Best care package ideas

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<p>Well now we are coming up for freshman and I thought maybe some of us could share what our kids really want (CALL US FOR)</p>

<p>For our DS we send him these things:

  1. PUPPY CHOW
    (CHEX MIX that uses chocolate, peanut butter and powder sugar) I usually send a 9X13 aluminum disposble pan monthly.
  2. COMBAT POPCORN
    (Homemade popcorn using oil, and jalapenos with juice…than saltand pepper)
  3. POP TARTS
  4. GOLDFISH (milk carton size)
  5. JERKY
  6. TEDDY GRAHAMS
  7. CANDY
  8. BETTY CROCKER (might be DUNCAN) miniature brownie deserts —microwaveable
  9. MAC n CHEESE SINGLE SERVINGS
  10. BROWNIE MIX
  11. SM. CONTAINER OF OIL
  12. ROLL OF QUARTERS
  13. MULTI-PACKS of cookies and chips
  14. INDIVIDUAL POWDER FOR WATER BOTTLES (i.e. singles in the dry mix drink aisle)</p>

<p>All of these items are lightweight, and ship well! I think my box containing all of these items cost about 7 bucks on the slow boat. He becomes the King of the floor because they are very unique and late at night people come a looking</p>

<p>The brownie mix and OIL is b/c he came home and said they were eating it raw in the dorm…they have a shoppette where they can buy the eggs…so now I just send boxes of mix.</p>

<p>The quarters are for laundry, I know he also uses it for soda, but we found out quickly he would take 10 out weekly for 3.25 for laundry and then burn threw it…having the quarters, he hits the ATM less frequently and for less (i.e. they will go I need laundry money and pizza money…take 20, b/c it will last 2 weeks…NOT! Send the quarters, they take 10 for pizza for that night and still have money left over, thus he doesn’t burn it!)</p>

<p>BTW if you are a parent of a boy…don’t expect them to use the cleaning products that you send them with. 24 weeks in and our DS called and said the wet swifters are dried out, what should I do? I asked how many do you have left, about 8 (box of 10/12) was his answer!</p>

<p>ALSO IF YOUR CHILD IS GOING OUT OF STATE SEND THAT PRODUCT THEY ARE USE TO…i.e. Drake products are in the typical mid-Atlantic states, so his MEEMA (G’MA) sends FUnny Bones and Devil Dogs, etc. We were in the Mid-South, so we send Archway Iced Molasses cookies. The kids share, beware you might be shocked on how quickly they go through them.</p>

<p>When DS moved in I sent him with 2 full plastic containers of these items…it also helped him make friends, because he became the go to guy!</p>

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<p>My fruiteater D loves satsumas. Satsumas ship very well in USPS flat-rate priority boxes (just wrap them individually in tissue). I also shipped kiwi fruit (a plastic container from Costco), which was greeted with excitment. Couguar Mountain cookies (a local brand) was a great substitute for homemade ones.</p>

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<p>My parents sent the sweetest care package for Valentine’s Day.</p>

<p>Chex Mix (in my favorite flavor as a kid, which is now my second fave), Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (which I hadn’t had in a realllllly long time, but I love!), Pringles, Mini-Reese’s Cups, Conversation Hearts (which, incidentally, are still in the cabinet–no one in the dorm likes 'em), the second season of CSI: New York on DVD (which was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but it arrived late), some pajama bottoms that got left at home in the post-christmas hubub, and a HUGE canister of Hot Cocoa mix which I believe will last me the rest of my college career, since I only use a couple of teaspoons at a time for my homemade cafe mochas. PS. I have no idea what that little blurb at the top of my post is. O.O</p>

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<p>Teddy grahams with a container of frosting and a plastic knife are a hit.</p>

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Instructions please. Sounds like something my husband would love (but would give me hiccups). He has a birthday coming up and we are broke, sounds like a nice cheep pressy!</p>

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<p>I remember when Teddy grahams sold that in packages.</p>

<p>Also make sure you send them with at least one microwave bowl!</p>