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20 Christmas Gift Basket Ideas
Whether you’re on a tight budget and want to create a handmade gift to save money, or you just want to give something that’s more personalized, a gift basket is always well-received and very much appreciated.
To make a gift basket, think of the recipient’s interests or hobbies. Does the person enjoy reading or do they have a green thumb, or maybe they can use a little pampering? Whatever their pursuits or needs are, you can easily fill a basket with items that are well-suited for them. Start off with a basket or pretty container, cellophane and ribbon and use the following ideas to create your basket. And remember to add a special note with your basket.
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1. Baking Kit Gift Basket Idea
Love someone who loves to bake? Put together this baking kit and they will thank you later.
2. Movie Night Gift Basket Idea
Give the gift of at-home entertainment by filling a large popcorn bowl with movie night essentials and specialty items:
Christmas movie
Candy
Throw blanket (Fleece Throw Blanket for $8.49)
3. Coffee Gift Basket Idea
Have a friend who can't live without their morning (and afternoon) coffee? Pack a basket full of buzz-worthy items:
For those who love lattes and cappuccinos, you can add this milk frother.
Glass jar with biscotti
4. Tea Time
If coffee isn't their thing, give the gift of tea (for two, of course). A set of beautiful antique-style cups and saucers, specialty tea blends and delicious shortbread biscuits.
5. Charcuterie Board
Purchase a blend of artisanal cheeses, fruit spreads, nuts and gourmet crackers and place alongside a cutting board and beautiful spreading knives.
6. Handy DIYer Gift Basket Idea
If someone on your Christmas list is always building something or diving into another home improvement project, whip up a basket with some DIY essentials. (We’re always losing tape measures, safety glasses, work gloves around here.)
Drill & drive bit set with case
7. S’mores Kit Gift Basket Idea
This is another fun one for families with kids, especially if that family enjoys spending time in their backyard.
Marshmallows
Hershey chocolate bars
Reese’s cups
8. Craft Night for Kids
Encourage your budding artist to tap into their creativity and discover new skills with a basket overflowing with arts and crafts supplies. For the painter or drawer, fill a basket with watercolors, a book of drawing prompts, paintbrushes and more, or easily tailor this gift to your child's interests, whether that's photography, jewelry making or sculpting.
9. Spa Gift Set Idea
This basket is especially perfect for anyone newly retired, someone with health issues who can’t leave home often, or a new mom. But really… we could all use a spa pampering sesh every now and then.
Throw blanket (Fleece Throw Blanket for $8.49)
Essential oil set with 6 different scents
Apothecary jar with bath salts (lavender scented Epsom salt)
Hand and foot set (Burt's Bees, 6 Skincare Products, Tips & Toes Set - Pomegranate Lip Balm, Almond Milk & Honey Hand Creams, Coconut Foot Cream, Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream & Hand Salve)
10. Cozy at Home Christmas Basket Idea
This is another sweet idea as a housewarming gift. It’s hard to dislike a canister filled with cookies, cocoa, and a cozy blanket. If you choose to give this basket in warmer months instead, substitute the cocoa with ice cream sundae fixings.
Candle
Picture frame
Cookie canister with cookies
Hot cocoa mix
11. Grandparent Basket
I couldn’t decide what to get for my parents or my in-laws one year, so I decided to fill baskets with personalized family gifts. I added gifts that their grandchildren made for them, the artwork that the kids made, recent family pictures in frames, and a videos of our family on vacation. Both sets of grandparents loved them and they’re still talking about them.
12. For the Wine Connoisseur
Add their favorite bottle (or two, or three) of wine. Add pretty stemware, a wine spout, glass charms and more.
13. Pancake Breakfast Gift Basket
Instead of a basket, make your gift container a mixing bowl or a utensil crock so it’s even more useful.
14. Family Game Night Basket
Families who play together stay together. Compile 2-3 small games like UNO, Skip-Bo, dominoes, and Phase 10 along with a few snacks.
15. Book Lover's Basket
For the avid reader, find out what genre she likes and head to the bookstore. Fill the basket with assorted teas and cookies and a few books, including ones on CDs that she can listen to while driving.
16. Pasta Night Basket
Fill a colander or large bowl with gourmet pasta, gourmet sauce, extra-virgin olive oil, spices (basil, oregano, garlic powder), a pair of thongs and a pasta cookbook.
17. Tasty Tapas
Surprise your best friend or favorite hostess with a collection of open-and-serve items like gourmet dips, salami, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Include small tapas plates and dipping bowls.
18. Gardening Basket
For someone with a green thumb. Fill a terra cotta pot or watering can with gardening gloves, gardening tools, a variety of seed packets and decorative plant markers.
19. Crafting Basket
Use a pretty storage container for her crafting supplies (depending on what kinds of crafts she does), which can include scrapbooking paper, glue gun and glue sticks, decoupage medium, gel pens, rolls of ribbon and florist’s foam.
20. Sports Basket
One year, my husband and I made one for my brother-in-law who is a big sports enthusiast. We filled a large canvas bag with sports jerseys, baseball caps, books on sports, trading cards, a beer mug, nuts and chips.
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