Handy Person Tool Kit

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Graduation this year is a little odd. High school seniors don't know when college will start.

College graduates don't know when and where they can apply for jobs or when they can get their own place to live.

One thing that hasn't changed is that graduation gifts still need to be given.

One thing I've always given someone going into dorm life or into their first apartment is a Tool Kit. I've had more than one recipient tell me that it was the best gift they received!

Guys get things like this all the time at wedding showers and graduations, but girls need to learn how to deal with "guy stuff" too—like putting furniture together, repairing something, or simply hanging a poster.

You can buy tool kits alredy put together, but for girls, the color is usually pink which, believe it or not, most women don't like. Same for guys. They're blue when most men would prefer black or maybe red.

I like to find a tool box or caddy that the recipient likes as to color, where they can store it, and how large it should be to contain useful tools but not large enough to become a junk pit.

Handy Person Tool Kit

Assemble these tools in a roomy compartmented tool box or bucket caddy:

• Lightweight claw hammer
• insulated pair of regular pliers
• insulated pair of needlke-nose pliers
• insulated flat slot screw driver
• insulated phillips-head screw driver
• a staple gun, manual or electric
• box of extra staples
• a 25' retractable tape measure
• plastic case of assorted picture hangers and nails
• a pair of utility scissors.

If you've got the above tools, you can put together any kind of knockdown furniture, hang curtain rods, pictures, and do just about any craft or decorating project.

Useful gifts are often the best gifts.

Takeaway Truth

Hang in there, Graduates. Normalcy will return so you can get on with your lives.

Congratulations and good luck!