A fun gift idea for kids -- shopping around a favorite color theme

 

 This year I found myself in need of one more gift for a young granddaughter.  After spending more than a little time trying to figure out what it should be, I remembered a few years ago (actually 2016) when we gave a color-themed gift basket to her brother as a birthday gift featuring things in his favorite color -- green.

The wrapped gift basket

Some of the gift items

That had gone over very, very well so I thought Ari might enjoy a similar gift.  The snag we ran into, when I asked her mom for her favorite color, was that her favorite color may vary from day to day.  Finally she was able to nail it down to either pink or purple on that particular day.  So I decided to shop for both pink and purple items.  

I was wrapping this in a hurry on Christmas Day, so I didn't get pictures of all the components.  But here are a few of the things I found:

Pink Lady apples
Himalayan pink salt popcorn
Purple notebook
Metallic purple sharpie
Pink and purple journal
Fanciful Christmas ornaments shaped like popsicles and ice cream cones (see the popsicle one at top)
Pink bottle brush trees
Chocolate kisses in pink package
Individual bags of snack mix in purple packaging
Pink scissors

There was more, but I can't remember it all.  I had hoped to find a nice long-sleeve tee or sweater in pink or purple to include, or a hat.  But this was so last-minute that I didn't find those things in her sizes.  

I was thankful to find a Christmas gift bag in pink, as you see at top.  I wrapped most of the items loosely in pink tissue paper.

This gift was a hit!  We had her guess the theme, which she was able to do quite quickly.  I highly recommend this gift idea for kids or even teens.