If you want to send a birthday CARE package to a loved one far away (whether deployed or away for another reason), we suggest a few creative approaches.
If you have children, ask them to draw a birthday cake (with the appropriate number of candles, of course) and add that to a birthday care package. You could also ask your child to sculpt a birthday cake with clay. (Crayola Model Magic works great for this and is light weight.)
If you have children, ask them to draw a birthday cake (with the appropriate number of candles, of course) and add that to a birthday care package. You could also ask your child to sculpt a birthday cake with clay. (Crayola Model Magic works great for this and is light weight.)
Inside the box, we recommend including lots of confetti so that other soldiers, friends or family can laugh as it spills over your loved one’s work space or kitchen table. We also recommend adding your loved one’s favorite treats – preferably something that won’t get damaged in severe weather conditions.
Our favorite idea? Connect with your loved one over Skype or another webcam service and ask your kids to blow out the candles at home on a real cake. You could even have your loved one open the birthday box and blow out the candles on the pretend cake at the same time.
Rhonda N., a VoiceQuilt gift giver, took this idea one step further. She asked friends and family to phone in their birthday singing and greetings. Then, she created a video using photos of the friends – with the voice messages as the soundtrack. She shared it with her husband in Afghanistan via skype on his birthday, creating a virtual birthday party.
Many other military families that have shared VoiceQuilt messages with loved ones overseas, but Rhonda's the first (that we know of) to combine those messages with a video. For more tips on military care packages in particular, check out the link here.
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