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Police Officer Survival Kit – Appreciation Week Goodie Bags

May 5, 2014 By MommyOctopus 20 Comments
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Survival Kit for Law Enforcement Officers Police Sheriff with FREE Printable



In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls, as National Police Week.  This year, the week is Sunday, May 11th through Saturday, May 17th.  That’s next week!  My husband works for the local Sheriff’s Department so I’ve been coming up with a Police Officer Appreciation goodie bag to pass out to his fellow deputies.  My goal is to make 50 bags from our family, but I think it would be super awesome if some of y’all wanted to make some as well! 

Materials needed:

  • Paper bags
  • Ribbon spools in a thicker blue and a thin black
  • Hole Punch
  • Individually Wrapped Candies of the following: Lifesavers, Starburst, Payday, Hershey Kisses, Gum, Tootsie Rolls, York Peppermint Patty, Snickers, and Mounds.

First up, the printables.  I have uploaded them so they are easy to print.  2 print per page and then you cut them to glue to the white bags.

Free Printables:

  • Survival Kit for Sheriff’s Department
  • Survival Kit for Police
  • Survival Kit for Law Enforcement Officers
  • Survival Kit for Soldiers
  • Survival Kit for First Responders

Next, simply put together the candy needed for each bag. Police Officer Appreciation

Fold over the top of the bag and punch 2 holes.  Using the same length of the black and blue ribbons, cut off enough to thread through the holes and tie in a nice bow.  Ribbon can easily be found at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or even some Walmarts.  Now all you have to do is drop off with your local department and make their day!

Thanks so much for helping to support our officers!  What are you doing during police officer appreciation week?

Comments

  1. JudyFeldhausen says

    May 6, 2014 at 4:48 pm

    I’m a Law Enforcement Chaplain so I cover a lot of different departments in two counties. You have some great ideas. Thank you.
    Judy

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    • MommyOctopus says

      May 6, 2014 at 4:57 pm

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply
      • Christine Perez says

        August 4, 2016 at 2:26 pm

        Im doing this project in New Jersey.
        My goal is to do all counties in the entire state . i would love to get everyone involved especially wanna get together with the person who created this project and get it aired on the news.
        Great way to show our appreciation for our law enforcement for their services.

        Reply
        • MommyOctopus says

          August 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm

          Hi Christine. I made the printable and you’re welcome to use it. What a great thing you are doing.

          Reply
      • ANGIE says

        May 1, 2021 at 11:45 pm

        These ideas are awesome!! Thank you for making them printable!! God bless!!

        Reply
  2. Linda Knepper says

    April 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    You are so clever — this is the sweetest/cutest/most thoughtful idea I’ve seen! We are a police family (Father-in-law, and now our son), are officers and this is just the BEST idea to give these goodie bags out, so our officers know we do think about them, whether we know them or not! You are such a good person! Thank you — Linda

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  3. Michael Maloney says

    August 17, 2015 at 2:05 am

    You have got a great idea here, this can and will lift the spirits of our law-enforcement officials if they’re having a bad day. Also they will, at the very least feel appreciated and not taken for granted. AWESOME IDEA !!!
    Need more people like yourself,
    Thank you,
    Michael

    Reply
  4. Jenny says

    August 18, 2015 at 1:40 am

    LOVE this idea! Not so sure I can wait until next May to share some goodies with my local police dept…. too cute and thoughtful to postpone! Thank you for sharing such a great idea!

    Reply
  5. Ruth says

    July 18, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    With the officers being killed in Baton Rouge, I wanted to do something to show support for low enforcement officials. We are doing this for each one in the entire parish from State Police to city police to sheriff’s offices. We are also adding mosquito spray and sunblock. One of the Officers told me they usually didn’t have any and are frequently caught without either, suddenly stuck out in the sun with no protection. With West Nile Virus and the heat and sun of the deep south, these are lifesaver as well. Thank you so much for this idea.

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    • MommyOctopus says

      July 19, 2016 at 11:46 am

      Those are excellent ideas to add! Thanks for replying!

      Reply
  6. Sarah says

    January 26, 2017 at 7:18 am

    Thank you for the ideas! My children and I are making these bags today! How many do you thiink would be good to make? 20?

    Reply
    • MommyOctopus says

      January 26, 2017 at 8:00 am

      Any amount would be great!

      Reply
  7. Cindy Lott says

    March 20, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    Hi I love your pintables. I am hosting a First Responders Appreciation Day this weekend. Can you edit a PDF to say Survival Kit for Fist Responders. The printable will not let me edit. Thank You for these.

    Reply
    • MommyOctopus says

      March 21, 2017 at 8:09 pm

      Great idea! Adding it now!

      Reply
  8. LeDetri Jenkins says

    April 24, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    What size paper bags did you use? Do you have the dimensions by chance?

    Reply
    • MommyOctopus says

      April 24, 2017 at 4:57 pm

      These were just lunch bag sizes that I found at Target. Amazon has them, too: http://amzn.to/2oFwOiV

      Reply
  9. Linda gibson says

    February 12, 2018 at 2:36 pm

    can you make one especially for fire departments I would love to have my Sunday school do this

    Reply
  10. Grandma says

    October 21, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    I was very moved by this whole movement. My grandson is a police officer in N.C. And when I go down there in May I think I will do that for him and his fellow officers. Thanks for the idea. grandma

    Reply
  11. Melissa says

    May 8, 2020 at 6:21 am

    Excellent way to show support to all the men and women in Law Enforcement! I’ve used your Law Enforcement Officer design to create a Correction Officer Survival Kit and it was a huge hit this week for Correction Officers Week 2020.
    Thanks Again!

    Reply
    • MommyOctopus says

      May 8, 2020 at 1:47 pm

      Thank you for supporting your local officers!

      Reply

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