Making a gift hamper or gift basket enables you to use your creative abilities and save a lot of money. It takes some effort and time, and you can fill the basket with unique gifts suited to the nature and liking of the recipient.

You can buy gift hampers from stores or assemble them at home. Stores offer pre-arranged gift hampers or you can pick the items to be included in the hamper. However, the best gift hampers are ones made at home. They not only inexpensive but have special value because of effort and time you put into them.

Here are some ideas for a cheap gift hamper:

Do some research:  Try to select a few items for your hamper and make a list of items which you want to put into your hamper. Find out where you can find cheap supplies to include in your hamper. If you are going to put in handmade items like baking cookies and cakes, do research on recipes and secret tips, which you can easily do online.

Pick a theme: Themes can be based on:

Food products: Cheap ingredients for the hamper can be food items made at home. Specialty breads, cakes and cookies make for tasty treats. Collect canisters and cookie tins to hold homemade gifts. For a festive feel, decorate the basket with bows and ribbons.

Needle crafts: If you are talented at handcrafts like embroidery, knitting or crochet, you can gift many items like scarves, wall hangings, mittens, booties, hand embroidered handkerchiefs etc in your gift hamper.

Accessories: You can include accessories for the recipient to pursue a much loved hobby. For e.g., for a golfing enthusiast, include items like towels, tees and golf balls. For this, you must find out what hobbies the recipient enjoys and what items you can put into to make the hobby more enjoyable.

Luxury: You can include items of luxury at cheap rates if you buy items individually. Bath products such as bath oils and loofah sponges can be had at reasonable prices. Pre-made luxury hampers are much more expensive than home assembled ones.

Estimate a budget: What to include in the basket depends on your budget. This includes cost of basket (container), fillers, decorations, and the cost of each gift item. For best results, one can mix and match items. For containers, one can use something practical like terracotta planters and pots, crockery, metal buckets, wooden crates, bags, serving trays, pie dish, etc. For fillers, use a shredder to shred cloth or paper. Newspaper that is scrunched up also works well. One can also re-use filler got from gifts you received.

Arranging: While arranging items, place long and big items first and the small and delicate items on top. Keep items in position by using sticky tape. One can also tape items to the handle of the basket.

Wrapping: Cellophane wrapping is most popular. Complete the gift hamper with a bow made of ribbon.

These are some ideas to make the cheapest hampers in UK. You can use your ingenuity and creativity to make them look great and wonderful.

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