Creative Ideas, Themes and How To's for Gift Baskets
Instead of purchasing generic gift baskets for your friends and family members, you can make your own customized gift baskets that you know will appeal to each loved one's individual personality. Select a theme and then have fun gathering items and assembling them into a personalized, creative gift basket. Consider using other containers instead of baskets, so that the container itself can double as a useful gift.
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Movie Lover's Gift Basket
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For the movie lover in your family or group of friends, put together a movie-themed gift basket. Use a large popcorn bowl as the container, and fill it with movie-related gifts, including new or used DVDs, a gift card to a local movie theater or movie rental store, bags of microwaveable popcorn, a fleece blanket for cozy at-home movie watching and a poster representing one of the gift recipient's favorite movies.
Breakfast Gift Basket
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Put together a tasty breakfast-themed gift basket to give to your host or hostess, or to bring on a romantic weekend getaway with your significant other. Fill a classic picnic basket with muffins, scones, gourmet coffee beans, tea bags, pancake mix, a variety of jams and other breakfast fixings. Include a few hand-painted ceramic coffee mugs for an added personal touch.
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Pampering Gift Basket
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Pamper your overly stressed parent, friend, sibling or significant other with this indulgent gift basket. Include soothing bath salts and aromatherapy candles, as well as other indulgences such as a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine or champagne. Add a fun magazine or book for the gift recipient to read in the bath.
Pasta Lover's Gift Basket
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Indulge your friend's love of pasta with a pasta-themed gift basket. Use a colander or large pasta bowl as the container and fill it with fresh pastas, gourmet tomato sauces, olive oil, pasta cookbooks and spices. You can also include a gift certificate to a local Italian restaurant.
College Student Gift Basket
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Send a recent high school graduate off to college prepared with a college survival gift basket. Use a useful storage bin or shower caddy as the container. Gather items that you think a college student will appreciate having around her dorm room, such as a fleece blanket, a to-go coffee thermos, a pair of good headphones, late-night microwaveable snacks or hot chocolate mix, photographs of friends and family back home and a camera to document new adventures.
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