When I posted the photo of my
50th Birthday Basket
a girlfriend of mine who has twins in college emailed and asked if I would make one for her
son for Valentine’s Day….
Well, of course I said yes!
All boxed up
I wanted it to look fun and practical, so I thought about what a college guy would appreciate for
Valentine’s Day.
I decided to spell out HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TROY and fill each letter with items that matched the letter and would be useful or enjoyable for a student.
Done.
“HAPPY”
H – hot cocoa
A – Airheads candy
P – pizza combos and Pringles
P – peanut butter
Y – yellow highlighters
“VALENTINES”
V – veggie soup
A – animal crackers
L – laundry money (two rolls of quarters)
E – 5-hour Energy
N – nacho cheese snack
T – toothbrush and toothpaste
I – iTunes gift card
N – salted nut roll
E – Eileen’s Cookies (frosted Valentine cookies in a heart tin)
S – sunflower seeds
“DAY”
D – Doritos
A – Advil
Y – York Peppermint Patty
“TROY”
T – Tide pods
R – razors
O – onions (Funyuns)
Y – Yahtzee cards
The whole haul
A couple of red plastic stackable crates held everything neatly inside the box.
This diagram sat on top of the tissue paper, right inside the box.
A little diagram explaining the box’s contents made it easy to find everything.
Mom said he loved it!