Are you looking for an original gift? With a little creativity you can put together a gift basket yourself. You can put together a gift basket yourself based on gender, age, interest and budget. Looking for ideas and tips? You can find it here!
How do you put together a gift basket?
If you want to put together a gift basket, there are a few things you can ask yourself in advance:
- Who is the basket for?
- What do I want to put in the basket?
- How many gifts do I want to put in the basket?
- What is my budget?
- Do I connect the gift basket to a theme?
- Do I wrap all the gifts separately or do I wrap the basket in its entirety?
Once you have answered these questions , you can start putting together the gift basket. Look for a basket that matches the gifts in size and appearance.
Budget tips
Even if you have little to spend or don’t want to spend much money, a gift basket can still be created. Here are a few tips:
Look for gifts in stores with cheap items. Think of: Action, Big Bazar and the so-called Euro shops. Look in the offer boxes. Many stores have bins or racks where items are offered at a discount . For example, the Blokker always has a rack with 1 Euro items and the Kruidvat has bins with discounted care products and make-up products.
Share the costs! Look for people with whom you can create (or finance) the gift basket. This is definitely recommended if you want to put together a large basket. Make it yourself! Look for gifts to make yourself. If you are creative, it is fun to do and it makes the basket extra personal.
Packing up
You can choose to wrap each gift separately, but it is also nice to wrap the entire basket in transparent foil. Do you want the basket and its contents to remain hidden? Then look for a large box (for example in the supermarket), put the basket in it and then wrap the box with gift paper. You can also choose to connect a number of gifts together with ribbon. This also makes the contents of the basket extra colorful!
Alternative to basket
Don’t you think a basket is a good idea? A storage box, box, shopping bag, tray or bowl also work well as an alternative!
Ideas
Ideas for a girl or woman:
- Beauty products: shower or bath products, make-up, hair products, elastic bands and clips for the hair, beauty accessories (such as: shower puff, nail file, tweezers, hairbrush, comb, mirror);
- Reading material: magazine(s), good book;
- Drink: bottle of wine or prosecco, spirits, liqueur;
- Treats: chocolate, cookies, etc.;
- Writing materials: nice pen, writing notebook, booklet with to do lists;
- Craft supplies: card making kit, folding leaves, glue, tape, scrapbooking supplies;
- Other items can include: candles, baking mixes, puzzle book, perfume.
Ideas for a boy or man:
- Beer products: Bottle(s) or can(s) of beer, beer opener, beer glass(es);
- Care products: shaving foam, aftershave, razor, perfume, hair gel;
- Film or game: DVD, computer game, game for PlayStation/Wii/other game console;
- Other items can include: construction kit (LEGO), Sudoku book, cinema voucher, liqueur, tie.
Ideas by occasion:
- Layout/cohabitation: fill the basket with crockery, towels, kitchen towels, accessories for the home, items to fill the pantry (e.g. coffee, canned soup, tea, aluminum foil), kitchen accessories (e.g. milk frother, pizza cutter, corkscrew, ladle, kitchen timer). It is also nice to put a number of small gifts in a small basket and add a gift card from a home furnishings store (for example IKEA).
- anniversary; … years old, … years married: fill the basket with the number of gifts that correspond to the anniversary. So, for someone turning 50, you buy 50 gifts.
- Bridal gift: fill the basket with romantic gifts (roses for the bath, erotic items, a bottle of wine or champagne), discount vouchers for fun outings or products, a photo frame with a photo of the bridal couple in it and a booklet about love or marriage.
Ideas by theme:
- Beauty package: look for ideas under the heading “Ideas for a girl or woman”.
- Baking package: baking mix, baking tins, cookie cutters, baking paper, oven gloves.
- Christmas package: Christmas baubles, small Christmas tree, Christmas lights, Christmas house, Christmas statue.
- Birth package: diapers, baby clothes, drinking bottle, pacifier, cuddly toy, baby toy.
- Valentine’s package/love package: roses for the bath, condoms, romantic film, chocolate/bon bons, teddy bear, beautiful lingerie, massage oil, photo frame with a photo of yourself, CD with the favorite music of you and your partner or lover.
- Craft kit: look for ideas under the heading “Ideas for a girl or woman”.
- Cooking package: cooking apron, oven gloves, packets of Knorr/Maggi/Honig, pasta, pasta sauce, rice, ladle.
- Film package: DVD, popcorn, bag of chips, bottle of soft drink, bottle of beer, cinema voucher.
- Drinks package: bottle of wine, bottle opener, wine glasses, snacks, peanuts, bowl for nuts and peanuts, cheese board.
- Tea package: tea bags, loose tea, tea infuser, tea box, bowl to place used tea bags, chocolate, teapot, single teapot.
With these ideas, creativity from yourself or others and some help from the stores, you can put together an original gift basket yourself. Good luck!