A College Gift Basket: One Parent Gives Her Tips

A College Gift Basket: One Parent Gives Her Tips

I've always thought that giving someone a gift or gift basket was a pretty good way to celebrate a special occasion. And one of those is surely sending a daughter or son off to college. This is a family milestone that has everyone emotionally involved. If your life were a book, this would be time to start a new chapter.

And at that time of the year, cars full of teenagers and all their personal belongings are pulling up to college campuses to transfer everything to a space that will be their new home. It makes for a long day but it all gets done somehow. It makes for a long day but it all all gets done somehow. On the other end will be teens eagerly awaiting these supplies that will make dorm life livable for them.

Fixing up a new room to make it pleasant and with a new look will be an early project. Once all the roommates get familiar they can pool their ideas and resources and get down to mapping out how to adorn their new space. Once things are settled moms are brought into the picture to help out.

Along with the throw rug, bed spread and table lamp that needed to be shopped for I saw this as the perfect opening to send a welcome, a college gift basket, to these college kids. Imagine how pleased all the new roommates will be to receive such a festive token to commemorate a group of young people starting out together in what may become lasting friendships.

If you have a gift basket store, you've used before, that's good. But it's just as easy to search the internet for a college gift basket to suit your needs and price range. Keep an eye out for what is popular, which could be a simple movie night theme or a healthy basket of fruits and cheeses. Searching mail order sites will also give you tips for care packages of your own.

Your own gift baskets can be an easy on the pocket experience by cutting up old magazines for handmade cards. These could work nicely with a coffee lovers gift basket theme. A suggestion that was passed on to me was by a mom who said she always kept a drawer of dime store novelties available. I always have something like a handmade card, finger puppets or moon pies in my college baskets. It might inspire you to throw in a wind up toy, a cute finger puppet monkey or an etch-a-sketch as a way to put a light spin on things.

You probably have your own thoughts of homesickness and care packages during those college days. I knew kids who got them as regular as clockwork, the same day every week. For me, those college gift baskets helped when funds were tight and made me laugh with some of the funny things mom would tuck away in them. For me that box was home.

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