Designer Gift Baskets Made at Home

Get Well Soon Basket

Have a friend or relative at home who is down with a cold or the flu? They will appreciate your thoughtfulness when you arrive at their doorstep with a homemade gift basket! By following some easy steps, you can have a professional looking basket which will provide appeal as well as purpose for your under the weather friend.

SIMPLE STEPS

• Since this basket is for someone ill, let’s work to make everything in the basket functional. Take a set of new washcloths and roll them into burrito-style rolls. Depending on the size of your basket, you may need two or three dozen washcloths. Use complimenting colors, for example: lavender, cream, and pink or navy, khaki, and tan. Once rolled tightly, gently squeeze the edge of the roll into the weave of the basket, allowing the rest of the washcloth to fan out from the basket. Once the basket is full, the effect will be a tier of multi-colored washcloths layering on the exterior of the basket.

• Place larger hand towels of colors matching the exterior washcloths as a liner for the interior of the basket.

• Fill your basket with goodies ranging from canned soup, cold and flu medicines, magazines, cough drops, heating pads, bath salts, and homemade cards, assortment of gourmet crackers, DVDs, and fresh fruit. Other suggested items would include books, music, crossword puzzles and a deck of cards.

Your friend will appreciate the basket so much he or she will forget about the woes of being under the weather!

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