Homemade Christmas
Gift Basket Ideas

Looking for some fabulous homemade Christmas present ideas that you can put together yourself AND save money too?

Creative Christmas presents don't need to cost the earth, you can easily MAKE YOUR OWN version of a store bought basket full of delicious HOMEMADE Christmas food gifts, it just requires a little planning.

It’s also a good idea to do a QUICK CALCULATION of COST. It's very easy to get carried away with adding “just one more thing” and before you know it you’ve spent as much as the cost of a ready-made basket!

Once you've decided whats going in your basket, you'll want to spend time deciding what TYPE OF CONTAINER is going to work best.

Hampers, picnic baskets and coolers will all make fantastic gift basket containers.

You can also buy empty gift boxes in a huge range of shapes and sizes, which will make very creative Christmas present containers and no need to wrap! Just decorate the outside of the box to go with the Christmas theme.

Likewise with gift bag ideas there is a great variety available that would display your gifts very nicely.

Haven't got many gifts? Just choose a smaller container and try adding ONE LARGE ITEM such as a bottle of wine or sparkling grape juice or mineral water as it will help to BULK OUT your basket and give the illusion of there being more in your basket than there really is!

Whatever container you do choose remember that the presentation is very important too, so check out the make your own gift basket page for some tips on assembly.

You can even create your own fabulous Christmas present tags to make your homemade Christmas gift basket ideas even more original and unique!

Yummy Food Gifts For Your Baskets

Put your sauces and relishes into bottles or jars and add your own decorative lids or designer labels.

Sweet treats such as chocolate truffles, rum balls, shortbread or biscotti would all make perfect additions too and they look great presented in small cellophane bags tied with curly ribbon.

Try wrapping your Christmas food gifts creatively and giving them as standalone homemade Christmas present ideas!

You could also add any of the following store bought gourmet food gifts if you feel you need to add more VARIETY to your homemade Christmas gift basket ideas.

• Christmas cake, Christmas pudding,

• Cranberry jelly, brandy butter.

• Specialty chutneys, relishes and mustards.

• Gourmet coffees or specialty teas.

• Chocolates, candy, gourmet nuts.

Try adding just ONE item if you're trying to keep the cost down or choose a combination of sweet and savory goodies and that way you’ll have something for everyone.

Make sure you tuck in a box of fun Christmas crackers to add to the FESTIVE spirit!!

Share Your Stories

Everyone has probably got stories to tell about the Christmas from hell when everything turned belly up and nothing went according to plan, least of all the gifts!

Click here to read about my own experiences and share your worst Christmas presents stories with us and our readers, we'd love to hear them!

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