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    Home » Gift Ideas

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket

    By: Jessica · Posted: May 8, 2017 · Updated: Sep 24, 2024 · This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket: A bright and cheery basket filled with goodies that anyone moving in to a new home will love!

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

     

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket

    It’s Spring, and that means if I can cram as much pastel and bright, beautiful colors in to just about everything I wear, create, and cook… then I’m a happy girl.

    Recently, we had friends move in to a new home, and I wanted to make them a gift basket of goodies to help celebrate the big move, and that could hopefully help them until they unpack everything.

    When I went to Walmart to find the goodies to build the basket with, I found the prettiest bottles of Purex® Crystals, and KNEW they’d look adorable in the gift with their bright colors! Plus, it would be a perfect item to help our friends with laundry in case they hadn’t quite unpacked their laundry supplies yet!

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    Gift Basket Building Tips:

    If you haven’t been around here very long, then you may not know my obsession with making DIY gift baskets, when it comes to gift-giving. They just seem so personal, and full of thought. So in most of my other DIY gift basket tutorials, I explain how my two main techniques for making a gift basket look great, is:

    Say “NO” to Tissue Paper:

    • Using something other than tissue paper, for the fluff. Of course it’s ok anytime to use it. I just prefer to use something else if it’s going to be visible. Now, I do shove it down inside a basket to give it some “umph,” if you can’t see it. But using something like dishtowels or baby blankets, work great! Plus, it adds to the gift!

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!
    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    Trash the Trash:

    • Take items out of the “boxey,” boring, packaging that it comes in, and remove the tags. Removing the “store-bought,” look of items can really add a “cleaner,” touch to the gift basket. But when the packaging is as adorable and decorative like the Purex Crystals… leave it! I think these made the gift basket POP with color.

    New Home Gift Basket Ideas: How bright and cheery is this! So easy.

    A Little Decor:

    As part of the housewarming gift, it’s always really nice to add a small element of “home decor.” Being able to put something decorative out in their new home, right away, can be JUST what a corner or shelf needs to make it feel homey, until they get all unpacked. Items like a small floral accent, (something seasonal, or neutral, so odds are it will fit the decor theme they’re going with) are a great choice.

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    Incorporate Multiple Rooms

    Well this little colander, spatula, candle and soap could be it’s own little housewarming gift if you ask me. But when making a gift basket full of all kinds of items, adding in a few items for different rooms of the home, like the kitchen, laundry room, bathroom, living, etc. is always a good move.

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    Plus, who wouldn’t love a mini colander, and an adorable little spatula? 

    Adding Flair…

    Sure, items in a gift basket are cute anyway. But when you can add things like ribbon around some of the items to add a little flair… it can make it THAT much cuter. Here, we simply wrapped a ribbon around the candle to give it a little more pop of color.

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    In the back corner, we tucked a bottle of hand lotion that they can keep in their bathroom on the sink, for guests visiting to see the new home. Functional, AND pretty!

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    Basket Buying:

    Then of course shopping for the basket that you put it all in, can be just as fun as finding the items to put in it. But here’s my basket-buying tip: Buy a basket or container that has open sides like this one. That way, the recipient can see right in to the basket, and not have to dig through to see what’s in there!

    Making sure the items are visible right away, when you hand it to them, can add such a “wow,” factor to the overall gift!

    DIY Housewarming Gift Basket Ideas: Love how it includes things that you need right when moving in, to help out! Plus a little decor to make it homey!

    If you love making gift baskets as much as I do, then you may want to see the other gifts I’ve created for friends and family recently:

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    1. Mary says

      May 10, 2020 at 10:23 am

      This is a great idea for a housewarming. I can’t wait to try it as I have two housewarmings coming up for two different family members. I am so glad I stumbled upon your site. I will learn a lot here. I am an avid crafter and hope to learn some new crafts. Thank you.

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      • Jessica says

        May 13, 2020 at 9:28 am

        Hi Mary! I’m so happy that you like it and thrilled you’ll be sticking around for more! Thank you!

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    2. Kelly says

      June 05, 2017 at 3:43 pm

      Love this! Where is the wire basket from?

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      • Jessica says

        June 06, 2017 at 11:13 am

        Thank you Kelly! I found this one at Home Goods, but I’ve had a lot of success buying baskets from H&M too here: http://rstyle.me/n/cn8fwqbne5f (affiliate) or TjMaxx here: http://rstyle.me/n/cn8fxabne5f (affiliate) Good luck!! XO

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    3. Carrie @ourpotluckfamily says

      May 08, 2017 at 9:47 pm

      This basket idea is awesome! We are moving next month, and I would love to receive this has a housewarming basket. #client

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      • Jessica says

        May 08, 2017 at 9:51 pm

        Awww! Thank you! Happy moving, and good luck with it all! XO

        Reply

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