How to Make a Student Survival Kit

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By mandasparkle
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Make your own student survival kit for your college bound son or daughter.

College survival kits are a great gift to give a college bound son, daughter, relative or friend. They help provide key things that will make the students life easier during their transition from living at home to living on a college campus. There are many different items you can purchase to include in a student survival kit.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Money to purchase items
Basket or some other object to hold items in
Love and encouragement to help student

Step 1

First, buy or obtain a basket or a box or another object in which you can place all of the items in the student survival kit.
Step 2

Next, buy the items you want to put in the survival kit. There are many things that you can put in the kit that the student will definitely appreciate. Here are some options that you may want to put into the survival kit:
*Personal hygeine products like a bath caddy with razors, bath products, soap, shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream, deodarant, toothbrush, toothpaste,flip flops to wear in public/shared shower.
*Healthy snacks/food that is easy to make and store like granola bars, cereal, pretzels, ramen noodles, mac and cheese, canned soup, spaghettios or a gift card to grocery store.
*Other snacks and candy like cookies, brownies, popcorn, chocolate, chips, gummy bears
*A phone card to call home if is in another state or far away
*Bed sheets and/or a comforter
*School supplies like pens, pencil, paper, notebooks, folders, calculator and a dictionary
*Money or gift cards are always a welcome gift for a broke college student
Step 3

After purchasing the items you wish to include in the survival kit, then put it all together in your chosen basket or box and decorate it with bows/ribbons/flowers or a personal note.
Step 4

Before the student leaves for college, give them your gift of a student survival kit. They will appreciate the gesture and will make use of all the stuff in the survival kit.