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Holiday Gift Basket Ideas
If you are looking for a
personalized gift that will meet the interests of each and every gift
recipient, try making them a gift basket. Be sure to relate the
basket to the theme. For example fill a football helmet with fun
items for a football fan; Fill a popcorn bowl for the movie maniac
that you know; Use a bucket as the basket for the automotive enthusiast
in your life. The point is to be creative with the basket that you
use and the items that you fill it with.
Be sure to use some
filler paper in the bottom of you basket to take up some space.
Also you can wrap items in cellophane, tie with ribbons or add a bow to
give it a distinctive look.
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- Movie Mania: Start with a plastic popcorn bowl and customize
it using permanent markers or puffy paint. Then fill the bowl
with microwave popcorn, large candy bars, and a gift certificate to
the local video rental store or movie theatre, DVDs.
- Gardener's
Delight:
Purchase a
large PLASTIC flower pot at the local craft store. Fill the pot
with potting soil, gardening gloves, a small trough, and most
importantly packets of forget-me-not flower seeds.
- Breakfast in a
Basket:
Home made breads,
bagels, gourmet jam, canned fruit, specialty coffee, tea and coffee
mugs.
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Tossed salad:
Use a large salad bowl
for a basket. Fill with jars of olives, balsamic vinegar,
olive oil, croutons, decorative salad tongs, pepper grinder, salad
bowls.
- Mexican Fiesta:
Purchase a
large, bright colored basket, Fill with salsa, tortilla chips, CD of
salsa music, margarita glasses, margarita mix.
- Baking Bonanza:
Measuring cups and spoons, potholders, cutting board, wooden spoon,
cupcake pans, spatula, sprinkles, nuts, cookie cutters, muffin
mixes, cookie mixes, cookbook.
- Ice Cream Lovers:
Ice cream scoop, nuts, hot fudge, caramel, M&M's, ice cream cones,
maraschino cherries, gift card for local ice cream parlor.
- Chocoholic:
brownie mix, chocolate covered pretzels, hot chocolate, chocolate
chip cookie mix, Hershey Kisses, melting chocolate, chocolate
cookies, chocolate muffins.
- Beauty Queen:
nail polish, polish remover, nail file, bubble bath, hand cream,
perfume, hair dryer, round brushes.
- Tee Time:
Get a golf bag cooler and
fill with water bottles, golf balls, tees, visor or cap, towel, club
covers, golf shirt, golf book or magazines.
- Automobile
Enthusiast:
Fill a bucket with car wax, car wash, wheel cleaner, ice scraper,
air freshener, upholstery cleaner.
- Football
Frenzy:
Use a football helmet and fill with snacks, dips, team memorabilia,
beer mugs, game tickets, sports calendar, sports books or magazines.
- Tween/Teen
Special (Girls):
makeup, nail polish, magazines, gift certificate to Hollister,
Abercrombie, Claires or American Eagle, jewelry, Vera Bradley bag,
movie tickets.
- Italian
Delight:
Purchase a colander and fill it with olive oil, balsamic vinegar,
pasta, biscotti, truffles, tomato sauce, provolone cheese, roasted
peppers, breadsticks.
- Family Night:
Fill a basket
with snacks, DVDs, board games, playing cards, movie tickets, and
restaurant gift cards.
- Book Worm:
Books, book store gift cards, magazines, book marker, reading light,
crossword puzzle books.
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