sealed together in a fluid tight and substantially air tight manner to prevent drying out of the towelette 18 and leakage of the fluid with which the towelette 18 is moistened the seal must also be u201c peelable u201d i e readily separated by a user when the user wishes to open the package as will be discussed in further detail below the fin preferably has a height h fig1 a of at least 5 mm more preferably from about 8 to 15 mm to enable it to be easily grasped by a user the wrapper 12 is a single sheet of flexible material that is folded approximately in half to enclose the towelette 18 the fin 14 extends substantially perpendicular to the fold line so that the fin can be grasped by the user and used to break the seal at edges 20 and thereby expose the towelette 18 fig2 2e illustrate a user opening the packaged towelette 10 and using the towelette 18 as shown in fig2 the user first grasps the fin 14 and raises it from its folded over position fig1 1 a to a position in which it can be grasped by the user 39 s fingers next grasping the fin with both hands the user peels the seal 20 open by separating his hands arrows fig2 a 2 b the package preferably has a half octagonal beveled shape as shown rather than a rectangular shape to enable the.