Easy Christmas Gift Baskets

Christmas Gift Baskets

 

Ties the season to start Christmas shopping! Went into Micheal's, where all Fall stuff is up to 60% off and all baskets 50%, or more, off. On top of it all, wreaths, ornaments, and Christmas décor have started filling the shelves fast and of course, it took all this girls strength not to grab a cart load of items. However, while walking around, the thought of Christmas gifts flooded my mind and with baskets on sale, lots of $1 items up front (from cards, air fresheners, and list paper to stickers, pencils, calendars and planners), the thought of going ahead and making some baskets seemed logical.

 

Right now, for most places, is the time to buy baskets or items to place in them-unless one wants until the week after Christmas and has Christmas on New Year's, which is doable. There is usually sales at Micheal's but when a 19.99 basket is marked down to 4.99, it's gotta get bought. Right now, depending on what one wants to put in the baskets and the size of the basket, one could create a Christmas gift for well under $20-using small to medium sized baskets. Here are some ideas for a Christmas Gift Basket.

 

 

Christmas Gift Basket Ideas

 

• Office Supplies-small stapler with stables, pens, planner, note pads, sticky notes, a bag or box of chocolates, and perhaps, a gift card from Office Supply as a bonus.
• Home Basket-2 magnetic notepads, hanging air fresheners or some potpourri, pens and pencils, notepads or planners, small calendar, kitchen towels and hand towels for the bathroom, a seasonal throw, tablecloth or placemats, candles, a gift card to Kohl's, Target, or another favorite store with good home supplies.
• Candy Basket-Nuts and candy-a favorite is Virginia Peanuts from Colonial Williamsburg, Lindt Chocolate, Russell Stover offers seasonal chocolates, Hickory Farm's peppermint melts (totally yum!), or keep it simple and just place bags of M&M's, Reese, or other favorites found just about anywhere into a basket.
• Garden Basket-Seeds, garden gloves, garden shovel, lotion or hand therapy soaps, clay pots (small), a gardening books.
• Family Fun Basket-summer is ending and sales are running wild on summer fun toys. This would possibly be a larger basket, because kids would be included, add some water guns or a water balloon blower to it along with bubbles, a family movie (lots of good ones for $5 at Wal-Mart and Target), books for the kids and adults or just adults, beach towels, coloring books and crayons, a grill set for the grillers, some coffee cups and coffee, and even a gift certificate to a family event or place were the family enjoys going.

All of these are suggestions of what to put in the baskets, but this is a wonderful time to buy and baskets make terrific gifts and can be cost efficient. When choosing a basket, make a list of what is wanted to go inside before hand, size up the basket and go from there. Try to stick to a list like the big Jolly guy. Merry Christmas!!!