<p>Wel, I am feeling oh so clever today- I figured out what to give my Ds bestest friends</p>
<p>I am getting one of those organizers that has lots of see through pockets, on both sides, and filling them with safety pins, qtips, bandaids, motrin, needle and thread, clothes pins, and other needed stuff and the girls can use it for jewelry etc…I am going to get those packets of tylenol etc, and travel size stuff</p>
<p>anyone have other things to add, the pockets are about 3 by 4 inches</p>
<p>I don’t even have any ideas for my own kid and now I’m all nervous about it. :eek: :)</p>
<p>some more ideas;</p>
<p>Emergency kit (similar to CGM’s organizer); tool kit; flash drive; laptop lock.</p>
<p>Smallish laundry items: Tide bleach pen, Stain Stick remover,.
Duct tape
Small tape measure…container store has cute ones. D carried hers around!
Poster stick-um (can’t remember what this is called) Both my kids used tons.
Pocket sized stapler, staples
Push pins for bulletin boards
Fun/bright color post-its
Clips that you use to close snack chip bags. These are multi purpose
Small Gladware containers</p>
<p>hand lotion, lip gloss, small nail scissors/clipper . . .</p>
<p>tool kit…you can get them for 10$ at Target
little flashlight or the little pin light that hangs on a keychain
S bought all his friends $10 waffle makers,a box of mix that only needs water and a bottle of syrup.Its now the gift he’s known for.</p>
<p>Curiouser has great suggestions. The Tide stick “To Go” is a lifesaver. It’s a little long for the pocket, probably, but you can stick it out.</p>
<p>money…</p>
<p>usb flash drives</p>
<p>black “electrical tape”. It’s not quite as useful as duct tape but close, plus the size is right</p>
<p>At World Market in the outdoor cooking/cleaning area they have small silicone ice trays meant for a dorm size refrigerator. The ones we bought were red and made heart shaped ice cubes. I’ve seen some at Target once also.</p>
<p>dry erase markers; they write loopy messages on their white-boards on dorm doors</p>
<p>Gift certificates for their college bookstores. You can just call them up and order on the phone.</p>
<p>Not to be rude to any of thre people who bought me graduation gifts, becasue I really am grateful to all of them, but I would suggest steering clear of the lotion/ bath and body works gift sets.
I received 9 of these kits during graduation season, and it honestly just started getting old. The good news is that I will never have to buy my own, but some of the scents aren’t things I would have chosen, and it is hard to take all those bottles to college. In truth, most of those kits stayed home.</p>
<p>Do you all always buy actual gifts? I only received a couple gifts this year (luggage, camera, coasters) and rather received plain money. I personally liked the money better, as I could wait until this August to buy all my stuff and not use it or break it for that matter before then lol. Plus, I could wait to see what I actually need, and this money will also help me pay for these outrageous gas prices.</p>
<p>For a couple of years now, my daughter has given her graduating friends (guys and girls) framed pictures of the two of them together (someone’s always got a camera around; if not, then find a reason, non-chalantly, to take a picture of them together). There’s nothing better to decorate a dorm room with than pictures from home. Sometimes it’s just a simple frame, but sometimes she buys one and decorates it appropriate to the picture or event. It’s cool when I see pictures of the insides of dorm rooms, and I can see photos of friends from home sitting on a desk or something.</p>