Gift Basket Themes

Gifting is one thing that not only makes the recipient happy but gives equal or probably more pleasure and happiness to the person giving it. Moreover, if it is a gift basket you are considering to give someone, the happiness will be boundless because you are always on the safer side of how much the person will like and appreciate it. Some or the other gift in the basket will surely be liked by him / her or them. People learn to make gift baskets for various purposes like the ones mentioned below.

Silent Auction Baskets
Silent auctions are ones in which bidding does not take place like the usual way, i.e. there is nobody who stands and announces the highest bidding amount and counts. Instead what happens here is the bidding amount is written down on a piece of paper. Gift baskets for silent auction can depend on what kind of people are expected to come. Other themes for silent auction would include emergency survival kits, camping kits, kitchen utility tools, say for; grilling or baking, woodworking tools, etc. Arranging a visit to the local attraction too can be one of the good gift basket ideas.

Gift Baskets for Kids
Though chocolate gifts are what children love, gift basket themes for kids would essentially include trips or passes to amusement parks, picnic trips along with same age group kids, puzzles, etc. Organizing for a fancy dress or Halloween theme party also is a good gift basket theme for kids. For example, in a school when parents are invited, the gift basket could include screening of a film in the premises or giving good set of books and educational DVDs that would help their children, health check up or club passes, etc.

Soft toys, or DIY (Do It Yourself) dolls house, drawing, coloring, crafting or sketching kits, story books, novels for children, animal books, or short stories with meaningful and moral teachings, etc. can also be given.

Christmas Gift Baskets
Christmas tree decorative pieces like colorful easter eggs or little gift items meant for every one in your friend's family in either hand-made gift boxes or a collage that reminds of sweet old memories of the year or before make for good Christmas themes. Bottles of champagne along with some snacks to eat or some kind of bread would be ideal as a Christmas gift basket theme and also to celebrate the festival. Cookies and chocolates make for good homemade gifts that you can put. You could also put in some scented candles in the gift basket making it ready-to-use for the occasion and this would very much work as personalized gift basket. Apart from these you can be innovative and gift some magazine subscription to your family member or friends, donate some old clothes which are in good condition, homemade quilts to old age homes or remand homes, etc. Or get forms for say, eye donation and get everyone pledge their eyes on the holy occasion. If budget is not your constraint, Christmas themes can also have special ideas like gifting a fishing rod, golf club, an aquarium, even a pet! Accompanied with the essentials of the pet, like a kennel, etc.

Corporate Gift Baskets
In events like fundraising, gift basket themes for fundraisers can give customized promotional gifts for men, women, young boys or girls. By customizing, here, I mean one common gift basket meant for these four categories which would include common utility items. But again, promotional gifts basket themes are not hard to think of as the thing or issue which is being promoted itself can give many ideas for the same.

Gourmet Gift Baskets
These can be one of the good themes because it will be shared by the entire family of the employees rather than them alone. So it creates a good will and sense of 'own-ness.' in the family with the company. Though fruit baskets are a common choice for corporate gift basket, you can try gifting potted plants or latest electronic gadget in the market, say a cell phone!

Decorating the Gift Basket

Presentation of any item, be it a gift or anything else, is the key to give the first and lasting impression to anything. Same is the case with gift baskets. Even if you come up with unique gift basket ideas but present it in a not-so-impressive way, your effort won't work in the desired way. This holds especially true with gift baskets for women.

So do not worry as I am going to give very simple and easy ways to decorate for gift basket. Using cellophane papers of a single color that matches your 'basket' color is one factor that you could keep in mind while buying the same. Then covering the entire basket, barring the handle, with it will make it look like one perfect gift. Only finishing touch would be to tie and curly ribbon around the basket. You could put flowers or thermocol balls or small strips of paper festoons in varied colors can add a nice look to the gift and also make it padded up so that your gift items do not move and make noise.

So these were the ideas for gift basket themes that I could think of, with some tips on how to decorate a gift basket as well. So get going and spread happiness by gifting!