Young Adults 10 Ready-Made Care Packages for College Kids By Sharon Greenthal Updated September 18, 2018 Pin Flip Email Print More in Ages and Stages Young Adults Through the Years Babies Preschoolers Toddlers School-Age Kids Tweens Teens Multiples View All College kids enjoy hearing from friends a family from home, and they're often short on cash and a little bit hungry. Assembling, packaging and sending a care package can be timely, costly, and in many cases, not nearly as enthusiastically received as it was sent. Take the stress out of brightening a college student's day by sending a ready-made care package that can easily be ordered online. 1 Smiles From Home Smiles From Home Who can resist a smiley face? Smiles From Home sends large care packages or sweet and simple smiley face mugs with a few special treats to your college student for a fun pick-me-up. With a variety of gift cards, snacks, and other items in each package Smiles From Home arrives to brighten any day. 2 Man Crates Mancrates.com There is a huge variety of gifts for the young man at college on Mancrates.com . The website has 4 different categories of gift packages, each with its own unique packaging. The wooden crate comes with a mini crowbar for (not so) easy opening, which only adds to the fun. Some of the gifts available include the bacon crate, cowpocalypse crate (all jerky!), the Nascar barware crate and many more. While some are only suitable for 21 and older, there are lots to choose from for younger men. 3 Tastefully Simple Tastefully Simple Every dorm room and student apartment has a microwave, and Tastefully Simple has the perfect little surprise for your favorite student with a sweet tooth. My Mug Cake is a cake that's baked in a mug, it's ready in minutes for a yummy treat. Send a few to share with roommates, dorm mates, and friends. 4 Gourmet Gift Baskets leezsnow/Getty Images Do you need a gift right away? Maybe your young adult isn't feeling so good or has a rough weekend of studying, or just broke up with his or her significant other. Gourmet Gift Baskets can help with same day delivery of abundant and delicious gift packages that will cheer anyone up. While these are on the more expensive end of things, the quick response and delivery time is well worth it in some situations. 5 Gifty Baskets Gifty Baskets Not all gift baskets have to be all about food. The Quest for Knowledge gift basket from Gifty Baskets includes a figurine of a student and a book of inspirational quotations to peruse when the pressure of studying and working hard gets to be too much. There are a few yummy treats, too. 6 Our Campus Market Our Campus Market For all things collegiate, head to Our Campus Market. Send your student a package with their school mascot emblazoned everywhere for game days and more. Lots of schools to choose from, with quality products. 7 Hip Kits Hip KIts There are dozens of fun care packages to send on the website Hipkits.com, including a movie lovers package filled with everything you could want from a movie theater concession stand. You can even add an iTunes gift card to the package so they can choose a movie to watch with their munchies. 8 Tether Box Tether Box Tether Boxgoes straight to the source to pick out care packages for college students – other college students. You decide whether to do a monthly, semester or annual plan and each month a package that is handpicked by your college student's contemporaries is shipped out. No more worrying about ordering something special for a monthly bit of love – Tether Box does it for you. 9 Knack The Knack Shops Knack offer unique and millennial-friendly gift packages that you can curate and enhance with extra items. The yoga retreat package, for example, offers options including The Bhagavad Gita - A Classic of Indian Spirituality, a book about yoga, a yoga mat strap, a sea urchin air plant and a motivating word rock. You are then free to add any of the other items available for an extra fee. Namaste! 10 Monthly Gift The Monthly Gift Package For women only: The Monthly Gift package is a subscription service for all things menstrual-related. Not only can these products be expensive, but with all else that students have to think about, tampons can sometimes be forgotten on the "to buy" list. Give the gift of convenience to your favorite young woman in college. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get diet and wellness tips to help your kids stay healthy and happy. Email Address Sign Up There was an error. Please try again. Thank you, , for signing up. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Continue Reading