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A College Gift Basket: A Parent Offers Her Tips I've always considered a wonderful way to celebrate an important event is with a gift or gift basket. And sending a teen off to college is is one of those times. Anyone who has ever had the experience can sympathize with your emotional stress. No amount of preparation is complete when the time comes to leave the nest but for mom and dad it sure is the beginning of a brand new chapter. Reality sets in when dad tries to fit everything into the car; it's unavoidable that things have to be left behind and even if it could be brought, there wouldn't be enough room in a tiny dorm room. But otherwise, it all gets sorted out. This why care packages were invented. And what follows, soon after, is a stream of care packages filled with urgently needed items. Fixing up a new room to make it comfy and with a new look will be an early project. Once all the roommates get familiar they can combine their ideas and resources and get down to mapping out how to decorate their new space. Moms are usually called in at this point to help with some of the items needed. Along with the throw rug, bed spread and table lamp that needed to be shopped for I saw this as the perfect chance 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 fun token to commemorate a group of young people starting out together in what may become lifelong friendships. If you have a friend that can refer a basket maker, you can go with that. Or, by exploring the internet for a college gift basket you'll get an idea of what's out there and what will fit your pocketbook. Keep an eye out for what is best-selling, which could be a simple movie night theme or a healthy basket of fruits and cheeses. Searching mail order sites will also provide you ideas for care packages of your own. A look around the internet and you will soon be accumulating your own ideas for popular themes with the dorm set. These could work nicely with a coffee lovers gift basket theme. Keep a drawer full of novelties and craft tools handy and it will be easy to add a atmosphere of fun. I always have something like a handmade card, finger puppets or moon pies in my college baskets. Having a drawer of stuff ready will probably give you wacky ideas that you can easily put to use. Any college grad can tell you how significant care packages were in those campus years. It could have been college gift baskets to battle the college blues or a just-in-time basket to celebrate high marks on an exam. Many of these gift baskets sent to me in college were in reality just small boxes, with a few things, but to me they delivered a physical link with home that I still remember. |
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