies inside a basket or box on your front porch. I used a round, wood crate that I had laying around from my fall decor.
Here’s my snack basket from a few years ago:
And here’s my new basket with an updated delivery driver snack sign that I made for this year:
Make sure that the basket is in a place where the delivery drivers will notice it easily. It’s a crazy busy time for them, so you want to make sure that it’s easy for your drivers to grab a snack and go.
Delivery drivers will LOVE this random act of kindness, especially during the holiday season when they’re probably stressed to the max trying to get to all of their stops.
Just check out this great video from a Ring doorbell camera of a delivery driver discovering a Thank You snack basket on a lady’s porch!
More Tips for Your Delivery Driver Snack Basket
- If you’re worried about animals getting to your Thank You snack basket, then you can also use a small cooler. Just tape the sign to the front of the cooler, and set it on your front porch.
- If you live in an area where raccoons and other rodents are a problem, then don’t forget to bring your delivery driver snack basket inside at night!
- Want to thank your mailman, even though he doesn’t come all the way up to your front porch? You can pick up a pack of box of Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes and tie one of these Christmas tree cake gift tags around it. Then stick it in your mailbox for a nice surprise for your mailman!
- Buy bottled water at Costco or Sam’s Club to make this easy snack basket idea even cheaper! I get my bottled waters for my Thank You basket at Costco!
- If the temperatures drip below freezing, be sure to take the sodas out of your snack basket for delivery drivers so they don’t bust!
Free Printable Delivery Driver Snack Sign
Want to use the free printable signs that I created to make your own thank you basket for delivery drivers? Just click the link below the sign that you want to print. A new window will open in Dropbox (where the files are stored) and you can download and print from there:
Click HERE for the “Thank You Delivery Drivers” Sign
Click HERE for the Delivery Driver Snack Sign with Poem
Don’t just thank your delivery drivers at Christmas time…
This is an easy act of kindness that you can do all year long… without having to always leave a whole snack basket on your front porch!
If you know that you will be receiving a package delivery, then set out a small gift bag (like the ones you get at Dollar Tree for 3 for $1) with a small snack and drink. You can buy the individually packaged snacks at Dollar Tree (6 snacks for $1.25) for an inexpensive and thoughtful Thank You gift for delivery drivers, year round!
Hope you enjoyed this small random act of holiday cheer!
Do you do anything special for service workers (delivery drivers, trash pick up people, etc) during the holidays? I’d LOVE to hear your ideas!
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