I've always thought a good way to celebrate an important event is with a gift or gift basket. And one of those is surely sending a daughter or son off to college. Anyone who has ever had the experience can sympathize with your emotional stress. No amount of preparation is complete when the time comes to leave the nest but for mom and dad it sure is the beginning of a brand new chapter.

Reality sets in when dad tries to fit everything into the car; it's unavoidable that things have to be left behind and even if it could be brought, there wouldn't be enough space in a tiny dorm room. It makes for a long day but it sorted out somehow. This why care packages were invented. On the other end will be kids eagerly awaiting these supplies that will make dorm life livable for them.

A new room always needs some fixing up before it's livable and it's even likely that it becomes a makeover project. Once all the roommates get to know each other they can combine their ideas and resources and get down to mapping out how to spruce up their new space. Moms are usually called in at this point to help with some of the things needed.

Coupled with the throw rug, bed spread and table lamp that needed to be shopped for I saw this as the perfect chance to send a welcome, a college gift basket, to these college kids. I was glad I did, it was a big icebreaker for a group of young people who might be about to embark on lasting friendships.

If you have a gift basket provider, you've used before, that's good. But it's just as easy to search the internet for a college gift basket to match your needs and affordability. Keep an eye out for what is best-selling, which could be a simple movie night theme or a healthful basket of fruits and cheeses. You may pick up a few suggestions that you can use for your own baskets.

Your own gift baskets can be an economical experience by cutting up old magazines for handmade cards. One of these might be a 1-cup coffee maker for the coffee lovers gift basket. A suggestion that was handed on to me was by a mom who said she always kept a drawer of dime store novelties around. When putting together a college basket, I remember she always had something fun lurking among the practical things that she sent. Having a drawer of stuff ready will almost certainly give you wacky ideas that you will be able to put to use.

Any college grad can tell you how important care packages were in those campus years. It could have been college gift baskets to combat the college blues or a just-in-time basket to celebrate high marks on an exam. Many of these gift baskets sent to me in college were really just small boxes, with a few things, but to me they provided a physical link with home that I still remember.

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