Creative Care Packages to Send Your College Kid

It’s not easy saying good-bye to your kiddo when he or she goes off to college. You worry about how they’ll adjust, make friends, make grades, and deal with homesickness. Give your college student a little taste of home with some of these outside-the-box care-package ideas:

First Aid

You can’t expect 18-year-olds to buy Band-Aids, Neosporin, or cough medicine, can you? Send some First Aid their way to help bandage boo-boos and suppress colds.

Finals

Help your kiddo get through those long nights of cramming with a package full of delicious coffee, a stress ball, energy bars, chocolate, No. 2 pencils, and nutritious snacks.

Movie Night

Nothing says de-stress like a movie. Pull together a Netflix or Redbox gift card, a cozy blanket, popcorn, Junior Mints, gummy bears, and other favorite theater snacks.

Box of Cash

This is a fun one. Take an old box of chocolates and place folded or rolled cash into each of the chocolate slots. It’s just a shame you won’t be able to see the look on your child’s face as he or she opens the box.

Nostalgia

If your child is feeling a tad homesick, this might be the perfect remedy. Send over some old toys, a framed picture of the family, and other household items that’ll bring back good memories of home.

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