1月16日の日記

Assemble all your gift basket items, tools, etc.Gift baskets are always popular and a great idea to give as a gift. You can buy it in large rolls. You can make inexpensive gift baskets or expensive gift baskets depending on your budget.

General tips: Try to use non-perishable items except for fruit for fruit baskets.

I’ve put together a few great ideas for making newborn baby, baby or older baby gift baskets, complete with instructions on how to make them.

Also you can use ’picks’ of artificial flowers to fill in space. Put the larger items in the back, the smaller items in front.

Place, layer and arrange your selected items on the filler in the gift container.

You can use pre-packaged bows but making your own bows is easy and the best if you can do it. People love to receive gift baskets. Try not to mix chocolate or other food fragrant items with non-food fragrant items in the same basket. Use freshly packaged food items, because even packaged crackers and cookies can go stale in a couple of months.

For gift containers you can use: any type of basket, wicker basket, straw basket, bucket, laundry basket, plastic container, toy dump truck or other large toy truck, tin, seasonal container, large upside-down hat, or plastic storage container-put lid underneath. Use a large or huge bow. In this case the gift basket will be going to the new mom but will contain baby items. Place your cellophane or other wrap under the gift basket.

If you buy wholesale they are usually around a dollar each. You can find filler flower ’picks’ at garage sales for pennies. but should be easily found in craft stores.

For gift basket wrapping you can use tulle netting or I like to use cellophane wrap.

Tuck a card in the ribbon and that’s it!

You can find fabric or wired ribbon cheaply at Costco-- especially in the fall prior to Christmas but often throughout the year in some stores. In any event, making a gift basket for a newborn baby or baby is cheap and easy. Bring the cellophane or other wrap over the top of the gift basket and tie it with ribbon and or a beautiful bow!

Use ribbon and bows to match your theme colors. Making your own baby gift basket is cheap and easy.

Also there’s nothing like learning how to make gift baskets from a video or DVD for making cheap and easy gift baskets. You can view it over and over again and share with your children, other family members and friends. You can fill them with a variety of inexpensive items and you have lots of choices.
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