High school survival kit freshman gift

High School Survival Kit More

I created a high school survival kit for my 8th graders as a fun little end of the year gift.

Giving gifts stresses me out. I want it to be personal and creative. I want it to be useful and practical. I want it to be pretty. But I am poor so ultimately I would like it to be affordable. This is a hard combination to land on and frankly I do not often succeed. There have been a few knock out gifts that I could not help but share the idea. Honestly, I get most of my basic ideas from pinterest and modify it. My all time favorite present was one we blogged about over on my best friend and…

DIY High School Survival Kit! I'm giving it to a freshman friend for her birthday. I got most of the stuff from Walmart. The little mailing labels on each one has a cute saying for each item. For example, the "Smarties" sticker says "you are what you eat".

My cousin graduated from high school on Friday, and I wanted to share the gift I gave her for graduation. As I mentioned in my Money-Lei post, I loved getting money for graduation to buy stuff for my dorm room, but I realized there was a lot of stuff I didn't know I needed. This when I came up with the idea of the survival kit. When I went to school I knew I needed bedding, mini fridge, etc, but I didn't think of all the little stuff I could use. So here's what I included in the survival…

This is a freshman/middle school survival kit. More

In college I learned I could get by on $30 a month for groceries. In college I learned I could work more, study more, and have more fun with friends than I thought possible. In college I learned that I should think before acting b/c the consequences can be painful and long lasting. In college I learned that even the hardest classes still only last 4 months and you just have to hang on. College, and those early working years as an elementary school teacher, provided a lot of lessons learned…

We made these for Nick's 8th grade graduation

Graduation Gift Survival Kit for Life: Cheap and fun gift idea for the graduate including printable saying and gift tag. Cute for any age!