COLLEGE STUDENT'S BASKET IDEA

Container Ideas:

• Bath caddie

• Book bag

• Laundry basket

• Plastic crate

• Small soft cooler

• Sport bag

• Storage box

• Trunk

• Tupperware-style containers (stack up several into a “tower”)

• Wastebasket

• Wicker hamper
   

Content Suggestions:

• Cocoa mix

• Computer disks

• Gift certificate for music store

• Gum

• Highlighter pen

• Index cards

• Items or clothes imprinted with their school logo

• Laundry supplies

• Microwave popcorn

• Granola bars

• Phone card to call home

• Post-It notes

• Roll of quarters for laundry

• Stationery and stamps

• Top Ramen noodle soup

• Corn nuts

• Cheese crackers
   

Decorating Possibilities:

• Use their school’s colors as the color theme of the basket.

• Tie a ribbon to several Smarties candies and hang them from the top of the basket.

• Simple and inexpensive: Place some snacks in a decorated shoebox. Use a computer to make a label that says “CARE PACKAGE,” and place it on top of the box.

Contributor(s):

• Shelby M.

• Connie Lyons

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The basket pictured above can be purchased from USAFlorist.com