How to Create a Gift Basket for a Female Colleague

You can easily create an inexpensive custom gift basket for a female colleague. Select a few items that will make her life a bit more relaxed and put them in a basket chosen especially for her.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Gift Ribbons
• Ribbons
• Tissue Paper
• Foot-massaging Slippers
• Greeting Cards
• Baskets
• Cellophane Gift Wrap
• Gift Bags
• Gift Bows
• Wrapping Paper
• Small Boxes Of Chocolates
• Teas
• Bubble Baths Capsules
• Hand And Body Lotion
• Favorite CDs
• Gift Certificates
• Shredded-paper Filling
• Baskets
• Tissue paper

Choosing the Gifts and Basket

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   Select items from the following sure-to-please gifts: pleasantly scented hand and body lotions, foot-massaging slippers, a small box of top-quality chocolate candy, a variety of soothing teas, bubble bath capsules, CDs of her favorite music.

2. Pick a basket style. Choose from baskets with one handle, with two side handles, or without handles. Make certain the basket is large enough to hold the gifts you have selected.

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   Select a natural wicker basket for its neutral color.

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   Use shredded paper filling to make the gifts fit snugly in the basket.

5. Buy a humorous greeting card.

Packing the Basket

6. Wrap each present with a colorful 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 to the wrap.

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