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A Holiday Gift Basket Idea
If you like to put together gift baskets regularly, see the great tips for finding supplies on the Homemade Gift Basket Idea page. Also be sure to see all the Gourmet Gift Basket Ideas. 
Don't think this holiday gift basket idea is just for women! Many guys will enjoy having handy craft supplies for projects. Gather a variety of craft items in a rubber tub or tote bag. If you know the recipient's hobbies, you can get specific supplies, especially ones they might not buy for themselves. If you don't know what projects they usually like, choose items that anyone can use like glue gun, scissors, ribbon, stickers, paint or paint pens. You can also include a gift certificate to an local or online craft 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. Fill a top hat with fun! 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. 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. 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. 
Here's a great gift basket 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. This holiday gift basket idea is for someone who is just starting out or someone who just needs a fresh start in the kitchen! 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. 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. Have fun! From Mel, the Gift Girl Return Home From A Holiday Gift Basket Idea
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