Several readers have posted recently about care packages, usually sent to college-age kiddos as a little "I love you and I'm thinking about you" gift. There is nothing nicer than opening a package to reveal all sorts of (often themed) goodies. Here are some of the ones I sent to Vic when he was on deployment.
This was the January Bon Voyage box - the one I gave to Vic as he was leaving - it had some cold/flu type items and mini cans of Sprite as well as his favorite snacks
February's box for Valentine's Day - I used Large Flat Rate Boxes from the post office and 12x12 scrapbook paper to decorate the bottom and sides as well as letters cut with my Cricut on sticker paper
March's St. Patrick's Day box - this was the DVD age, and they could watch the movies on the ship
The empty Easter box
April's Easter box - the plastic eggs held Hershey's Kisses
The Game of Thrones box - Season 6 had just been released - this was a box for Vic's office, full of treats to share with his crew
A Just Because box
Filled with as many blue things as I could find
Father's Day box - I have no idea why I sent him a Tread Depth Gauge when he was out to sea!
July 4th box
The spicy box - whatever chips, jerky, and other spicy things would fit
The coffee box, another box for his office - full of instant coffee packages and assorted coffee time snacks
Second to the last box - Mahal Kita is I Love You in Tagalog - decorated to look like the flag of the Philippines
The box was full of things I picked up at the Asian store
The final box - inside the envelope was a heart-shaped puzzle card that I had broken apart
This is a box I sent to Sophia for her 21st birthday - she was blogging at the time, and this was a box of beauty items for her to blog about - I suppose these days it would be to put up Instagram stories!
If you're thinking about making a care package, I hope this post has given you a little inspiration.
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