A Holiday Gift Basket Idea
If you need a holiday gift basket idea, you will find inspiration here! My holiday gift basket ideas will help you put together a beautiful present right at home...or in the car on the way to the party!
Gather a variety of craft supplies and organize them in a five gallon bucket with a fabric tool sorter available at any home improvement store.
Find a large bowl from a discount or dollar store that is the color of a favorite sports team. Fill the game night snack bowl with extra special sodas, microwave popcorn, chips, dip mix, a cap or t-shirt, collectible cards, tickets to a game and a poster or calendar.
At right: Football Frenzie from Design it Yourself Gift Baskets
Fill a top hat with fun & games! You can use a real one or find a plastic model at the party supply store. Start with a fun comedy video. Add a card game like crazy eights, joke books, and puzzle books. Tuck in several packages of candy like Sweet Tarts or jelly beans!
Gather everything needed for a home pedicure in a pretty bucket. Fill it with nail clippers and file, nail polish remover, cotton balls, a nail buffer, a thick moisturizer foot cream, and several bottles of nail polish.
At left: Beary Relaxing Pedicure Basket from Design it Yourself Gift Baskets
Make or buy a small birdhouse or feeder. Put with it a book on bird identification, a bag of birseed, and a bird themed calandar or notepad.
Fill a large plastic bucket with car supplies such as car wash, sponge or micro-fiber cloth, air freshener, wax, tire cleaner, vehicle orgainzers, an ice scraper or sun shade and a unique key ring.
Find all different sorts of candles - tea lights, tapers, pillars, etc. - in a variety of scents. Put in a few candle holders or a mirrored tray. Use a cheap dried potpourri for packing.
Here's a great holiday gift basket idea for a fisherman. Fill a tall sturdy basket or a tackle box with fishing hooks and lures, bait, fishing line, snacks, new filet knife and a fishing magazine.
At right: Hook, Line & Sinker Fishing Basket from
Design it Yourself Gift Baskets
This basket might be called an Extreme Makeover - Kitchen Utensils Edition. Begin with a large glass measuring container or mixing bowl. Line it with a pretty set of napkins or dish towels. Add cooking utensils, a good paring knife and peeler, measuring spoons and cups, a kitchen timer, oven mits, etc. You can also buy or print personalized recipe cards to slip in.
If you need a holiday gift basket idea for a musician, purchase an old fashioned metronome or an electric pocket style. Add a CD from a favorite singer, music books, personalized stationary with musical notes and any other theme items such as t-shirt, bumper sticker, etc. If it is Christmas time, you can look for an ornament with their instument or musical notes.
Select a decorative planter and fill it with seed packets or bulbs, gardening gloves, hand shovel and a gardening books or magazines. For a really bright look, add a small flowering potted plant.
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