St. Patrick’s Day Care Package For College Students
Help your college student celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a St. Patrick’s Day Care Package!
People wear green on St. Patrick’s Day to make themselves invisible to mischievous leprechauns. It is considered shameful to not wear green and you may get pinched, if you don’t.
Don’t let your college kid get pinched by a tricky leprechaun! Send them LOTS of GREEN!
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St. Patrick’s Day Care Package Supplies
- Printer
- Card Stock
- St. Patrick’s Day Care Package Printables – found below
- 1/8″ Hole Punch and regular hole punch (for banners)
- Jute or Yarn (for banners)
- Scissors and Paper Cutter (optional)
- Adhesive Applicator
- Microwave Popcorn
- Gold Dollar Coin – for Leprechaun’s Loot Tag
- Priority Mail Regional Rate Box – B1
- Box with 3-1/2″ or 5″ box flaps – There are two Sizes Of Box Flap Decor for both 3-1/2″ & 5″ box flaps.
- Scale
- Fun gifts to put inside the box (ideas listed below)
How To Use The St. Patrick’s Care Package Printables
- Print the St. Patrick’s Day Care Package Printables on card stock – found below.
- Cut the shapes using a paper cutter and scissors.
- Use a 1/8″ hole punch and punch two holes at the top of each small banner flag.
- Use jute or yarn to thread through the holes, leaving a generous tail at each end.
- Adhere the Box Decor to the inside flaps of your care package box, using an adhesive applicator.
- Add a gold dollar coin to a Leprechaun’s Loot card and add to the box!
- Use jute to tie a St. Patrick’s Day Popcorn Tag to microwave popcorn.
- Cut the notecard sheet in half, fold, crease (with the dull edge of a butter knife), and write a message inside.
- Cut, hole punch, and thread jute through the large banner flags for your student to decorate with!
- Add the coloring page and sign to your care package box.
What To Put In A St. Patrick’s Day Care Package
We chose to pick everything GREEN or RAINBOWish for our St. Patrick’s Day Care Package!
- Lucky Charms T-Shirt or Prone To Shenanigans And Malarkey T-Shirt
- Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal Cup
- Skittles
- Tic Tac Fruit
- Doublemint Gum
- Green M&M’s
- Sour Cream and Onion Pringles
- Goldfish Colors
- Rolos
- St. Patrick’s Day Beaded Necklaces
- Hand Soap (with a green label)
- Shampoo
- Andes Creme de Menthe
- More St. Patrick’s Day Gift Ideas
Care packages are cool cuz I get free stuff like food. The best part is I donโt have to send anything in return. How fun is that?
Justine
Get Your St. Patrick’s Day Care Package Printables Here
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- Happy Four-Leaf Clover Craft Template
- Who Is Most Like A Leprechaun St. Patrickโs Day Game
- St. Patrickโs Day Word Search
St. Patrickโs Day Gift Ideas
- Youโve Been Pinched Printable Tags For St. Patrickโs Day
- St. Patrickโs Day Gift Ideas
- St. Patrickโs Day Popcorn
- St. Patrickโs Day Leprechaunโs Loot Printable
- Irish Proverbs Printable For St. Patrickโs Day