How to Create a Gift Basket for a Football Fan

It's easy to create a custom gift basket for an ardent football fan. Just select a variety of items that the fan can use when watching the game and pack them into a basket that can hold his or her football paraphernalia.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Ribbons
• Waterproof Rain Gears
• Greeting Cards
• Mini AM/FM Battery Radios
• Baskets
• Cellophane Gift Wrap
• Wall Calendars
• Wrapping Paper
• Microwave Popcorn
• Gift Certificates
• Shredded-paper Filling
• Binoculars
• Football Team Hats
• Football Team Sweatshirts

Choosing the Gifts and Basket

1. Select some gifts for at-home use and others for use in a football stadium: a month-at-a-glance calendar, microwave popcorn, a football theme mouse pad, a sweatshirt with a favorite team's logo, a hat with a favorite team's logo, a mini AM/FM radio and binoculars (both for seats in a stadium's nosebleed section), plastic raingear, and a VCR tape (for emergencies, like attending weddings).
2. Pick a basket style. Your choices include those with one handle, with two side handles, or without handles. Make certain the basket is large enough to hold the gifts you have selected.
3. Choose a neutral color by selecting a natural wicker basket.
4. Use shredded paper filling to make the gifts fit snugly in the basket.
5. Buy a humorous, football theme greeting card.

Packing the Basket

6. Wrap each present with a football theme gift wrap.
7. Put a layer of shredded paper filling on the bottom of the basket.
8. Place the wrapped gifts vertically or horizontally in the basket, as space allows, pushing the filling between gifts to ensure a very snug fit. Cover some of the gifts completely with the filling to create mini surprises when the basket is unpacked.
9. Place the basket in the center of a large piece of clear or tinted cellophane gift wrap. You may need two pieces of the wrap to completely cover a large basket.
10. Bring all sides of the wrap to a few inches above the top of the basket. Secure the wrap by tying it with a long, colorful ribbon.
11. Tape your greeting card onto the wrap.