If you have digital photos, print them out on photo paper and use a scissors to cut them out. Pick out a photo album from the store - you can find inexpensive albums at drugstores - or make your own if you’re the crafty type. Write captions underneath the photos. You can write about what you remember from the day the photo was taken, or write down inside jokes the two of you share. You can create an online photo album instead. That way, both of you will have a copy,
Make matching bracelets, one for you and one for your friend, so that you’ll think of each other when you look at them. You can buy friendship bracelets or necklaces made from silver or gold if you want to go for something more expensive. Choose the classic broken heart halves (one for you, the other for your friend) or a variety of other available designs.
Choose a container for the package. You can decorate a box, use a gift bag, or repurpose a tote bag or purse. Add a few things that represent your hometown. You could include incense or candles from your favorite shop, a book from the bookstore where you’ve always hung out together, or a mug from the coffee shop where you met before school. Include some tasty comfort foods. Make your friend a batch of cookies to enjoy on the flight to her new city, or slip in an array of her favorite candy.
Write down your recollection of how you met. Do you remember the first time you and your friend hit it off? Sometimes you just know when someone you meet is going to end up being a great friend. Write down some of your favorite memories. Recall movies you saw together, concerts you attended, fun sleepovers you had. If you want, open your heart even more. You can talk about the bad times, too, and how much the two of you have grown as friends as a result of overcoming them.
Draw funny cartoon scenes of the two of you together. Write something in code and include a decoder on the back of the letter.
Tell everyone who is invited to write down a fun memory that involves your best friend. At the party, take turns reading the memories. Bake or buy a goodbye cake to share at the party. Write WE’LL MISS YOU! with your friend’s name across the top of the cake.
Ask your friend if she needs help packing. That’s a good way to spend time with her and help her reduce the stress of moving. She may be busy with her family during those last few days. If that’s the case, drop by for an hour or so to say your goodbyes.
It can be hard to directly express deep feelings to someone else, but now is the time to do it. Tell your friend you love her and will miss her. Sometimes “goodbye” is too hard to say. A hug and a sincere smile will tell your friend everything she needs to know.
