Ideas for Unique and Personal Children’s Gifts

Gift baskets make terrific gifts that are both unique and personal and they are perfect for any occasion and anybody, including children. The following suggestions offer some creative ideas for an exciting gift for the special child in your life, for holidays, birthdays, or just because.

Newborn Gift Baskets
Choose one of the many creative themes available in Baby Cake Diaper Cakes for a wonderful baby shower gift basket. To assemble an infant gift basket for the holidays or other occasion, start with a decorative basket or tote that could be used to hold toys o books in baby’s room. Fill the basket with teething rings, board books, rattles, soft plush toys, and other small baby toys. Check all the items for age appropriateness and finish it off with a big, colorful bow that will intrigue the baby.

Bath Time Gift Basket
Use a plastic pail or a small plastic tote with handles for the container. Add a cute bath towel or hooded towel, a wash mitt, and bubble bath. Other fun items to throw in include bath paints, water squirters, a rubber ducky, and other small bath toys.

Little Builders Gift Basket
Begin this construction themed gift basket for children with a child sized hard hat or large dump truck. Fill with small cars, blocks, toy tools, and other construction related toys. You may want to include a construction themed book or activity pad with crayons and some candy or snacks to round things out.

Creativity Gift Basket
Use a pencil box, book bag, or other container that would be suitable for storing art and writing supplies for the basket. Include papers, pens, crayons, and paints, as well as scissors and modeling clay. Other items that can be included are project kits, like a mug or figurine to paint, candy or snacks, and coloring or paint books.

I’m a Princess Gift Basket
This is an adorable gift basket for little girls. Use a pretty tote style purse, a colorful plastic container, or a princess style room sized wastebasket for the basket. Fill with toy costume jewelry, dress up slippers, and a pretend tiara. Hair accessories, lip gloss, and nail polishes can also be added to the princess collection. Other ideas include princess notebooks, pillows, and boa wraps.

Summer Fun Beach Gift Basket
With a colorful sand pail as a basket, this is a perfect children’s gift basket for the beginning of summer or before a beach vacation. Fill the pail with a variety of shovels and sand toys, a colorful beach towel, sunglasses, and a beach ball or float for water play. You can also include sunscreen, a Frisbee, bubbles, and other summer toys.

Let’s Get Cooking Gift Basket
Use a large plastic mixing bowl as the basket and include a book with child friendly cooking recipes. Add plastic measuring spoons and a measuring cup, an assortment of cookie cutters, and ingredients for a simple recipe. Other fun items to add to this children’s gift basket include sprinkles and frostings for cookie and cake decorating, hand sanitizer, and a dish towel.