DECORATIONS
- Make a banner to hang over your fence, patio, front door or garage. You can get a plain bedsheet for about $5, and use craft paints to make a great welcome home sign!
- Paper chains decorated by the kids make great decorations to hang all over!
- Crepe Paper streamers and balloons
- Sidewalk chalk to make signs on the drive, walk, and patio, welcoming home your sailor
- T-shirts with photos of the family, or special pictures, anything special to say welcome home
- Favorite Flowers, vased at home or wrapped at the homecoming
- Decorated dixie cups (you can get these hats at Oriental Trading.com)
- Plant some special plants, flowers aroudn the house to dress it up for a spring or summer homecoming
- Holiday lights are a great addition to make the house pop out if you are driving up in the evening, If you are not going to be home for a while, you can get a timer to set them on, and have them turn on just before you get home
ACTIVITIES
- Take your special sailor out to a nice dinner
- Plan a night in with family, playing board games or card games
- Run a hot bath or shower, light a few cadles, and invite your sailor to wash off that boat residue, and relax for a few, and then enjoy a body massage at yor own skilled hands
- Make a special dinner with their favorite foods
- Invite a couple friends over and have a laid back movie night, or get together to catch up, and just take it easy
- Take your sailor out for a nice walk to see the neighborhood, or even just the mall
HOMECOMING GIFTS
- A special card made by you and/or the kids
- Dinner out at their favorite restaurant
- Video games that have been released since your sailor went on deployment/underway
- A good book
- New music
- A gift certificate for a night out
- A super clean house
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