Here is a great gift idea for almost anyone. We made one of these for our 8-year-old grandson's birthday, and it was a gigantic hit! His favorite color is green and he was so excited to open everything in this green gift basket, even making sure to ask if he could keep the basket, too.
I didn't set out to do a color-themed gift. I had seen these two wonderful ideas: Lego-Themed Gift Basket and Star Wars-Themed Gift Basket suggested by Kim at Not Consumed and I thought a themed basket would be so much fun to do. My plan was to use either a superhero theme or a Minecraft theme. But as I began looking around Walmart, I just found it too confusing, as a grandma, to sort it all out. Kim's ideas are great, but they would work best if one planned ahead. And I was definitely putting it all together at the last minute.
Then I had the thought of going with the theme of Josiah's favorite color. The idea is not original with me. I had enjoyed reading these wonderful posts: Orange You Glad It’s Almost Summer gift idea
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What a great idea it turned out to be! Our shopping trip turned into a scavenger hunt for green items throughout the store! We got everything from a green t-shirt to a green frisbee and Granny Smith apples. (Had I planned ahead, I would also have added in some handmade green gift items.)
Later, I also found this post: Color Themed Gift Baskets from Karen Ehman, so I figured I would link to that as well.
Have fun with this creative gift idea!
Reading this and it sounds wonderful. However the pictures aren't accessed here at work so I'll go back tonight to see it again :)
ReplyDeleteSorry you can't see the pictures, Lucie! This was a fun gift to put together and the birthday boy absolutely loved it.
DeleteWhat clever ideas...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vicki! As I noted, not original with me, but a terrific idea that I was happy to borrow. You could do pink or purple for a girl, or a princess theme, or ... the ideas are pretty much endless.
DeleteI bet he did have a blast opening everything and in his favorite color. Neat ideal
ReplyDeleteHe did, Lana! Even though the individual items were not all that exciting in themselves, yet having a whole basket full to open and having everything individually wrapped made for a very exciting gift. His parents and siblings enjoyed the fun as well!
DeleteGreat ideas! My husband's favorite color is blue so I sent a care package that said "I'm so Blue without you" and filled it with blue things. He was really tickled.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's a wonderful idea, Pamela! On Josiah's green basket, I put a tag that said, "We're a-green to wish you a happy birthday" or something like that.
DeleteI got to see the pictures! These are great
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lucie! I'm so happy you were able to see the pictures.
DeleteGreat ideas. I could do one in orange for my son--- school colors.
ReplyDeleteOh, that would be great. There are a lot of sayings you can work the word "orange" into.
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