Friendship Day is just around the corner. Although a strong bond of friendship doesn’t require gifts to prove its strength, it is always sweet to surprise your loved ones with a present. The gift need not be very precious or costly, but it should exude the warmth, love and care that you feel for your beloved friend. Just in case you are breaking your head over what to gift your friend this Friendship Day, here are some low budget ideas to help you out. Always remember, your love should be costlier than the price tag on the gift!

1) Melt your friends heart with Chocolates– Chocolates are favorite of almost everyone, and we all have that one chocoholic friend. You could make a hamper of an assortment of your friend’s favorite chocolates to plaster a smile on his/her face. To make it look beautiful, you could make a basket carrying your friend’s most liked chocolates, candies and cookies and decorate the basket with their favourite flowers.

2) Strengthen the knot of your friendship with Friendship Bands– The most common of all gifts is the friendship band, available in all colors and shapes much ahead of friendship day. If you think that the conventional bands are too common for your unique friend, you could opt for friendship bracelets available in beautiful designs for both genders. Share the token of love.

3) Touch your friend’s heart with flowers– Flowers are the best carriers of love and emotions and hence make for a perfect gift for your friend. Choose your friend’s favorite flowers, make a bouquet and attach a hand written note of friendship with it. In case, you are not aware of your friend’s choice of flowers, you can settle for yellow roses which are globally recognized as Friendship Day flowers.

4) Make memories with photo frames and albums– Place a picture of you two on a customized photo frame or gift an entire album of photos of you two. Pictures speak a thousand words!

5) Spread a smile with soft toys– The cutest of all gifts are soft toys. We would advise you do not gift your male friend a soft toy as it is mostly girls who decorate their rooms with these. A large teddy is heartily welcomed by all girls, all ages!

6) Go in for show pieces– Show pieces are very popular friendship day gifts available in infinite variety to choose from. Depending upon your budget and choice, you could choose from wood, paper mach, glass, metal or crystal show pieces.

7) Relive the good old days with a CD– This is the cheapest yet the most beautiful of all the gifts. Transfer all those pictures and videos from childhood, school or college days into the CD along with a background music of your friend’s favorite track. You could also add a video of yourself expressing love for your friend. Also, you may purchase your friend’s favorite game online and transfer it to the CD.

And now if you are worried about the means to send across the gift, hamper delivery is always at your service. So this Friendship Day, make it special and large for your BFF!

While making a fruit basket hamper, you have to know which fruits are rich and healthy. Putting exotic fruits in a hamper basket will add charm to your gift. Here is a list of fruits you should add and the reasons too.

• Prickly pears: -These fruits are sweet in taste and often come from Mexico. Why you should eat this fruit, because it contains high amount of magnesium that can cure type 2 – diabetes and is good for health otherwise too. These fruits are great when making fruit salads. The mild sweet taste adds more to the salads. Besides that, this fruit is uncommon and exotic.
• Longans: –We have hardly heard about this fruit. Longans are known as little brothers to the lychee fruit and look a lot like it. They have a brown covering and taste musky sweet. They are a native to China. This fruit is rich in Vitamin C and has low calories. Including this in your diet will help you shed weight faster.

• Star fruit: -Like its name, Star Fruit is in the shape of a star when sliced. This yellow coloured fruit tastes like plum and apples. A native to Asia, this is a beneficial food. It has less than 40 calories and lots of fibre and vitamin C. A study showed that if this fruit is consumed on a daily basis, heart disease risk can be lower. Isn’t this reason enough to add this fruit to your hamper?

• Kumquats: -They resemble oranges but do not get confused. Kumquats are small in size and taste sweet. They are originated from China and have numerous health uses. This tiny fruit has more Vitamin C than grapes, bananas and apples. Studies have shown that people who consume this fruit are healthier than those who don’t. So be healthy and buy Kumquats.

• Plantains: -They are lookalikes of bananas but are different in taste. Once it ripens, it turns black and becomes sweeter and tastier. You can eat them while a little raw too. Plantains have more vitamin C, A and potassium than the normal bananas we eat. So say goodbye to bananas and eat plantains instead.

• Persimmons: -Found in Canada, persimmons are rich in many vitamins. This bright orange and acron-like shaped fruit is sweet and crispy. Sounds delicious right? Wait till you hear how healthy it is. They have plenty of vitamin A which helps the immunity system, vitamin c and lots of fiber that is helpful while dieting.

• Dragon fruit: -This reddish pink fruit is too good for you. The name might shock you but the insides which are white have black small seeds in it. If you are carried away with the beauty of this fruit, here is why this is considered a super fruit – It contains around 60 calories only and is rich in vitamin C, B1, B2, B3. Also, it consists of several minerals like iron, calcium, and phosphorus.

Add these exotic fruits and get your hamper delivery done right away!