My 6 year old daughter's best friend is moving away. We want to give her something really special to remember us by. The little girl's mom is making my daughter a scrapbook, but I wanted to put a basket of items together for the other little girl. Are there any suggestions of what to put in it?
My daughter's best friend is moving also. My daughter bought a necklace (actually it is 2 necklaces) that is a heart split in 2 where she will give one half of the necklace to her friend and she will keep the other half. It says "Best friends" on it or something.
I think she found it a Claires.
a gift basket sounds great, maybe some stationary so they can write to each other? Some scrapbooking materials, so they can make pages and send them to each other... if they make a page for big events in their life, and send it to eachother, they can add the pages to a big book as they get them, and then they could still share their lives even though they are far away from eachother.
What about special paper and colored pens? A book of stamps would be nice. 7 year olds still write letters, right? :) That way her friend has everything she needs to write a letter to her. Another idea is to put a photo of the girls together onto a t-shirt. (cafepress.com is a great site for this). When the tshirt gets too small, her mom could make it into a pillow. It doesn't take a master seamstress to do it. Sew up the armholes and neckhole. Stuff it with stuffing, then sew up the bottom. Voila, it's now a pillow. She could still "use" the tshirt after she outgrows it. I don't know of one specifically, but I'm sure there is a book out there that talks about your best friend moving away, or is about best friends in general.
That's all I can think of for now. I'm sorry your daughter has to go through this. I hope they can keep in touch. Good luck!
Make sure you guys promise to keep in touch. I'm 43 and am still in touch with my friend from kindergarten and I moved away when I was about 8. Luckily her mom to this day still lives in that same house (40+years). Anyway, you didn't really ask this but even if it's just sending a xmas card every year, when they are older and able to write on their own or be on Facebook, etc, they will remain friends which is important. Good luck!
I really like the idea of a photo pillow....just skip the T-shirt part! You can do the iron on kind yourself if you buy the transfer paper to run through your printer. You could even put it on a plain pillowcase!
Also what about a small photo album of pictures of them together over the years (all 6 of them!). My son would be totally bummed out if his best bud was moving away, so hopefully they can talk on the phone often...
A durable picture frame with a picture of the two of them, perhaps a bracelet, ring, earrings, or neclace so she has something to wear that will remind her of her friend. I would say a nice little starionary set but I don't know how "into" writting letters kids these days are. I just think it would be cute for them to have a matching set so they can write each other letters and having the matching set would make it special.
Maybe your daughter can write her a little letter to stick in the basket telling her how much she means to her and how she'll miss her or something like that.
I am sure anything you come up with will be special to her. Hope all goes well!
aww a scrapbook is a great idea. My daughters best friend is moving away too :-( me and her mom are super close as well. My daughter is 7 and they've been friends since they were born! lol..
Photos of the 2 of them, even if you have to quick take them now.
