**The Art of Creating a Care Package: A DIY Approach**

When it comes to creating a care package, many people think it's a simple task - just throw some goodies together and voila! However, for those who take pride in their DIY projects, creating a care package is an art form that requires attention to detail and creativity. In this article, we'll explore the process of creating a care package from scratch, using dollar store products as our canvas.

**The Importance of Organization**

For someone like me, organization is key when it comes to creating a care package. I have multiple formats for my novel projects, including a binder form and individual note cards. The latest format, which features colorful labels, has become my favorite due to its versatility and portability. By using dollar store products, such as these multi-use labels by Jot, I can keep all of my notes and inventory organized in one place. With 72 sheets per pack, I can easily create multiple sheets for each book or author, making it easy to keep track of my collection.

**Rating Books with Dollar Store Labels**

One of my favorite features of the dollar store labels is their ability to rate books. By using these small stickers, I can mark whether a book has been read and what characters and overall storyline I liked. The blank sticker provides space for me to write in notes or ratings, making it easy to keep track of my thoughts on each book. This feature also comes in handy when rereading old favorites - by rating them, I can quickly see which books to revisit.

**Sunglass Clip Holders: A Fun and Functional Accessory**

When it comes to adding a fun touch to our care package, sunglass clip holders are an excellent choice. These colorful clips can be used to hold sunglasses in place on a visor or other surface, making them perfect for outdoor enthusiasts or anyone who wants to add a stylish touch to their care package. I found these clip holders in various colors at dollar stores and couldn't resist grabbing all of them. With their simple design and functional purpose, they're the perfect addition to any care package.

**Creating a Care Package: A DIY Approach**

When creating a care package, it's essential to have everything out and ready to go before you start packaging. This is why I always clear out an area in my home or office to create a dedicated space for crafting my care packages. With all of my items organized and laid out, I can see what I have available and plan accordingly. For my first care package, I started with the basics - sugar to the squeezer, iced lemon tea packets, and decorative lemons. By adding some fun candies and a colorful label, I was able to create a bright and cheerful gift that would put a smile on anyone's face.

**Conclusion**

Creating a care package is an art form that requires creativity and attention to detail. With dollar store products as our canvas, we can create unique and functional items that make perfect gifts for friends and loved ones. By organizing our materials and using each item to its fullest potential, we can create something truly special - a care package that's both thoughtful and fun. Whether you're creating a gift basket or just want to add some excitement to your everyday routine, the art of creating a care package is sure to inspire.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: encome on pick up hey oh you're in that meeting again that's fine i'll be quick i was just thinking can you imagine if bitching burned calories i'd be a size two in no time hello i've been debating on whether or not to keep this light on or off off better lighting on cozier it's just a lamp alright guys we've got a dollar tree haul today i think at the end of this if it all works out sometimes the basket ideas that i have sometimes i just don't end up working out but anyways i thought it would be cute to do like an iced tea gift thing so let's just dive into this haul and then we'll just we'll both see kind of what happens with this gift basket at the end all right so i haven't even sorted through any of this i actually do have quite a bit of like food items for this video i found some new like granola clusters and i actually love these sometimes i get them at the grocery store and i've never seen these before at dollar tree so these are definitely brand new it's by sun best natural i've never seen this brand i get i get something else i don't know what it is but this has almonds and raisins in it and it's also organic or made with organic coconut oil healthy benefits it has no artificial flavors no added colors good source of fiber so really good stuff here but yeah so this one has the raisins in it this one looks like a honey honey one and then this one is a peanut butter one so pretty awesome if you've tried this frame before comment below and let us know like your thoughts obviously everyone has like different taste buds but i'm very excited to try these out for myself and see what i think and yeah so new one dollar at dollar tree obviously i picked up some lipton ice tea this is the lemon flavor as soon as i saw this it's kind of what stemmed me to want to do this gift basket idea and i've been talking about doing like a drink themed so let's try it out today see how well it works this was a dollar and yeah i think it'll be cute in the basket also i picked up some lemon items these are the limo lunch sandwich cookies so this is that part where you know kind of work with me here on this gift basket because it's not actually a basket i'm actually going to put the items inside of this container here also from dollar tree they come with a blue lid as well but i wanted just like the plain white and so i thought it would be cute you know to like put this in there you know a lemon in there and yeah you can just honestly leave it at that um but i thought why don't i also add some cookies to kind of go along with the tea so that's basically why i got these so we've got those i've got this for a dollar as well and i also found these which are new i've never seen these cream-filled wafers with lemon at dollar tree it's usually like the dark chocolate or the hazelnut brand so the lemon one in this container with the yellow brand new so and i'm really excited to try these i actually don't have anyone in mind for this so i'm just like putting it together but i will be trying these so super exciting and because i wanted it to be like this whole drink theme i got this box of domino sugar you know just to sweeten the tea obviously if you know who you're gifting to and if you know their sugar preferences you can just get that type so but i really like this because i like you know the whole yellow thing that's going on so i think lemon lemon theme with the lemon iced tea i just that's kind of what i was going for and i don't think i've ever seen tea boxes this big at dollar tree so if my memory serves me correctly these are also new they've done teas teas before in a box form but these are pretty gigantic for a dollar so we've got the all natural tea here which you can do hot or cold and you get a hundred tea bags what i definitely feel like this is new and then we've got the green tea which is interesting because i was just thinking to myself the other day that i actually wanted to start drinking green tea every day i read about like the crazy benefits to this and so i've been wanting to to start this and i saw this at dollar tree i said okay i mean is green tea just green tea comment down below let me know if different brands really matter or what your thoughts are um if you feel like brand stuff does matter in terms of benefits maybe taste could be different but let me know what you guys think i should be trying out so anyways the fact that there's a hundred tea bags in both of these is crazy for a dollar so that's exciting and then i decided to get some more candy i don't know what's honestly going to end up in here because you know we're limited on space so i just decided to pick this up just in case it kind of like works out but these are just a sugar-free lemon flavored candies and super cute i knew i wanted these in this basket as a matter of fact when i saw this i instantly remembered dollar tree had these i actually have one for myself in my kitchen but i wanted to just you know use a new one and put it in here and i got it in both the yellow and green i think they also have this in red i don't know if i'm gonna use both of them or one of them but this would be cute you know just like squeeze like the real lemon so we've got that and then i picked up this item right here which i just chuckled for a good five minutes in dollar tree when i saw this because i was like is this the knockoff version of goldfish and was this as as creative as they could get whales i don't know maybe this isn't like a knockoff version at all but obviously it's like cheddar little cookies i don't think it's the same maker as goldfish but whales just just whales just nothing else no not gold whales maybe they couldn't do that but baked cheese crackers i don't know how good they are but i found it absolutely hilarious and there you go the box is really cute so we've got that one um all right then i found this coconut and lime uh candle set by the brand at dollar tree this is the brand it's called luminescence they've actually come out with some really great things another brand at dollar tree that's been turning around new products a lot lately and i have been this summer of 2021 you guys i've just been on this coconut lime kick like none other and it smells just like the tree hut products i've been using just like it it's just it's insane maybe coconut and lime as a scent is really easy to do i don't know but i found it in this little candle form kind of looks like a mini yankee candle so cute and then i also got it in this plain candle i also have it in the wax melt but as i was sorting and you know putting my backs for each day that i film i think it's in another bag so whenever we see it in the next haul then you'll know that they also have the wax melts too so super cute i also decided to get some bubbles for my niece she absolutely loves them so i got this little three pack but you get the three different bottles and then each little package has its little wand to make your bubbles with so i got those and then this one right here you've got to go to dollar tree and scoop this one up because i've never seen such a thing but they are soda pop scented bubbles so not only is the container looking like a soda pop but they're supposed to also smell like it and i don't want to try it because you know i'm saving it for my niece but um how cute so you got like cherry grape and orange so curious to know if it's actually gonna smell like that or not but this is darling and i don't think this was around in 2020 but it could have been because i don't think i was paying too much close attention to their summer stuff last year but anyways super cute love it probably need to go back and honestly get another bottle of these because i've noticed that they're starting to put away all of the summer stuff because they're using that space to put in the school supplies so i'm gonna go back and get some more and then i got her this little sand toy kit just to like play around with the handles are so well done you guys there's like a good grip here and then the little stars and the circles you can like feel it it's like a little pop-up it's just so nice and cute this i know is new i just do not remember my stores carrying it last year you get the little rake and the shovel so we got those and then finally back in stock at my stores all the are these multi-use labels by jot you can see that you get three to a sheet and you get 72 so 72 divided by three is how many sheets i'm you get um but i love these i use these for my novel projects you know just like my novel inventory you know what i'll show you my log all right so i actually have it in two different formats i have a binder form and then this is my latest form which they're just like individual note cards and this is by far my favorite i have videos on this on my vlog channel by the way so this little container um holds one author and that's julie garwood and all of this is dollar tree with the exception of the washi so like you can see that it's a little note car or a little um flash card and then the colorful part is also dollar tree and these are the labels i just showed you guys so yeah that's the cover of the book and then these are also dollar tree and it's just how i mark whether i own it or not and then the title and then i this is blank because i haven't gone through this yet but once i read a book i will go back and kind of rate the characters and the overall book i do this because i will reread over and over and sometimes what i've learned is that i like to um sometimes i'm in the mood to read like a certain style of character if that makes sense so that's why i do this to help me to remember because i have so many novels so that's how i used dollar tree products there i will go through my vlog channel and find where i did this and try to link the videos down below i think i did multiple different videos but anyways the last things before we get into the gift basket are these sunglass clip holders and i found them in so many different colors so i grabbed them all so you guys could see plain black one is perfection i've got this white one and then all of these fun summer colors the blue but yeah like just have a plain black one i really like so i think that's chic and then the fun colors these would be great for care package too oops that one upside down so yeah so you would just like clip this into a visor just wherever like i guess you want to clip this and then you would slide your sunglasses i guess like this you would put the band here and there is a foam right there so it's not going to do anything to the metal of your sunglasses it's just going to hold it nicely in place just from doing this i feel like the quality is pretty good um but maybe be careful as you're slipping it on like be careful with this part because of the plastic i imagine it can't take on too much like weight pressure so i mean it's a dollar so you know watch out all right that's it for today's haul i hope you guys enjoyed please give it a thumbs up let's get into this gift basket idea you know what i'm gonna post it even if i feel like it didn't quite work out but just to give you guys an idea of how cute it would be to do a basket basket right this way so that's it i'll see you guys next time bye all right so first whenever i try to create any sort of care package or gift basket i want to get all of the items out even if i know or don't know i'm going to use it in the end i just want to be able to see all of the available options so i have everything out here once i have all of the items together i clear out the area so that it doesn't kind of confuse me because i'm a visual person so i just kind of have it in a different section i don't know if that makes any sense so the first one i did was really simple i kept it to the sugar to the squeezer and to the packet of iced lemon tea and i should have put in the real lemon here i also had some like decorative lemons and then a real lemon um but i i forgot to do that and so that was the first option then i thought let me add some of these little candies i don't know if anyone actually adds candies to teas but like couldn't that kind of be something similar because they could dissolve in hot tea kind of like honey but i just thought to add the little candies and they look really cute brightened it up made it you know a little bit more yellow but this one's actually my favorite i love just the pop of the decor piece it just made it ultra summery really cute and then the lid just kind of sat back really easily really great way to just give a gift i hope you guys enjoyed that's it for today and i'll see you next timecome on pick up hey oh you're in that meeting again that's fine i'll be quick i was just thinking can you imagine if bitching burned calories i'd be a size two in no time hello i've been debating on whether or not to keep this light on or off off better lighting on cozier it's just a lamp alright guys we've got a dollar tree haul today i think at the end of this if it all works out sometimes the basket ideas that i have sometimes i just don't end up working out but anyways i thought it would be cute to do like an iced tea gift thing so let's just dive into this haul and then we'll just we'll both see kind of what happens with this gift basket at the end all right so i haven't even sorted through any of this i actually do have quite a bit of like food items for this video i found some new like granola clusters and i actually love these sometimes i get them at the grocery store and i've never seen these before at dollar tree so these are definitely brand new it's by sun best natural i've never seen this brand i get i get something else i don't know what it is but this has almonds and raisins in it and it's also organic or made with organic coconut oil healthy benefits it has no artificial flavors no added colors good source of fiber so really good stuff here but yeah so this one has the raisins in it this one looks like a honey honey one and then this one is a peanut butter one so pretty awesome if you've tried this frame before comment below and let us know like your thoughts obviously everyone has like different taste buds but i'm very excited to try these out for myself and see what i think and yeah so new one dollar at dollar tree obviously i picked up some lipton ice tea this is the lemon flavor as soon as i saw this it's kind of what stemmed me to want to do this gift basket idea and i've been talking about doing like a drink themed so let's try it out today see how well it works this was a dollar and yeah i think it'll be cute in the basket also i picked up some lemon items these are the limo lunch sandwich cookies so this is that part where you know kind of work with me here on this gift basket because it's not actually a basket i'm actually going to put the items inside of this container here also from dollar tree they come with a blue lid as well but i wanted just like the plain white and so i thought it would be cute you know to like put this in there you know a lemon in there and yeah you can just honestly leave it at that um but i thought why don't i also add some cookies to kind of go along with the tea so that's basically why i got these so we've got those i've got this for a dollar as well and i also found these which are new i've never seen these cream-filled wafers with lemon at dollar tree it's usually like the dark chocolate or the hazelnut brand so the lemon one in this container with the yellow brand new so and i'm really excited to try these i actually don't have anyone in mind for this so i'm just like putting it together but i will be trying these so super exciting and because i wanted it to be like this whole drink theme i got this box of domino sugar you know just to sweeten the tea obviously if you know who you're gifting to and if you know their sugar preferences you can just get that type so but i really like this because i like you know the whole yellow thing that's going on so i think lemon lemon theme with the lemon iced tea i just that's kind of what i was going for and i don't think i've ever seen tea boxes this big at dollar tree so if my memory serves me correctly these are also new they've done teas teas before in a box form but these are pretty gigantic for a dollar so we've got the all natural tea here which you can do hot or cold and you get a hundred tea bags what i definitely feel like this is new and then we've got the green tea which is interesting because i was just thinking to myself the other day that i actually wanted to start drinking green tea every day i read about like the crazy benefits to this and so i've been wanting to to start this and i saw this at dollar tree i said okay i mean is green tea just green tea comment down below let me know if different brands really matter or what your thoughts are um if you feel like brand stuff does matter in terms of benefits maybe taste could be different but let me know what you guys think i should be trying out so anyways the fact that there's a hundred tea bags in both of these is crazy for a dollar so that's exciting and then i decided to get some more candy i don't know what's honestly going to end up in here because you know we're limited on space so i just decided to pick this up just in case it kind of like works out but these are just a sugar-free lemon flavored candies and super cute i knew i wanted these in this basket as a matter of fact when i saw this i instantly remembered dollar tree had these i actually have one for myself in my kitchen but i wanted to just you know use a new one and put it in here and i got it in both the yellow and green i think they also have this in red i don't know if i'm gonna use both of them or one of them but this would be cute you know just like squeeze like the real lemon so we've got that and then i picked up this item right here which i just chuckled for a good five minutes in dollar tree when i saw this because i was like is this the knockoff version of goldfish and was this as as creative as they could get whales i don't know maybe this isn't like a knockoff version at all but obviously it's like cheddar little cookies i don't think it's the same maker as goldfish but whales just just whales just nothing else no not gold whales maybe they couldn't do that but baked cheese crackers i don't know how good they are but i found it absolutely hilarious and there you go the box is really cute so we've got that one um all right then i found this coconut and lime uh candle set by the brand at dollar tree this is the brand it's called luminescence they've actually come out with some really great things another brand at dollar tree that's been turning around new products a lot lately and i have been this summer of 2021 you guys i've just been on this coconut lime kick like none other and it smells just like the tree hut products i've been using just like it it's just it's insane maybe coconut and lime as a scent is really easy to do i don't know but i found it in this little candle form kind of looks like a mini yankee candle so cute and then i also got it in this plain candle i also have it in the wax melt but as i was sorting and you know putting my backs for each day that i film i think it's in another bag so whenever we see it in the next haul then you'll know that they also have the wax melts too so super cute i also decided to get some bubbles for my niece she absolutely loves them so i got this little three pack but you get the three different bottles and then each little package has its little wand to make your bubbles with so i got those and then this one right here you've got to go to dollar tree and scoop this one up because i've never seen such a thing but they are soda pop scented bubbles so not only is the container looking like a soda pop but they're supposed to also smell like it and i don't want to try it because you know i'm saving it for my niece but um how cute so you got like cherry grape and orange so curious to know if it's actually gonna smell like that or not but this is darling and i don't think this was around in 2020 but it could have been because i don't think i was paying too much close attention to their summer stuff last year but anyways super cute love it probably need to go back and honestly get another bottle of these because i've noticed that they're starting to put away all of the summer stuff because they're using that space to put in the school supplies so i'm gonna go back and get some more and then i got her this little sand toy kit just to like play around with the handles are so well done you guys there's like a good grip here and then the little stars and the circles you can like feel it it's like a little pop-up it's just so nice and cute this i know is new i just do not remember my stores carrying it last year you get the little rake and the shovel so we got those and then finally back in stock at my stores all the are these multi-use labels by jot you can see that you get three to a sheet and you get 72 so 72 divided by three is how many sheets i'm you get um but i love these i use these for my novel projects you know just like my novel inventory you know what i'll show you my log all right so i actually have it in two different formats i have a binder form and then this is my latest form which they're just like individual note cards and this is by far my favorite i have videos on this on my vlog channel by the way so this little container um holds one author and that's julie garwood and all of this is dollar tree with the exception of the washi so like you can see that it's a little note car or a little um flash card and then the colorful part is also dollar tree and these are the labels i just showed you guys so yeah that's the cover of the book and then these are also dollar tree and it's just how i mark whether i own it or not and then the title and then i this is blank because i haven't gone through this yet but once i read a book i will go back and kind of rate the characters and the overall book i do this because i will reread over and over and sometimes what i've learned is that i like to um sometimes i'm in the mood to read like a certain style of character if that makes sense so that's why i do this to help me to remember because i have so many novels so that's how i used dollar tree products there i will go through my vlog channel and find where i did this and try to link the videos down below i think i did multiple different videos but anyways the last things before we get into the gift basket are these sunglass clip holders and i found them in so many different colors so i grabbed them all so you guys could see plain black one is perfection i've got this white one and then all of these fun summer colors the blue but yeah like just have a plain black one i really like so i think that's chic and then the fun colors these would be great for care package too oops that one upside down so yeah so you would just like clip this into a visor just wherever like i guess you want to clip this and then you would slide your sunglasses i guess like this you would put the band here and there is a foam right there so it's not going to do anything to the metal of your sunglasses it's just going to hold it nicely in place just from doing this i feel like the quality is pretty good um but maybe be careful as you're slipping it on like be careful with this part because of the plastic i imagine it can't take on too much like weight pressure so i mean it's a dollar so you know watch out all right that's it for today's haul i hope you guys enjoyed please give it a thumbs up let's get into this gift basket idea you know what i'm gonna post it even if i feel like it didn't quite work out but just to give you guys an idea of how cute it would be to do a basket basket right this way so that's it i'll see you guys next time bye all right so first whenever i try to create any sort of care package or gift basket i want to get all of the items out even if i know or don't know i'm going to use it in the end i just want to be able to see all of the available options so i have everything out here once i have all of the items together i clear out the area so that it doesn't kind of confuse me because i'm a visual person so i just kind of have it in a different section i don't know if that makes any sense so the first one i did was really simple i kept it to the sugar to the squeezer and to the packet of iced lemon tea and i should have put in the real lemon here i also had some like decorative lemons and then a real lemon um but i i forgot to do that and so that was the first option then i thought let me add some of these little candies i don't know if anyone actually adds candies to teas but like couldn't that kind of be something similar because they could dissolve in hot tea kind of like honey but i just thought to add the little candies and they look really cute brightened it up made it you know a little bit more yellow but this one's actually my favorite i love just the pop of the decor piece it just made it ultra summery really cute and then the lid just kind of sat back really easily really great way to just give a gift i hope you guys enjoyed that's it for today and i'll see you next time\n"