| Create Gift Baskets |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-156 |
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Crafter Ron Perkins explains how to create gift baskets with several different themes--ranging from an Italian dinner to everything a sports fan needs to watch the big game. Gourmet Gift Basket Materials:
Large wicker basket
Brie cheese
Jar of caviar
Bottle of wine
Smoked sausage
Gourmet cookies and crackers
Faux grapes
Wire
Brown kraft paper
Newspaper
Decorative straw basket filler
Package of decorative paper plates
Paper napkins
Box of crackers
Gift card
Bow
Cellophane
Transparent tape
- Decorate the handle by wiring a bunch of faux grapes to the side.
- The basket looks better when the items filling it are placed high. Create a base to go inside the basket by wrapping kraft paper around stacked newspapers folded to fit inside the basket. Place the base in the bottom of the basket (figure A) .
- Place decorative straw basket filler on top of the base.
- Arrange items inside the basket by placing heavier, taller items around the back and smaller items in front. Place a bottle of wine in back. Place a package of paper plates on end behind the wine bottle. Stand paper napkins on end, resting against the package of paper plates (figure B).
- Add boxes of crackers and cookies placed on end in the back of the basket. Snuggle a sausage roll into the straw. Place smaller items in the straw at the front of the basket (figure C).
- Cut a piece of cellophane about 7' long. At least 1' should extend above the basket.
- Wrap the basket by placing it in the middle of the cellophane and bringing the ends up on top. Gather the ends, and tape the cellophane together (figure D).
- Scrunch the top of the cellophane together, and fluff it out so it will stand up.
- Fold the sides of the cellophane to the back and tape them.
- Wire a bow around the gathering at the top of the basket.
Italian Dinner Basket Treat your friends to an Italian dinner by giving them all the ingredients they need. Fill a colander with packaged pasta, spaghetti sauce, garlic bread, cheese and red-and-white-checked napkins (figure E). Sports-Fan Basket This gift basket is the couch potato's dream. It contains beer, chips, pretzels, peanuts and everything a fan needs for a weekend of watching sports on TV (figure F).
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