Printable College Packing List: Girls

Sending your girls- oops, young women!- off to college is something else, parents. We’ve never experienced something quite like this. It’s what we planned for and trained for, but at the same time, it’s what we’re least prepared to do! While we can no longer help them navigate day-to-day life, we can do our best to help prepare our girls for their college careers. Here’s a Printable College Packing List For Girls that will get you to campus for college drop-off. Affiliate links are included in this post.

Printable College Packing List: Girls Dorms and Apartments

Let’s face it: sometimes having boys is “easier.”

But girls are more fun when it comes to packing them off for college!

Girls tend to want to decorate, guys tend to want function first- decorations come later. So this list has a few decoration ideas included.

We went through this with our oldest son who moved into his first college apartment and now we’re packing up our daughter as well.

Weep!

• furnished apartment- check!
• couple of roommates- check!
• separate rooms and bathrooms- check!

But we did find a few things we left off our college checklist for girls.

Here’s a printable college packing list for girl’s apartments and dorms that may help you plan for a better move-in.

A Girl’s College Apartment Must-Haves

If your daughter is moving into an apartment, check out our list of a girl’s college apartment must-haves:

• Blue IKEA Frakta Bags for move-in. You can leave things on the hangers and go from bag to closet in seconds. Bags fold up and can store under a bed until move-out
• wagon or cart for grocery hauls
• rain gear: umbrella or rain boots for walking across campus
• ice scrapper for their car if parked on the streets in colder climates
• small tool kit is a guy’s college apartment must-have!
• Brita-type water pitcher and filter
• rugs for rooms with laminate flooring
• first aid kit
• full length over the door mirror is a guy’s college apartment must-have
• hanging closet organizer
• magic space-saving hangers
• mattress topper – especially for pre-furnished apartments
• foldable chair or bean bag
• floor or desk lamp
• LED lighting (check apartment rules about using them on the walls first)
• Firestick and monitor to watch movies

Dorm Room Essentials: Girls

Moving into a dorm is generally the first step to college life for most girls.

We added a few things to the above girl’s college apartment must-have list to round out what you’ll need in a college packing list for girls.

• Blue IKEA Frakta Bags for move-in– trust us, they live up to the hype.
• mattress topper- the dorm room essential for girls who want to sleep comfortably!
• ottoman with inside storage that can double as a step for lofted beds
• lap desk for laptop work in bed
• soundproof earplugs for shared rooms is a dorm room essential for girls that have snoring roommates
• bedside caddy to store her phone
• bed rail for high lofted beds are important on this dorm room essentials girls list
• air freshener
• mini-fridge
• hanging closet organizer
• magic space-saving hangers
• a fan is a dorm room essential for girls: cools them down and acts as white noise
• collapsable laundry baskets for space-saving purposes
• command hooks
• foldable chair or bean bag
• baskets for storage

Unexpected Things To Bring To College

There are some things you may have left off your college packing list for girls, but that’s what we’re here to remind you of those unexpected things to bring to college.

These are the things we remembered to send later, and Amazon came through. But add it to your college checklist for girls now so you won’t have to panic buy later!

• trash can(s) for the room and bathroom. Don’t forget the liners!
• masks – they won’t use them unless they need them. And a need could arise. So pack a few masks for emergency quarantines
• cork boards for easy decorating and note making
• over the toilet shelf (can also be used over the mini-fridge for food storage)
• plants
• flashlight
• scissors
• laundry soap
• robe if sharing a bathroom or room
• shower shoes if sharing a bathroom
• mini lock box or small safe for important papers, passport, items
• extra long phone chargers and extension chords
• throw blanket for the guy who doesn’t want to make her bed every day

What NOT To Add To Your College Packing List For Girls

Look, we just want to keep everyone honest here.

The number one thing we decided against packing/buying for our daughter’s college apartment was blackout curtains.

We know they are on a lot of college packing lists, but we know our daughter and knew this would be a recipe for disaster.

If you’ve had to wake a teen up for school over the years, you know that a dark cave of a room is conducive to sleeping all. day. long.

So this is on our list of things NOT to add to your college checklist for girls if you want them to, you know, actually wake up for class.

Printable PDF College Packing List For Girls

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