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DIY Book Lovers Gift Basket Ideas With More Than 39 Fun Customization Options

DIY Book Lovers Gift Basket Ideas for People Who Love to Read

Creating a gift basket for people who love to read or are obsessed with books can be a bit of a challenge. If you include books in a basket for readers, there’s a good chance that the recipient will have already read them. Plus, there are hundreds of book categories and sub-categories and it would be impossible to know which category to choose. Of course, including a 1^st edition in the basket will always go over well, but that can get expensive. This is why putting together a homemade gift or raffle basket for book lovers isn’t so much about including books, but rather including a bunch of fun items associated with reading that will appeal to all readers. And there’s a great chance that your gift recipient won’t already have most of the smaller book-themed items that you include!

We’ve made the process of building your own gift basket for people who love to read super easy by creating an amazing a-la-carte selection of book-themed items that you can purchase directly from Amazon or other online retailers. We’ve included popular and affordable gift items that will easily fit within most baskets. Of course, you don’t have to go with our selections, we are simply presenting you with some great ideas for items typically included in a basket for people who love to read! You can find some of these gift items at your local retailers as well. Hopefully, our suggestions will present you with enough ideas to get you started.

Gift Baskets for Book Lovers are the Perfect Gift for Christmas, Birthdays, Mother's Day, and Other Special Occasions!

When deciding on what type of gift items to include in your book lover gift basket, consider the following ideas and suggestions. You’ll want to include anywhere between 6 and 10 individual gift items to fill out the gift basket or gift box. The individual gift ideas we selected below generally fall within the $10 – $20 price range, which will allow you to put together a really fun and fantastic looking book lover-themed gift basket for less than $90. If your budget is around the $50 range, just choose from among the lower cost items.

Items to Consider Including in Your DIY Gift Basket for Readers and Book Lovers

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E-READER OR KINDLE

Amazon Kindle Lightweight Reader

BOOK THEMED COFFEE MUGS

BOOK THEMED APPAREL

Disney Belle Reading Themed T-Shirt

Book Themed Socks

CANDLES

Book themed candle

Book themed candle option 2

Set of book themed candles

COFFEE AND SPECIALTY TEAS

Book Themed Tea Bags

Peet’s medium roast coffee

Peet’s dark roast coffee

Starbuck’s Verona dark roast coffee

Starbuck’s house blend medium roast coffee

Taylors variety tea box

Tea Forte sample tea selection

Stash tea sampler

WINE

Josh Cellars Cabernet

Bread & Butter Pinot Noir

Kendall Jackson Chardonnay

La Crema Sonoma Chardonnay

Decoy California Merlot

You may also want to consider including some fun gourmet style food snacks to round out your basket. You can probably get the best deals on food items from your local store.

Of course there are thousands of other small gift ideas that would make great additions to your book lovers gift basket. We’ve only scratched the surface. Hopefully our ideas have sparked your imagination and have provided you with a great place to start building your homemade DIY gift basket!

Empty baskets to put your gift items in. You can also consider putting everything in a nice gift box in lieu of a basket!

Best way to arrange your gift basket for book lovers

There is no right or wrong way to arrange or organize your gift basket. As long as you have a great combination of gift items to fill your basket with, you should have a great looking gift. Follow these steps and you’ll have a great looking gift in no time at all.

Line the bottom of your basket or box with tissue paper or some other filler such as shredded colored paper.
Add the larger items that you have selected to the bottom of the basket.
Arrange any smaller items to sit on top of and between the larger items.
Wrap your basket in cellophane and tie off with a colored bow and gift tag.