Doing laundry is never fun, but it helps to have all the tools of the trade. Create a box with laundry detergent (preferably dry), dryer sheets, pre-treater (the kind in a stick that won’t leak), a roll of quarters (if they can use them) and a few plastic hangers.

Make Your Own Cookies, cakes, etc
Make your own cookies. Put dry ingredients into plastic or Tupperware containers to keep ingredients dry and fresh. Don’t forget to include a recipe with the dry mix of what wet ingredients they need to add and how to bake the special treat.

Business Cards are a great way for missionaries to give their contact information to investigators and others.

Stationary can be a simple project that can really mean a lot to your missionary. You can make the stationary (similar to the business cards) as simply or as elaborately as you like. These can be a very cute and personalized way to show your missionary you care.

Missionary all have favorites that they can’t get on their missions. Find out what special things they would like that you can ship to him/her safely. You never know how excited the little things will mean to him/her.

Missionaries love getting news from home. Create a newsletter for your missionary and include important events about your family, city, ward, and stake. You could include weddings, births, new jobs, sibling’s sporting events, etc.

You get creative. You can even include pictures to spruce up your newsletter. You can handwrite and draw your newsletter, photocopying pictures into it. You could even print it out in color to give it that added flare.

There’s nothing your missionary wants more than to hear your voice. Using a video or audio tape recorder, talk, sing, share or whatever your missionary would enjoy. You might want to record a Family Home Evening or Family Council so your missionary will feel part of the family.

Send a candy gram with special messages for your missionary like, ” a real SWEETHEART” & “Wow, what a HUNK,” replacing the words in capitals with the candy.