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How to create your own DIY bereavement gift basket

If you have a friend or family member who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one, and are looking for a thoughtful way to express your condolences, then you’ve definitely come to the right place. Rather than opting for the traditional bereavement floral display, or prepared food dish, we recommend putting together a DIY sympathy gift basket full of smaller gift items that will help the gift recipient through this tough time of grieving. While giving flowers or preparing a food dish are great bereavement gift ideas, they’re not as memorable or quite as special as receiving a gift basket full smaller and more meaningful gifts.

Creating a DIY sympathy 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 are the gift basket idea people and we’ve already done much of the searching for you.

We’ve made the process of creating your DIY sympathy 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 include in your sympathy gift basket, there’s an excellent chance that your recipient will really appreciate how much thought, care, and effort you put into the gift.

When deciding on what type of gift items to include in your sympathy 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 great looking 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 sympathy gift basket

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Candles

Sympathy lavender candle

Sympathy lavender candle option 2

Sympathy “In Memory” candle

Sympathy remembrance candle

Hugs lemongrass and lavender candle

Sympathy candle holder

Coffee and specialty teas (Of course you can always roam through the coffee and tea section at your local store!)

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

Sympathy-themed jewelry

Sympathy bereavement bangle style bracelet

Sympathy necklace

Natural stone healing bracelet

More sympathy and bereavement themed gift ideas

Sculpted remembrance angel figurine

Remembrance figurine option 2

Sympathy wind chimes

Sympathy plaque

Crystal sympathy suncatcher

Sympathy heart shaped display

Sympathy angel figurine

Thinking of you throw blanket

Sympathy picture frame

Memorial keepsake journal

Beautiful memorial lantern

Angel rose display

To go along with your bereavement gift basket, you may also want to consider including some gourmet snacks and even a small arrangement of fresh flowers 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. 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! Be sure to include a card expressing your heartfelt condolences.

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 sympathy 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.