Custom Clothes

Make custom hoodies for all of the friends in your group. Your dorm hall or small posse will unite for life with a slogan-bearing sweatshirt. Just get online and upload your design to a site to have them printed or embossed in time to make sure they are perfect. Include your slogan or group name or an inside joke. It can be funny or sentimental. One dorm, Homan Hall, printed “Homan for life,” because it meant something to the tenants. If your friend is obsessed with a certain team you can make him/ her custom jersey to show your support. Or you can make matching hoodies for the girls in your sorority or for just you and your other half. There are so many options in the custom clothing department. Just look around and see what works for your group.

Road Trip Basket

Some of the most unforgettable experiences in college don’t really happen in college. Take your friends on an exciting road trip up the coast or to your home. Pay for all of the gas as the gift, if you have the funds. Or invite them with a fun gift basket full of items you will enjoy on the road. This can include sunglasses, candy to snack on, little floss packs to keep your teeth clean, Chex mix or your favorite thing to eat together, water bottles, and sun block. Then enjoy the weekend exploring the world all on your own. Discovery can be an enlightening, rewarding experience and it is especially fun with friends.

Throw A Party

Throw your college friend a party as his or her gift. Make a meal out of it or even just throw it in a couple of dorm rooms or a house. It is fun to scrape by and put up cheap decorations. Bring in some food from Taco Bell or sparkling cider and turn up the music on your iPod. It’s fun to just get everyone together. If this is your gift, make it special by including everything that person loves. You can buy some cupcakes or something special to commemorate the big day. You can also take them out to a restaurant where with friends where they will sing “Happy birthday,” and share in the magic.

You can also throw a dinner party for the crew by putting people in charge of bringing certain items. Use a friend’s home to cook the food together- this is way more fun to do with friends. And have people bring drinks and sides.

Holidays

Celebrate the holidays by getting each friend a small, similar gift. You can get your girls matching panties from Victoria’s Secret or a small Easter basket. You can go for the matching jerseys or hoodies for your team or group. Anything thoughtful is appreciated. Make the most out of your gift giving by acting out some of these ideas. Make your gift stand out as one that is used and loved evermore by your college friends. After all, these will most likely be some of the longest friendships you have in life.

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