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DIY Gift Basket Ideas for Retirement With More than 60 Customization Options
How to create your own DIY gift basket for someone who is retiring
If you’re thinking about putting together a homemade DIY retirement gift basket for a friend, family member, or co-worker who is retiring, you’ve definitely come to the right place. We are the gift basket idea people, and we’re pretty good at coming up with fun, thoughtful, and fantastic themed ideas for items to include in your gift basket that your recipient will go nuts for!
Creating a retirement-themed DIY gift basket is not a difficult process as long as you know the types of smaller gift items you want to include in the basket. In fact, the biggest challenge you’ll have is deciding what to include. But don’t worry, we’re here to help! We’ve already done much of the searching for you.
We’ve made the process of creating your DIY retirement gift basket super easy. Just browse through the popular and highly-rated selections that we have listed below to get the ideas flowing. Any of the items should easily fit within most baskets, and they can all be found on Amazon and other online retailers, so you can have them delivered directly to your door. A few of these items can be found at your local retailers as well.
Whatever you decide to throw in your gift basket for someone who is retiring, there’s an excellent chance that your retiree gift recipient will really appreciate how much thought and effort you put into the gift and will be absolutely thrilled to receive it!
When deciding on what type of gift items to include in your retirement-themed 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 retirement gift basket for less than $90. If your budget is around the $50 range, just choose from among the lower cost items.
What to include in your DIY retirement gift basket
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Retirement themed coffee mugs, tumblers and glasses
Retirement themed apparel and accessories
Coffee and specialty teas (Of course you can always roam through the coffee and tea section at your local store!)
Retirement themed jewelry
To go along with your retirement gift basket, you may also want to consider including some fun things to eat such as popcorn, dark chocolate, gourmet cheese, and other tasty 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 gift basket for someone who is retiring. 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 retirement-themed gift basket
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.
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