Halloween Candy Letter to a College Student

It's time to send off some Halloween messages to a few college kids across the country.
I packaged up a small bubble mailer filled with treats to bring the students a bit of Halloween fun.

This is such an easy idea. You could make your own letter with candy and snacks that you find in your local grocery store or... copy mine.
I made my letter in Pic Monkey. I used free clip art of each item and dropped the picture in the letter.

Click here to print your own Halloween letter to a college student. 


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Here's what I included:
    -1 bubble mailer (I used a 6"x9".)
    -1 Ring Pop
    -2-3 packages of Black Forest Little Monster fruit snacks
    -1 mini Almond Joy
    -1 package of Swiss Miss Pumpkin Spice Hot Cocoa Mix
    -1-2 mini Quaker Chewy Halloween Minis.
    -1 mini Whoppers candy
    -1 mini Milk Duds candy
    -2-3 eyeball gumballs
    -1 set of plastic fangs
    -1 copy of the letter
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I actually found these Bubble Mailers at the Dollar Store, but here's an affiliate Amazon link if needed.

Stuff all the items in the mailer, including a copy of the letter.
Be careful that the fangs are sandwiched between candy, so they don't poke through the mailing package. 

Be sure to write a little note to your college student before mailing it off.

Happy Halloween!

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Here's some more Halloween ideas for you:


Halloween Pun Care Package

Fall Snack Mixes -- (perfect for care packages!)

Bugs and Kisses Printable

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Horse Party Theme

When I was asked to help create a horse party for a loved 12-year-old girl, I immediately panicked. I know nothing about horses. Well...I've ridden a horse once, does that count? Luckily, party planning requires very little background knowledge.

After a bit of brainstorming on Pinterest and a little time sourcing products on Amazon, I came up with this inexpensive and simple plan. Take a look.

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The stars of this show were these awesome horse balloons. I ordered them here. I was amazed at how big they were and how easy they were to inflate with a straw and a little blowing. I taped wooden skewers to the legs of the horse balloon to stand it up in my wooden planter box. It worked perfectly.

I also purchased these horse napkins. When planning parties, it's always fun to find a great themed party plate or napkin for the table. I've planned entire parties around a fun paper napkin.
These napkins tied in the horse theme perfectly. I added solid colored paper plates and cups to go with the blue and green in the napkins.

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Turf pieces were leftover from another party and used as chargers. I use them all the time!

Wooden sporks are from here.
My blue and green felt letterboards have been used for so many parties...I love them.
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I added these horse cutouts to all the printed signs and sprinkled them on the table!

Now let's talk about the snacks!

Creative tags make ordinary snacks extra fun!

I printed out these tags, (click here) on kraft cardstock and stuck a horse cutout on each one. Small, thin skewers were taped to the back of the tags and tucked into the snacks.
Now take a look at this horse cake made by a local bakery! Wow!

This horse-loving birthday girl was in heaven!
A birthday she won't forget!

Click here to print your own tags.

Did you know that I have an A to Z list of every party on my blog? Click here to see!

I've done a few animal parties over the years:

Beaver Party

Oh Deer Party

Flamingo Pun Party

Frog Baby Shower Party

Puppy Party

Whale Party

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Grocery Store College Pun Care Package

It's that time again...
Time to ship off those college care packages. Finals will be here soon!
My husband and I have just returned from visiting campus and handing out these fun boxes to some of our favorite college kids.

This quick idea is so easy to assemble. Take a trip to your local grocery store-- or order what you need online. Print out the pun-filled letter and include it with the package.  
Click here to print your own.

Here's what I included:
-1 box of LIFE cereal
-1-2 mini packages of nuts
-1 CLIF bar
-1 package of Little Bites mini muffins
-1 mini package of Ritz Bits.
-1 individual size of Kirkland brand trail mix (but you could use any kind).
-1 mini can of Fanta

To hold all the products, I used these boxes (affiliate link). They were the perfect size for all the grocery items.

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Because we were hand delivering these boxes, I wanted to tie them up with ribbon and tags.
I used this craft tulle and these manila tags. I added black patterned washi tape to the ends of each tag and used sticker letters for the first initial of their names. 

Once on campus, we went searching for all the kids we have special connections with. Most are kids from our church. It's so much fun to see them and catch up with how they're doing.

Click here to print your own grocery store pun letter.

Here's some more college care package ideas for you:

Stick With It!                              

   

 College Blues

Orange Survival Study Sack                       
 

Brighten Up Your Semester!

SMART Gift Bag                                     
   

Caramel Apple Dippin' Kit



SNAP To It!                                                            

Bear Themed Care Package
  

Rockin' Care Package

Grocery Store College Pun Care Package

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