How to Make a Personalized Gift Basket

Create a personalized gift basket filled with gourmet treats for a tasty gift.

You can create a personalized gift basket for someone special to celebrate a birthday, holiday or other special occasion. Fill the basket with a variety of small gift items based on the recipient's specific interests and hobbies such as whether she gardens as a hobby, loves movies or is a coffee connoisseur. These gift baskets can be assembled inexpensively at home and make a great tailor-made gift for a friend for a specific occasion.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Woven basket
• Ribbons
• Tissue paper
• Gift items
• Card
• Wrapping paper (optional)

1. Decide on a theme for the gift basket that reflects the recipient's interests and taste, such as sports, movies, animals, or coffee. Choose a theme you are confident the recipient enjoys and, if in doubt, ask close friends or family members for advice.

2. Determine a budget amount to spend on the contents of the gift basket before shopping to ensure you do not overspend. Decide how many gifts you want to include in the basket and whether it will feature many small inexpensive gifts or one large extravagant gift surrounded by a few smaller gifts.

3. Purchase gift items to include in the gift basket based on the chosen theme. Choose an engraved coffee mug, several varieties of coffee flavors and a box of biscottis or scones for a coffee-themed basket. Fill a movie lover's basket with all the necessities for a fun movie night complete with a couple DVD's, popcorn, candy and an engraved snack bowl. Include a pair of gardening gloves, small hand tools, seed packets and a book on gardening techniques for a gardening theme.

4. Select a woven basket large enough to hold the items you purchased. Match the style of the basket to the recipient's taste and home decor so she can use the basket for other purposes after the gifts are used or removed.

5. Lay tissue paper in the bottom of the gift basket and arrange the gifts in the basket, placing the largest one first and the smaller gifts around it. You can wrap each gift in colorful wrapping paper before placing them in the basket.

6. Wrap a long, colorful ribbon on the handle of the basket for a finishing touch. Include a card with a handwritten note stating the purpose of the gift, whether for a holiday or just a gesture showing you appreciate your friend.

References

• Homemade Gift Basket Ideas: Gift Basket Themes
• Gift and Gift Basket Ideas: How to Choose the Best Basket or Container For Your Gift Basket