Last Updated on October 6, 2025 by Matt Staff
Sometimes the joke ships itself. Between bad die-cuts and upside-down labels, packaging can turn a simple unboxing into stand-up comedy. This roundup celebrates the glorious misprints, misleading windows, and jumbo boxes for teeny products; all the moments when packaging tried to be helpful and accidentally delivered the punchline instead.
1. I guess this resulted in damage
2. “Try our cookies, now with 50% air”
3. So much for plastic-free!
4. Are you sure those are playing cards?
5. Nice way of wrapping a hammer
6. Not sure what happened here
7. This gluten-free cookie contains gluten
8. My head just exploded!
9. We for We design We together
10. “I asked for the blue and they gave me the red”
11. Now you only need some round and flat sausages
12. Are you supposed to put this on your hair or drink it with some cereal?
13. A big box for such a small object
14. The squares turn into a pumpkin at midnight
15. “Who’s gonna notice?”
16. Non-dairy milk, nice!
17. If only fruits had their own natural packaging…
18. Someone should have learned about symbols before using them… and printed them!
19. Which is it?
20. Someone doesn’t understand how Braille works
21. Keep reading, it gets better!
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