Personalized Gift Baskets

Candy Baskets

Making candy baskets can be a fun way to pass the time, or a rewarding way to earn supplemental income. Parents can use making gift baskets as an activity for their children for an afternoon or evening, or for holiday activities. It also makes a great gift for a loved one. Or with little time and effort, this fun and easy pastime can be turned to profit, especially on holidays and special occasions.

The first step in making a candy basket is to decide the type of candy basket to make. The nearest major holidays make good candidates, especially Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Halloween when candies dominate the scene. Birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions also make good reasons.

For Valentine’s or anniversaries, try a heart-shaped basket, which may be available from craft stores for you to decorate as you choose. You cannot go wrong with chocolate, and red containers and candies hint at romantic interest, while pink containers and candies makes a good choice for other purposes.

For birthdays and other special occasions, you can try to match the choice of containers and candies to the interests of the recipient, or simply choose whatever you think suits them best. Craft stores sell many types of blank containers of many materials, which can be decorated with colors, images, glitter, toy jewelry or other trinkets and adornments. Include toys, cards, and other small gifts if you wish to complete the theme.

For Easter you may wish to consider egg shaped candies and candy bunnies, and add a bit of colored ribbon and some colored eggs, and wrap in a green plastic sheet tied with a red bow to add color, or whatever else your creativity inspires. Small candy baskets can be hidden and children can have minutes or hours of fun searching for them like Easter eggs, and if each basket is a bit different from the others, they can have fun exchanging for their favorite candies with their friends.

Candy baskets can also be a great way to earn money, especially for young people. Candy baskets are popular items for fundraisers and for raffle prizes. If selling candy baskets to family and neighbors, one may consider stocking up with bite sized portions of popular candy snacks such as Snickers, Butter Fingers, Jelly Babies, Hershey’s Kisses, Life Savers, and more. For raffle prizes, you may want to try high end candies such as gourmet chocolates, or for that personal touch try your hand at homemade candies, for which many recipes are available in stores and online.

So what you are you waiting for? For your next holiday, birthday, fundraiser, or special occasion, consider making your own candy gift baskets. You’ll find that they’re fun, easy, and rewarding, and your friends and loved ones will always love the gifts you give them.

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Spa Gift Baskets

Spa gift baskets can be easily created for your best friend, coworker or any one on your gift list. Some of these baskets are feminine, some masculine, others are suitable for both male and female. You can make your baskets more personal by including something only they would be interested in. Maybe a friend or relative loves a certain products, bath oil for example. Consider buying two or three bottles and arranging them in a basket with some silk flowers for decoration.

Violets or Lavender Gift Basket
Violets and lavender are an exquisite delicate fragrance that will be enjoyed by all ages. Include to some of the following violets or lavender scented items to your basket.

Soap
Perfume
Lavender water
Body lotion
Bath salts
Bath crystal’s
Bath oil
Sachets
Bath cubes
Bath talcum powder
Cologne

Manicure Gift Basket
This is a great gift for anyone who doesn’t have their own manicure kit. Items you might include are

Emery board
Nail scissors
Cuticle cream
Orange wood sticks
Cuticle remover
Cotton’s squares
Nail buffer
Nail lotion
Nail brush
Nail polish
Cotton gloves
Nail clippers
Nail polish remover

Woman’s Bath Gift Basket
It is easy to put together a luxury gift basket that any woman would love to receive. If you know her favorite scents, use that to guide you with the items listed here.

Bath soap
Natural sponge
Bath brush
Body lotion
Shower cap
Bath salts
Bath mitt
Loofah
Bath Oil
Pumice stone
Bath pillow
Bath mats

Men’s Bath Gift Basket
If you know his favorite cents then purchase of those items to include in your gift basket. You can add a little humor to the gift by tucking in a small bath toy such as a boat or rubber ducky.

Bath soap
Soap on a rope
Body lotion
Pumice stone
Bath mats
Bath pillow
Colorful washcloths
Nail clipper

Men’s Grooming Gift Basket

If he doesn’t have a favorite scents you can choose from ones that are earthy spicy, citrus and modern blends. You can purchase everything from shampoo to body lotion, all in the same scent. Choose from the following items:

Shampoo
Shaving cream
Aftershave lotion
Body lotion
Soap
Deodorants
Hair conditioner
Cologne
Soap on a rope
Hair brush

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Gift Basket Supplies

Gift baskets are very thoughtful gifts that you can give to your friends, family, co-workers, bosses or even clients. On the next holiday or special occasion where you were planning to send a card, send a gift basket instead. To make it even more special, why not make the gift basket yourself? Most people appreciate the time and effort spent in making a homemade gift. Don’t know anything about making gift baskets? Don’t worry; this article will give you the basic things you need to know in order to make your very own gift basket.

To make your own basket, you will need to purchase some gift basket supplies. Let’s start with your gift container. A gift basket can be made out of any container. You can use wicker baskets, wood crates, wood baskets, metal tins, plastic pails, wire baskets or photo boxes. You basket can be made out of plastic, metal or any other materials. They may have a handle or not.

You can also use gift boxes with or without handles. Some even uses gift bags, stiff plastic ones, paper gift bags, muslin bags or metallic bags. No matter what kind you’d want, you will have a lot to choose from. All these come in different sizes and colors. If you’ve been receiving gift baskets before, you can even re-use these old gifts. If you do not have any container available in your home, be sure to buy all other supplies before buying your container so that you will know which size is most appropriate.

Next you’ll need fillers. Fillers are the stuff found at the basket’s bottom that acts as the base, which raises the gifts. They are also used for filling spaces in between the gifts to prevent the gifts from moving around. You can use tissue paper as filler — tissue paper comes in sheets and different colors. You can also use newspaper as the base filler, just be sure to cover it with a layer of thin tissue since the ink from newspapers can rub off. Often used fillers are shredded papers. There are also fillers made of heavier paper shreds, cellophane shreds, wood shreds, tissue paper shreds and metallic shreds. You can also use straws or fabrics as fillers.

Next supplies you’ll need are wraps. Most common wraps are made from cellophane. Cellophane comes in assorted colors, tints and prints. If you’re making a food gift basket, be sure to use FDA-approved cellophane. You can also use shrink-wraps. These are films of transparent plastic that is used to wrap the basket then when heat is applied to it; it will shrink to create a snug-fitting seal. This too comes in assorted colors and tints. Another wrap you can use are tulle netting. This is sheer and fine and is the same netting that is often used in veils.

To complete your gift basket, you’ll need to buy your gifts. You can put anything in your gift basket. Food, candles, clothes, potpourri or any personal item you’d want to give the receiver. To beautify your gift basket, you’ll need to buy bows and ribbons. These can be bought in any craft shop. They come in an assortment of colors, sizes and textures. You can also buy any more adornments. Lastly, be sure to buy your enclosure cards. This is where you write your wishes for the person receiving your gift basket and of course your name. So go now and have fun making your gift basket.

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