BIRTHDAY BASKET IDEA

Container Ideas:

• Cake plate

• Canister

• Canvas tote bag

• Fireside basket

• Flower pot

• Hat box

• Oval wire basket

• Teapot

• Tin

• Watering can

• Wine basket

• Wooden basket
   

Content Suggestions:

• Book

• Candies

• Champagne or wine

• Chocolate dipped spoon

• Cookies

• Flavored/gourmet coffee or cocoa

• Fudge

• Gift certificate to their favorite store

• Jelly beans

• Magazine (with or without gift subscription)

• Mug

• Music CD

• Peanut brittle

• Photo frame

• Popcorn

• Pound cake

• Sparkling water

• Stationery

• Tickets to sporting event or local attraction

• Toffee
   

Decorating Possibilities:

• Take 2 or 3 graduated-size round boxes and use a glue gun and fabric (or glue on colored paper) to decorate as a birthday cake. You can leave the top box open to display items

• Use bright colors, rainbow fabrics or ribbons.

• Place party noisemakers among the items, or attach one to the outside of the basket.

• Wrap colorful streamers around the top of the basket.

• Add a layer of colorful confetti on top of the basket fill.

• Take a small square box and wrap it to look a present, hang it from the bow of the basket.

• Use an astrology theme: base the basket around the recipient’s zodiac sign.

• Simple and inexpensive: Put some cookies on a pretty plate, wrap with cellophane or plastic wrap, and add a colorful bow.

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The basket pictured above can be purchased from GiftTree.com