How to Create a Beautiful Gift Basket

How to Create a Beautiful Gift Basket

Gift baskets are wonderful gifts for any occasion. When you make it yourself, you’re able to customize it perfectly for the gift recipient. You can purchase items and decorations that will appeal to the person. For example, you can purchase candy, cookies, magazines, book, small games, or anything else that will fit in the basket. The bigger the basket, the more items you can place in it. You can even purchase flowers to stick into the basket, just be sure to have the small water bulbs to attach to the stems, so the flowers stay fresh.

Assemble the Gift Basket

So, once you have all of the items you’d like to put in your gift basket, it’s time to assemble it. Lay a piece of cellophane on a hard surface with the side you want on the outside of the basket facing down. Place the basket in the middle of the cellophane.

Beautiful Smalll Basket

The next step is to arrange all of the items in the basket. Place the large items in the middle. Surround the larger items with the medium ones. Place the smallest items in between the large and medium size ones. If you have candy, wrap them up with cloth and tie it up with a ribbon. You can place some shreds of paper or cotton stuffing to cushion the items.

Try a few different arrangements until you find the one that you like the best. Sometimes it helps to have someone else look at it to provide input.
Once you have arranged the gift basket the one you like, it’s time to wrap it with the cellophane. Bring up the small sides of the cellophane first and then the long sides. Use a twist tie to secure the top of it.

Simple Gift Basket

Tying It With a Pretty Bow

To make the gift basket even more beautiful, tie a ribbon around the top. You can use a ready-made bow if you’d like one that’s more complicated attached to the gift basket.

Many people finish their basket with a tag tied around the bow. This tag can say “Get Well Soon,” “Good Luck,” or any other message you’d like to send to the recipient.

Your gift basket is now complete. All you have to do is deliver it to the recipient. You can do this by dropping it off in person or place it in front of their door for a nice surprise when they get home. Just be aware of the items you have in the basket and how the weather could affect them. For example, if it’s a warm day, chocolates and other candies may melt, which could create quite a mess in the gift basket.

Pretty Bow on Basket

Be Creative with the Basket

There are many ways to create a beautiful basket. Be creative with it. You don’t only need to include items the recipient will use. You can use decorative ones like fruits, flowers, ribbons, and other embellishments. Some people just do a flower bouquet Denver, which is just a basket of flowers beautifully arranged with no cellophane.

Choose a theme and then stick to that theme as you think of items for the basket. It will turn out much more lovely when the basket has a nice uniform appearance.