Ideas for Gift Baskets

The ideas for gift baskets are limitless! Here we look at gift basket ideas for special occasions. From Housewarming gift baskets to Fathers Day gift baskets, from Thank You gift baskets to romantic gift baskets for Valentines Day, here are some exciting ideas for creating gift baskets. Making and selling gift baskets can be a rewarding and profitable home business.

Use these gift basket ideas to inspire you!

• Valentine's Day gift basket. A bottle of wine or champagne, 2 wine glasses or champage flutes, cork remover, delicious chocolates, heart-shaped cookies, a romantic CD, scented candles. Red is the color of romance! Spray paint your baskets red for Valentine's Day.


• Sympathy gift basket. Comfort food treats are good ideas for gift baskets that express sympathy. Items such as special cookies, chocolates, coffee and tea, hot chocolate, pound cake, fudge, mixed nuts, candies, soups, scone mix, jellies. Including a pertinent book such as "Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul" adds another dimension to your sympathy gift basket. Or express sympathy with a relaxing aromatherapy gift basket.

• Housewarming gift basket. Ideas for gift baskets as a housewarming gift. Use kitchen towels to stuff the basket with and use small kitchen items like an egg timer, whisk, pot holder, measuring spoons. Include a few pantry items like packets of pasta, special teas and coffee. If you want to move away from the kitchen make a gift basket that includes either a pretty picture frame, a pair of candlesticks, decorative candles, soap dish and special soaps or a coffee mug. Fill with delicious treats like cookies, chocolates, bon bons, assorted nuts, dried fruit, gourmet olives, popcorn, coffee and teas.


• Fathers Day gift basket. If he likes to barbeque a gift basket filled with barbeque utensils, apron, platter, barbeque sauces, seasoning, grilling glazes, chili mix, cookbook are all great ideas for gift baskets for this occasion. If he is a DIY type of guy then a basket of tools will work well. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy a Golf gift basket.


• Christmas gift baskets. There are a number of possibilities for Xmas - gourmet food treats - chocolates, cookies, wafers, nuts, gourmet popcorn and hot chocolate mix. Include a good bottle of wine or champagne for something extra special. Add a special Xmas decoration, a nut cracker or corkscrew to make the Christmas gift basket unique.


• Mothers Day gift basket. Spa products including bath oils, shower gel, body scrub and body lotion. Fill with special treats like chocolate truffles, imported tea selection, gourmet coffee, delicious cookies, fudge and bon bons. Focus on feet with foot soak, foot scrub, foot butter, pedicure set, nail care products. A Gardener's gift basket with flower seed packets, garden tools, gardening gloves are other good ideas for gift baskets for Mother's Day.
• Graduation gift baskets. Suggestions for gift baskets for graduation include photo album, photo frame, beautiful paper weight, coffee mug with inspirational words, key chain, cookies, chocolates, popcorn.


• New Baby gift baskets. For the new mother something to pamper herself with and relax! Scented bath oils, candles, chamomile tea and a pretty mug, beautiful body lotion, inflatable bath pillow, scented eye pillow and a relaxing CD. For the baby make a gift basket with receiving blankets, baby outfits, booties, bottles, diaper cream, baby bath items, baby rattles, stuffed animals, lullabye CD.


• Wedding gift basket. Bottle of champage or sparkling cider, champagne glasses, chocolate truffles, pralines and a final touch, scented candles.
• Get Well gift baskets. Aromatherapy candles, playing cards, puzzle books, hand cream, soup crock or mug, Special teas, fruit and nuts, vegetable and fruit juice, chicken soup, chowder, cookies and crackers.


• Retirement gift baskets. For men consider golf balls, fishing supplies, DIY tools, a coffee mug. For women good ideas for gift baskets include gardening tools or seed packets, baking items, stationery items, photo frame. Add delicious treats like gourmet coffee, speciality teas, cookies, chocolates, crackers, honey, jams and jellies.

When starting a gift basket business it is not usually economical to buy and store inventory for a multitude of different baskets. Rather look at what special occasion is coming up and offer a couple of specific baskets for the occasion. A Wine Gift Basket, Golf Gift Basket and Gourmet Gift Basket are all great for Father's Day. The inventory you need for these baskets will also work for ongoing business such as birthday gift baskets for men. With a gift basket home business baskets can be made to meet orders received, this means buying inventory as needed.

A home based gift basket business may be the perfect opportunity to be creative and entrepreneurial while earning income at home.

More gift basket ideas

About a gift basket home business

Starting a gift basket business

Marketing and selling gift baskets

Pricing the gift baskets

How to make gift baskets

Start a gift basket home business and become part of this exciting growth industry.