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A College Gift Basket: A Parent Gives Her Tips For Success



I've always believed that giving someone a gift or gift basket was a pretty good way to celebrate a special occasion. And sending a teenager off to college is is one of those times. 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 youngsters and all their personal belongings are pulling up to college campuses to transfer everything to a room that will be their new home. But otherwise, it all gets worked out. It makes for a long day but it all all gets done somehow. And what follows, soon after, is a stream of care packages filled with urgently needed items.

A new room always needs some fixing up before it's livable and it's even likely that it becomes a makeover project. Once all the roommates get acquainted they can pool their ideas and resources and get down to mapping out how to furnish their new space. Once things are settled moms are brought into the picture to help out.

In addition to the "essential" stuff that needs to be sent, it's a good opening for mom to think about sending a welcome present like a college gift basket. 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 turn out to be lasting friendships.

If you have a gift basket store, you've used before, that's good. Or, by checking the internet for a college gift basket you'll get an idea of what's offered and what will suit your pocketbook. Keep an eye out for what is popular, which could be a simple movie night theme or a healthy basket of fruits and cheeses. You may pick up a few suggestions that you can use for your own baskets.

A look around the internet and you will soon be collecting your own ideas for popular themes with the dorm set. These could work nicely with a coffee buffs gift basket theme. A suggestion that was handed on to me was by a mom who said she always kept a drawer of dime store novelties on hand. When putting together a college basket, I recall she always had something fun lurking amid the practical things that she mailed. 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 exact same day every week. For me, those college gift baskets helped when money 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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