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Unique Homemade Gift Basket Ideas:
Easy Homemade Gifts for the holidays or a birthday!
 Here's a compilation of unique homemade gift basket ideas to give to people on your holiday list. Whether you're looking for a gift idea for mom or dad or your boyfriend or your girlfriend, you're sure to find some really cool Christmas or Valentine's Day gift ideas here.
Some of these gifts are ready the minute you put them all together in a basket, while others use a bit of homemade magic. But whether or not you're simply putting some store-bought items in a group together, the fact that you took the time to arrange items of interest for someone you care about, well, that just adds the homemade touch.
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Unique Homemade Gift Basket Ideas for Her
If the lady you care for is anything like me, she savours the lovely things in life! Here's a number of gift ideas you can put together at the spur of the moment for her:
Tea Theme:
In a vintage teacup and saucer (purchased at the thrift store), place:
- a small bag of chocolates or mints
- some bags of herbal tea. But replace the paper tag on the tea bag with your own paper tag...put a special note or stamp on the tag for a really personal touch.
Tie a matching bit of ribbon around the teacup and saucer and give away to Mom!
Homemade Spa:
Wrap some bath salts, lotion, a small, fragrant soap and a votive candle in a pretty washcloth. Tie with a ribbon and add a note that tells how much you appreciate this lady!
Lovely Letters:
Package up some pretty stationary, some envelopes and a pen together in a letter basket...but to make this gift extraordinary, tuck a heart-felt letter in between the stationary to be discovered by Mom one day as she is writing her letters.
Unique Homemade Gift Basket Ideas for Him
A great gift idea for your dad, your husband, your brother or your boyfriend...some food. I'd love to be more creative here, but guys love consumables. After all, isn't the way to his heart through his stomach?
Stuff this in his holiday basket:
- homemade BBQ sauce
- salsa
- homemade nut mix
- coffee beans
- his favourite magazine (to balance out all the food you gave him)
Cookie Basket
A perfect gift idea for neighbours, teachers, teenagers...or anyone with a stomach, really. Simply bake a variety of homemade cookies, package thoughtfully and you're done.
(Fun Tip: Dip half the cookie into some melted milk chocolate. Delish!)
Ice Cream Party Basket
Here's a great unique homemade gift basket idea for a teenager! In a basket, put together:
- sprinkles
- chocolate candies
- licorice
- two-bite brownies
- chocolate or caramel sauce
- peanuts
All the teenager has to do is supply the vanilla ice cream and some friends and they've got the beginnings to a great ice cream party!
Unique Gift Basket Idea: For a Hostess
An easy-to-make gift for a hostess this holiday is to arrange bags of various types of nuts on a nice serving plate and tie everything together with a wide ribbon.
Another idea for a hostess gift is to give her the gift of candles. In a pretty basket, arrange tea lights, votive, pillar and taper candles. Tie similar types of candles together with a ribbon. For a holiday touch, glue a bundle of cinnamon sticks and some greenery to your ribbon with a glue gun. Include a small box of matches in your gift basket as well. If you have the time, make your own Christmas-themed label for the box of matches.
Unique Homemade Gift Basket Idea:
Romantic Evening for Two
In a pretty colander (i.e. metal strainer), place the following items:
- a bottle of wine
- a bag of coloured pasta
- a pretty jar of pasta sauce
- a small box of chocolates, or a bag of chocolate candies
- if you're really nice, include a homemade gift certificate for your babysitting services
Unique Homemade Gift Basket Idea: For a Foodie
Foodies love to cook, so why not give them some homemade food items?
Try:
- herbed butter: Mix finely chopped herbs with softened butter. On a piece of plastic wrap, shape butter into the shape of a sausage. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to give it away.
- herbed croutons: Cut 4 slices of stale bread into bite sized pieces and fry in 4 T olive oil until the bread is nice and coated with oil. Add 2 T of finely chopped herbs. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake at 400F until browned and crispy.
- jar of sea salt (go for an interesting variety).
- specialty cheese.
- specialty meat.
Put all of these items in a rustic looking basket with a french loaf and, voila, you have a great, inexpensive homemade gift!
Unique Homemade Gift Basket Idea: For a Gardener
Fill a rubber boot (purchased at a thrift store) with:
- packets of seeds. From cardstock, cut a narrow tag that will wrap all around your packets of seeds and tape it in place. Write a note or quote about gardening on the outside of the tag.
- handtools with wooden handles. Re-paint the wooden handles with flowers, bees and butterflies.
- a bag of mint to be sprinkled in a tub of hot water for a rejuvenating soak.
- a tube of hand cream to soothe a gardener's dry hands.
- a gardening themed book or magazine.
(The gardener can use the rubber boot as a planter next summer too!)
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