Ideas for a Hawaiian Themed Gift Basket
Hawaiian themed gift baskets evoke thoughts of white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, juicy tropical fruits and colorful exotic flowers. The beauty of gift baskets is that they provide several small gifts in one package, so there's a little something for everyone. Give it as a honeymoon gift, a bon voyage basket or a luau raffle prize. A tropical themed basket brings a little island warmth to any occasion.
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Exotic Fruit
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Focus on fresh exotic fruits to create a Hawaiian gift basket that gets right to the juicy heart of the tropical theme. Use a large fruit basket with a Hawaiian-print ribbon tied in a bow around the rim. Stuff the basket full with fresh pineapples, lemons, limes, mangoes, papaya and a whole coconut. Fill the empty spaces between the fruit and nut with real or fake tropical flowers to give the gift a lush look.
Gourmet Food
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Display the diverse cuisine of the many Hawaiian islands with a gift basket filled with gourmet food. Use a colorful basket lined with craft moss for the container. Fill the middle of the basket with a whole pineapple and several fresh passion fruit. Nestle packages of dried pineapple spears, dried papaya spears, dried mango, macadamia nuts, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and chocolate-covered coconut creams around the pineapple. Use extra moss to fill in any gaps between items so that the basket looks full.
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Beach Fun
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Prepare the recipient for a fun-filled vacation in Hawaii with a gift basket focused on the sand and surf. Select a large, colorful, plastic beach bucket for a container and line it with a fish-themed beach towel. Add an inflatable beach ball, Frisbee, sunglasses, sunscreen, snorkeling mask, snorkeling tube and plastic shovel to the bucket. Slide a plastic flower lei and plastic grass skirt to add an amusing twist to the gift. Wrap blue cellophane up and around the bucket. Gather the cellophane together at the top and secure with a fish-patterned ribbon tied in a bow.
Bath Fun
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Go with spa-related products to provide a mini-getaway with your Hawaiian-themed gift basket. Select a watery blue basket and place a seashell-decorated pillar candle in the center. Fill the basket with Hawaiian-themed spa items, such as gardenia-scented soap, mango body scrub, coconut-oil bath beads and pineapple foot lotion. Sprinkle seashells around the items to fill in any empty spaces.
Mini Vacation
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Create a gift basket with everything needed to have a mini Hawaiian vacation at home. Select a decorative wooden box with "Hawaii" printed across the side to serve as a container. Add two plastic grass skirts and two plastic flower leis to the box to serve as filler. Nestle a Hawaiian-themed cookbook, music CD and travel guide DVD into the box. Add an ocean-scented candle, tropical fruit juice, macadamia nuts and plastic coconut cups to complete the gift.
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