Summer Camp Care Package

I loved going to summer camp as a kid so I wanted my children to have their own experiences of summer camp. One of the differences between theirs and mine, I sent my children a surprise care package.

Even though I was having lots of fun, I remember being homesick and I was sure my boys were too.

Especially if this is their first time, receiving a care package of their favorite treats and fun games while away at camp, reassures your children they are loved and you are thinking of them.

Here are some ideas:

• Potato chips
• Pik Nik Shoe String potatoes
• Oreo or other cookies
• their favorite homemade cookies
• Jolly Ranchers, Sour Patch, FireBall candies
• Tootsie Rolls
• trail mix
• bags of peanuts or can of mixed nuts
• Goldfish
• Jiffy Pop popcorn (to pop over a campfire)
• sunglasses
• lip balm
• Rubik’s cube or other games
• and you can’t forget the Silly String!

Add a note:

• Sending you a Box of Sunshine!
• Love you to the Moon and Back!
• Attach to your note a bag of nuts and write; “I’m nuts about you!”
• You mean the World to me!
• Attach a Tootsie Roll to your note and write; “You’re on a roll of having Fun!”

Be sure to send enough snacks your child can share with his or her bunk mates.

I was lucky to go to camp with my friends. The same friends I have today a half a century later.