| Making a gift basket for a friend or family member | | | | sorts of odd jobs. Washing the car, washing the |
| moving into their first home is really easy and lots of | | | | windows, the kitchen floor or catching dripping water |
| fun. Start by choosing a theme for the gift basket. | | | | from a leaking pipe. Fill the bucket with an |
| Try choosing a room of the house like kitchen or | | | | assortment of cleaning products, sponges, a feather |
| bath or an activity like doing laundry, cleaning or | | | | duster, and a pair of rubber gloves. A dust buster or |
| cooking. Part of the fun of making a gift basket is | | | | a gift certificate to a local cleaning service would be a |
| shopping for the items that will make up the gift. | | | | nice touch. |
| Start with a useful container. A large laundry basket, | | | | If the gift basket is going to a person or couple who |
| plastic bucket or extra large serving bowl are all good | | | | love to cook, use an extra large serving bowl as your |
| choices for gift baskets you can theme for the first | | | | container. A large serving bowl makes a great |
| home. | | | | "basket" to be filled with kitchen items and is a handy |
| The laundry basket. Fill a laundry basket with | | | | item to have for serving up delicious pasta dishes or |
| everything they will need to wash their clothes. | | | | salads in their new home. Start with some colorful |
| Laundry detergent and dryer sheets are a good | | | | kitchen towels and a matching oven mitt. Then fill the |
| start. Add a bottle or a couple of sticks of stain | | | | bowl with kitchen utensils like a cheese grater, |
| remover. Hangers, either the sturdy plastic kind that | | | | measuring cups and spoons and a cork screw. A |
| come in fun colors or some nice padded ones for | | | | large item like an electric hand mixer, single serving |
| hanging their good silk shirts or suit jackets are a | | | | coffee maker, juicer or blender will make a nice |
| great essentials that are often overlooked. If your | | | | center piece to the gift basket. |
| budget permits, you might add a set of bath towels | | | | When looking for an original gift for that friend or |
| or bedding or a gift certificate to the local dry | | | | family member moving in to their first home, try |
| cleaners. | | | | creating your own gift basket. It's fun, easy, and will |
| The plastic bucket. No home should be without a | | | | fit any budget. Best of all, it will be hand made with |
| large plastic bucket. Plastic buckets are useful for all | | | | love. |