Camp care package: What to send tweens and teens

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New York: My son sent a single postcard home his first time at sleep-away camp. "Send a juggling ball and fun toys," was just about all it said. This year I pledge to send the best camp care package ever, including not one, but three juggling balls, which seems like the right number if you actually plan to juggle. But what else qualifies as a "fun toy" for a kid in middle school or high school? Here are some ideas for what to send tweens, teens and teenage counsellors at sleep-away camp.

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Rubik's Cube, yo-yos, playing cards, Frisbees, super-bouncy balls, flip-flops, prank toys, graphic novels, comic books, novels, joke books, wristbands, headbands, ponytail holders, hair clips, new socks, toiletries and after-sports wipes are all possibilities, depending on your child's interests (though some of these items assume a level of personal hygiene not always observed at sleep-away camp).

If kids are hiking and camping out, consider a compass or windup flashlight. Some parents send individual powdered drink packets to improve what one mom described as "yucky camp water."

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