A College Gift Basket: A Parent Offers Her Success Tips

I've always heard a good way to commemorate an important situation is with a gift or gift basket. And one of those is surely sending a daughter or son off to college. This is a family milestone that has everyone emotionally involved. 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. It makes for a long day but it all gets done somehow. This why care packages were invented. On the other end will be kids eagerly waiting for these provisions that will make dorm life livable for them.

Fixing up a new room to make it comfy and with a new look will be an early project. A new room always needs some work before it's livable and it's even likely that it becomes a decorating project. Moms are usually called in at this point to lend a hand 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 opportunity to send a welcome, a college gift basket, to these college kids. Imagine how delighted 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 suggest a basket maker, you can go with that. But it's just as easy to search the internet for a college gift basket to fit your needs and price range. These gift basket creators will give you an idea of what's trendy and what's available. Checking mail order sites will also provide you ideas for care packages of your own.

Your own gift baskets can be an inexpensive experience by cutting up old magazines for handmade cards. Such an example might be a 1-cup coffee maker for the coffee buffs gift basket. Keep a drawer full of novelties and craft tools handy and it will be easy to add a sense of fun. When putting together a college basket, I recall she always had something fun lurking among the practical things that she sent. 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.

Any college grad can tell you how important care packages were in those campus years. It could have been college gift baskets to combat 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 actually 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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