| Often when I need to purchase a gift I
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| | always started with a large pail and
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| will give a home made gift basket. They
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| | shovel and then we added in toys, trucks,
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| are fun to shop for, fun to put together
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| | cars and stuffed animals.
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| and are always appreciated by the
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| | Of course adults love baskets too. For
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| recipient.
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| | weddings and wedding showers an empty
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| When my kids were young and my friends
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| | dish drainer makes a wonderful "basket"
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| were all having their first babies, I
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| | to load the other gifts into. Again, I'd
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| created baby gift baskets. I started with
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| | try to get lots of items a first time
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| an empty infant bath tub. I filled it
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| | home owner would need:
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| with all kinds of things a first time
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| | - hand held can opener
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| mother might need:
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| | - vegetable peeler
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| - baby shampoo
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| | - spatula
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| - baby wash
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| | - poultry scissors
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| - towels
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| | - pot holders
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| - washcloths
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| | - rolling pin
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| - blankets
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| | - meat thermometer
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| - nail clippers
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| | - strainer
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| - comb/brush set
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| | - egg slicer
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| - bath toys
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| | - potato masher
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| - pacifiers
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| | Of course all of these suggestions are
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| - baby spoon
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| | just thought starters. Once in the store,
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| - books
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| | the ideas of what you can add are just
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| - mobiles
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| | endless.
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| - thermometer
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| | Here are a few more ideas of themed
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| As my kids got older and we were giving
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| | baskets you can make:
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| birthday gifts to kids I again opted to
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| | - wine and cheese baskets (use a large
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| make my own gift baskets. For young girls
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| | ice bucket as a base)
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| we often gave either an arts and craft
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| | - bathroom product baskets (use a
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| basket, or a makeup basket.
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| | bathroom garbage can as your base)
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| We'd often start with a plastic storage
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| | - going off to college baskets (use a
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| tub. We'd get a large set of pens, or
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| | storage crate as your base)
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| markers or even chalk. We'd buy a huge
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| | - chocolate baskets (use a melting pot as
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| tablet of paper, either drawing paper or
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| | your base)
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| construction paper. We'd add rubber
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| | - coffee and/or tea baskets (use coffee
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| stamps, hole punches, glue, lanyard
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| | mugs as your base)
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| string, and for older kids, we'd add idea
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| | - gardening basket (use a pail as your
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| books.
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| | base)
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| Our makeup baskets were fun to put
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| | - tool basket (fill an empty tool chest
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| together. We often started with a
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| | with lots of tools)
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| pedicure tub that all the items could be
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| | Often times I've asked other guests to
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| stored in. Depending on the age of the
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| | contribute to the basket, making a very
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| child, we'd buy lip gloss, eye shadow,
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| | nice gift for the recipient and giving us
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| blush, eye lash curlers and sometimes a
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| | the opportunity to include all the items
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| hair straightener or hair crimper.
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| | we want to give.
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| For boys, we loved to buy empty collector
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| | Baskets can be large or small, from one
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| card albums and then buy many sets of
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| | person or from a group of people. You can
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| beginner cards from various sports. If we
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| | use either cellophane or wrapping paper
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| knew the child loved a certain t.v. show,
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| | to finish off the basket. Use your
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| we'd try to get cards from that t.v. show
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| | imagination and create baskets you know
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| as well.
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| | the recipient will enjoy!
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| A young child's summer birthday almost
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