What Can I Send My Loved One In Prison For Their Birthday or Christmas?
Most prisons don't let you send or take much in to your loved one. It is hard to think of things that they will allow your prisoner to have. Here is a list of things that I have sent in to my fiance. (Prisons may vary as to what is allowed in...call the mailroom of the prison your loved one is in to find out what they will accept.)
(1)Design a coupon good for 1 EXTRA phone call. (If you can AFFORD it, send two of them! :)
(2)Design a coupon good for $5, $10, $15, etc. to be sent to your loved one when he/she REALLY needs it.
(3)Send several Greeting cards for one holiday. Maybe a serious one and a funny one. Create your own design or purchase them.
(4)Get your loved one a newspaper subscription to their home town. (my fiance just LOVED this!)
(5)Purchase a magazine subscription for your loved one! (I've sent my fiance subscriptions to GQ, Reader's Digest & Writer's Digest.
(6)Send LOTS of envelopes - not only can they use these to send you & their friends letters...they also can trade them to other prisoners for food, etc. (They allow 10 envelopes in per time at our prison.)
(7)Have a birthday party for them complete with cake, candles and party hats! Have them call when you are having the party and sing "Happy Birthday" over the phone. (This one is included in my Fun Things To Do With Your Incarcerated Loved One).
(8)Find out what you can send to them through mail order. (At George's prison, you can send shoes & tapes.)
(9)Depending on your prison rules, make something with your printshop software to send them. (Where George used to be, I designed memo pads, and letterhead for him. Also, greeting cards for him to send to other people.)
(10)You could always buy or make something for them and wait till they are released to give it to them. Take a picture of it and send to them.
Idea sent in to me....(11) "Just another idea for birthdays - My loved one is in a Federal System. I am very limited on what I can send him (letters, pictures, and books/magazine subscriptions from publishers) Since I send him books all of the time, I was trying to think of something creative for his birthday. I am currently purchasing cards here and there and writing in them immediately. For his 39th birthday, I am sending him 39 birthday cards. It's a card party! Plus, I think that he will appreciate seeing that I have been planning his "birthday party" for many months when he sees the dates on all of his handwritten notes inside the cards."
Idea sent in to me....(12)"My guy 23rd bday is coming up and I'm getting a different card every week to send him on mondays. On wednesdays he'll receive a special bday picture. I always go to walmart and make the 48 cent 4x 6 off the kodak picture maker of polaroids my girlfriend took of me and put a border and a message on it. On fridays he will get $23 dollars. And for his bday I'll send him a special card, $48 because that's how old he is and his b-day put together and a picture. I really liked the idea of sending enough cards to make how old he is so I might do that instead."
Idea sent in to me...(13)"I'm also going to get his name tatooed on my back for his b-day present."
Think of something else to send?? Let me know!!
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