Empty Nest Survival Kit
Do you have a friend who is a new empty nester who could use some encouragement? Create an Empty Nest Survival Kit to put a smile on her face while she is going through the transition from a full nest to an empty nest. (It’s ok to make an empty nest survival kit for yourself!)
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Empty Nest Survival Kit: What to Include in an Empty Nester Gift Basket
What do you think should go in an empty nest survival kit? I have surveyed readers over the years, but am just now creating a kit. The key to a good empty nest survival kit and empty nester gift basket is knowing the recipient. While some items are a good idea for almost all empty nest survival kits, the more personal your gift is, the more it will be appreciated.
- Books about empty nesting (or any topic they are interested in). Check out 7 Great Books for Empty Nesters for Ideas.
- An Audible Membership (These are great for listening to on the road to visit the kids ;) )
- Bubble bath and other personal pampering items
- Board and card games for two people (or more so they can invite you over to play)
- Gift cards for hobbies and interests (Michael’s, Hobby Lobby, theater, movies, book stores)
- Chocolate
- Wine
- Yard games like pickleball and croquet
- Restaurant gift cards
- Notebook for making a bucket list of all the things she would like to do like The Clever Fox Bucket List Journal
- Paper Mate Ink Joy Pens to use to write in their bucket list notebook
- Couple’s Date Night Cards
- Help them with some travel ideas with Destinations of a Lifetime: 225 of the World’s Most Amazing Places
- Popcorn for watching Netflix and other movie channels
- New Bible or devotional books
- Puppy (you should probably ask first!)
- A night out or in with YOU!
- Digital Picture Frame for all their favorites of the kids plus the new ones from their empty nest adventures
- Puzzle (Puzzles are one of my empty nest hobbies. I love to do them to relax or while I am doing laundry.)
- Empty Nester Christmas ornament or other gift ideas from 13 Gift Ideas for Empty Nesters
Empty Nest Survival Kit Ideas
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Put your fun items together to create an empty nester gift basket and tie it up with a bow. I created this basket with a Springbok Puzzle, a gift card to Michael’s, some chocolate, wine, bath bombs, and Jill Savage’s Empty Nest, Full Life: Discovering God’s Best for Your Next. Brighten the day of an empty nesting friend with an Empty Nest Survival Kit!
Enjoy making your empty nest survival kit. I know it will be loved and treasured by the recipient.
Related posts for Empty Nest Survival Kit:
7 Great Books for Empty Nesters
10 Work from Home Tips for the Empty Nester
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