Army Wife Survival Kit for Wife To be

rhi_to_be_debt_free

Hello everyone.

I am hoping you can help. My friend is getting married soon to a her lovely man who is in the army. For her hen do, me and the other 2 bridesmaids wanted to put together a fun survival kit for her for when he is away for months on end and she is left on her own.

She moved away from our home town and so when he is away a lot of her close friends are 2 hours away so we wanted a survival kit that was both fun and sentimental so she knows we will always be there for her.

we came up with a couple of silly ideas e.g blow up husband, box of chocolates, box of tissues.
plus we thought a book for her to put her "emergency" numbers in (eg her close friends to call for a chat when feeling low)

however i am now stuck on ideas. we want it both naughty, fun and sentimental so a mixture of things if possible.

can anyone help a very unimaginative bridesmaid?

x

Tigerlilley1980

How about some top up mobile credit for whichever network she is on, one of those mini bottles of wine or a mini liquer such as Baileys. I would be tempted to put a facemask in aswell to help her chill. How about a book of stamps and some gorgeous writing paper and envelopes so she can write to hubby! Ermmm nice bubble bath, a good book, Can't think of anything else, but will deffo come back and update if I think of anything else!

A photo frame with a pic of her friends in, or make a collage of you all and put in a clip frame, maybe even with pics of landmarks from her hometown!

Tiger xx

poet123

Bottle of wine, rampant rabbit,(!!) membership to dvd rental club, book of poems, basic DIY manual, books, notebook from husband to be, in which he has written little messages (obtained secretly by you, and maybe returned to you in a sealed envelope to avoid embarrassment?) holiday brochures for her to plan a trip for his return, vouchers for a short break, spa voucher, and IOU from her friends stating that if she phones and is down they will drop everything to be there, magazines, tickets for a show for during the period he is away, photos of them together that she may not have a copy of.

Some ideas you can maybe use?

Tigerlilley1980

Love the diy manual idea! xx

rhi_to_be_debt_free

Thank you so much, these are already great -

i have another bridesmaid already on the case to get answers from the groom for mr and mrs questions (to ask on the hen do) - i will definately now get her to ask him to write messages for her in a book that is such a lovely idea.

rhi_to_be_debt_free

i also love the diy manual - may be i should get her a small tool kit as well haha

RustyFlange

Sorry to butt in, I just saw the title and couldn't run.

Some emergency choccy.
A hot water bottle (to keep the bed warm!)
A nice long book
some girly mags
Some nail polish
A torch for when the electirc goes off!
A candle for the same reason as above!

poet123

God, how could I have forgotten chocolate?????

rhi_to_be_debt_free

Hvae to admit chocolate was the first thing on my list. think for most girls that goes without saying te he. (it will be a big box)

love the idea of hot water bottle to keep the bed warm,

funky_snow

ok this might be a little cheesy and depends on how well you know the groom to be... One boyfriend bought me a bear from one of those bear workshop places - and you can record your own message - and he recorded 'i love you' - so that i could hear him say it even if he wasn't with me... Failing that - it could be messages from the hens saying it or something else to make her laugh...

poet123

What about a CD compilation of their favourite songs?