We like to send work gloves in all our older boxes, and my dad was really excited about the leather ones. Also some tools-we went with screwdrivers and pliers as they're more universal than say wrenches in metric or standard, and Dad wasn't too thrilled with the hammers. We got one tool box to pack as a shoebox. Also some really nice tool bags that we think we'll be able to fit creatively in reasonable sized shoeboxes. Plus some wooden 3D puzzles-these are really great as 10-14 boy toys were on my "still needed" list and that checked them off, and I wasn't planning on being able to use the gift card value toward that!!
My sister and I ran buy today when out running errands, and what we were planning to buy was only $0.99 this week-and the 20 % off worked on it, so we spent less than $2 from the gift card on all of this.
Then, we stopped at Mighty Dollar, and were able to find some nice, 80# test weight para-cord to send in boxes or as drawstring for our pencil bags.
I think we're going to have some great 10-14 boy boxes with these practical items, plus the normal, game, toys, stuffed animal, ball, clothing item(s), hygiene, school and art supplies! I'm really enjoying adding tools to the boxes-probably kind of a replacement for the space candy used to take. Here's a tool themed box I packed last year.
Spent from shoebox packing budget: $8.54
Spent from free gift cards: $121.27
Saved thru Harbor Freight Coupons: $13.96
Saved by Mighty Dollar Prices over Original: $40
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