Like most college students, I miss my family and hometown friends a ton. It’s been hard the first few months of college to get adjusted to life without my dad’s great cooking, my mom’s wisdom, my friends’ unique personalities, or my sister’s hilarious jokes.
If you’re like I am, and you really miss your family or friends, consider doing something really great for them once and a while: send them a care package! Here we’ve got 6 awesome care package ideas for every occasion!
Movie Night
Miss staying up and binge watching Parks and Rec with your sibling? Send them a care package! Make sure it includes all of your favorite movie essentials- a great movie, a bag of popcorn, 30 packages of sour patch kids…
Chevron blanket, $26, Nordstrom.com; Popcorn boxes, $10, surlatable.com; Pug pillow, $45, modcloth.com; Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster, $8, retroplanet.com; PJ pants $15, and slippers, $12, hm.com; Candy, Walmart.com
Tea Time
Whether you or your mom drink tons of it at home or you just really want to share your love of tea, this cute care package will make anyone’s day better.
Tea Rex mug, $18, Zazzle.com; Box of cookies, $20, neimanmarcus.com; Lilly Pulitzer tumbler, $20, Nordstrom.com; Strawberry tea infuser, $5, perpetualkid.com; Honey jar, $8, crateandbarrel.com; Tea boxes, $17, harrods.com; Blue mug, $7, macys.com; Pink mug, $19, amara.com; Macaroons, which you may be able to find at the local pastry shop near campus
Fall Festival
Miss getting pumpkin spice lattés with your squad from home? Or do you want to bombard your ENTIRE house with the smell of pumpkin? Either way, sending a fall-themed care package is the right way to go!
Star Wars Coffee mug, $8, amazon.co.uk; Pumpkin Syrup (yes, it exists), $7, crateandbarrel.com; Leaves from your yard to give your care package that fall touch to it; Candles from Kohls.com and target.com; Sweater, $12, newlook.com; Bath and Body Works lotion, $17, bathandbodyworks.com; Essie Nail Polish, $9, kohls.com
Lots of Laughs
Do you and your friends and sibling(s) have hilarious inside jokes? Anyone you know have a great sense of humor? If so, send them this ASAP.
Pineapple tank, $15, etsy.com; Onesie, $27, newlook.com; Mustache necklace, $4, rosewe.com; Funky colored Chanel Nail Polishes, $25 each, from Nordstrom.com; Adventure Time Bag, $20, hottopic.com ; Poo Emoji Pillow, $20, shelfies.com; A potato that you can get at a local grocery store. We recommend putting a message on it.
The Original
Do you want to send your friends or siblings something super creative and original? Then compile a care package of super unique objects!
Penguin sweater, $70, modcloth.com; iPhone case (meant to look like a camera!), $35, casetify.com; Heart sunglasses, $12, zooshoo.com; Whale pillow, $10, forever21.com; Mug, $20, domino.com; Journal/Scrapbook, $6, target.com (The author highly suggests you fill this with poems, memories, and pictures to give it a scrapbook like quality.); Feathers, lanecrawford.com
The Woof/Meow
This one is for your friends or family who really like pets!
Paw blanket, $15, belk.com; “All I Need is My Dog” T-shirt, $20, etsy.com; Pink sweater, $22, mingalondon.com; Dog sleeping mask, $20, Nordstrom.com; Cat earrings, $13, modcloth.com; An actual dog, if you’re really aiming to surprise a family member or a friend.
We hope all you collegiates are having a great time in college despite your homesickness! The next time you feel blue, consider sending one of these fun boxes (or even a letter!) off to someone you care about- it’ll brighten their day and yours.
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