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COLLEGE CARE PACKAGES
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Packed with LOVE

ideas for college care packages

As our children left home, ideas for parties and celebrations developed into unique college care packages. The "Party In A Box" spread the fame of the crazy mom near and far. These fun and funny care packages were greeted with glee as they began arriving at campuses across the country! Explore the links below for some great ideas that will keep you connected to your college kid. You surely won't find a laundry list of the usual suspects like canned soup and cereal!


These "parties in a box" are pure fun even for the most cynical of groups. Click on the highlighted links below to see some of our own home runs:

A Fun Addition to any College Care Package While this idea is in our Christmas Stocking Stuffer article, it would be a fun and awesome ingredient for any college care package. Check it out!

Gather your friends and hold a Care Package Party! Tips for making a great college care package and a fun idea to turn it into a "Girls Night Out".. you have fun and the kids get a great care package.. a win/win!

A College Exam Care Package Exam time is high stress on campuses.. send a care package that spells out fun and will put a smile on their face!!

Send a Tailgate Themed Care Package This is a great football season care package.. Tailgate Toss or also known as Cornhole. You'll see the students playing this all over campus before a big game. This care package not only made it through college but came back home and moved into their apartments!

Send a "BBQ In A Box" Care Package! Ahhh, the constant sound of whining about the campus food.. here's a College Care Package idea that will bring a huge smile to their faces and their stomachs! Plus you may become the most popular Mom on campus with this one! Especially good to kick off college football season!

College Care Package Themed by Month Heard of Book of the Month?? Well take that concept and create a care package of the month .. theme it by the month. See how we did it!

The Ultimate College Care Package If your budget is big, here's the most awesome care package ever. It is fun and funny and practical too! I saw it on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Send a Celebrate It! Care Package See how we celebrated a "weekend warrior" story for one of our boys.. it was the funniest care package ever.. his whole house loved it.

Send a COUNTDOWN TIL THE GAME Care Box Big Game coming up on campus? This one was truly beloved by our University of Michigan alumni.. just perfect to get them ready for the Michigan/Ohio State annual rivalry.

Send an Exam Care Package! One of our daughter's all time favorites.. an exam break in a box. It was met with lots of laughs and was a good de-stressing break for her and her friends during exam study week.

Send a "Get Ready to Go" box! A care package idea to get them ready for their spring break! I had my doubts when I sent this, but it was a huge hit.. you can see by the pictures they sent me!

Send "Laughter in a box"care package! Homesick blues? They all get hit by them.. send a box of laughs!



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