5 pandemic care packages to send to brighten someone's day
From at-home summer camp to staycation romantic getaways, there are now perfectly packaged delivery kits equipped to celebrate any occasion.
Below are five pandemic care packages, curated by Sabina Hitchen, who shared the fun and inventive contents with ABC News' "What You Need to Know."
Stress relief and relaxation care package
The "self care" box from Small Packages
Cost: $35.00 and up
What it contains: A handwritten letterpress card with your message to the recipient, chocolate, cozy fuzzy socks, hydrating eye and face masks, a fun twisty novel to escape the world for bit, meditation mist and a gua sha stone for facial massage.
The perfect place to start when you want to send a package that says hang in there, relax and self-care yourself.
Birthday care package for the ladies in your life
Beauty Test Tube from New Beauty
Cost: $29.95
What it contains: It's pretty on the outside and packed with products to beautify you on the inside -- with $280 worth of new and popular full-sized products picked out by editors who know what's best in beauty for only $29.95.
Catch-all congrats
Bash Cake from Dylan's Candy Bar
Cost: $50.00
What it contains: A wooden mallet comes attached to this chocolate care package because it's a milk chocolate piñata, shaped like a cupcake and packed with chocolate covered pretzels.
This is a fun and Instagram-worthy gift to say congrats for anything from a graduation or new job to a new house.
Babysitter in a box
Parents know that keeping kids entertained is basically a full-time job, so these two two options can offer both a low-tech and high-tech option to get the job done.
Low-tech option
Baketivity Baking Boxes
Cost: $32.95
Every ingredient in the baking kit comes pre-measured and individually packaged. All the bakers need are eggs and oil. The kit even provides a chef's hat and an apron.
These Baketivity Kits are screen-free boredom busters that take the hard work and mess out of a family baking experience.
High-tech option
Smart Buddies Coding Robots
www.SmartBuddies.com
Cost: $99.00
Pick out your favorite doll from a diverse set of characters and your young coder will be on their way to programming scooters that they can code to zoom, spin, race and dance.
This delivery comes with live and recorded coding classes via a Smart Buddies app and online, as well as books so they can read about the characters they choose.
The anniversary or wedding care package
Breakfast in Bed Care Package by Box Babe
Cost: $64.00
This box comes packed with everything needed for a delicious, romantic waffle and granola breakfast in bed, complete with a candle.
This care package is perfect for celebrating anniversaries, newlyweds or as your answer to "how do we celebrate our friends whose weddings got been delayed or moved to Zoom?"