DIY Self Care Gift Basket |Keeping it Real

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

DIY Self Care Gift Basket

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing an easy (and pretty inexpensive) gift idea that everyone will love. 




I put together this self care gift basket using a lot of things I already had at home, so it was win-win all the way! 


I started by making a crochet washcloth and reusable scrubbies set (two round and two square). I'll share the pattern for these over the next few days, but if crochet is not your thing you can replace them with pretty face towels, for example. 


DIY Self Care Gift Basket



Other items I included were travel sized containers of bath and body products - the only things that were store bought in the whole set. 

I repurposed this shabby chic wooden basket. I got it a while ago with some flowers inside. Of course the flowers died quickly (they always do at our house, no matter how hard I try) but I saved the basket. 


DIY Self Care Gift Basket


I filled the bottom with some dark blue packaging material (also repurposed) and (artistically) placed all the items inside the basket. 


DIY Self Care Gift Basket


DIY Self Care Gift Basket



I did wrap up the basket in plastic, but even that was repurposed. It actually comes from a roll of book cover plastic that I used in the past to protect my kids' school books. Since this year their school has gone completely digital there are no more books to cover and that plastic is getting a new life...


DIY Self Care Gift Basket


I added a bow (tied with leftover yarn from the washcloth and scrubbies) and a gift tag (also made by me - tutorial here). 


DIY Self Care Gift Basket


And that was basically it. And because this looks great as it is, it doesn't need any more wrapping and it's ready for Christmas.


DIY Self Care Gift Basket



This is just my favorite kind of gift - made with love and reusing a lot of things that would otherwise be discarded!

Edited:
Find here the pattern for the washcloth.
Find here the pattern for the square face scrubbies

Happy Tuesday!


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