How to Gift Fruit Baskets?

July 22nd, 2019

Fruit arrangements are much loved by everyone. These edible bouquets are suitable for all occasions from Fourth of July barbeques to baby showers and make for excellent gifts. For the next important occasion, treat the persons in your life to delicious, attractive and homemade fruit bouquet.

Perhaps the only thing better than receiving a gorgeous fruit basket is to assemble one and gift it to a loved one. The reaction of the recipient will be priceless. There are many companies that offer fruit baskets but one must always weigh whether the fruit basket is worth the hefty price tag. Always go in for professional companies with beautiful arrangements of fruits.

Alternatively making your own fruit basket for your home or to gift to a friend or colleague is not tough and allows the opportunity to get your creative juices flowing. You can fashion a fruit basket around a certain theme, holiday or pander to the preference of the recipient. Both old and young, women and men, will appreciate a fruit basket crammed with luscious fruit.

Fresh fruit in a basket will brighten anyone’s day, particularly if it has added treats and is tied with a bright ribbon. Ripe and seasonal fruits work best if you hand-deliver the basket; else, select fruits that will not age too rapidly or get damaged in the mail, like apples and citrus fruits.

Determine whether you desire to follow a certain theme for designing your fruit basket. Also, find out early on whether the recipient has any food allergies before fruit box delivery.

Choose the suitable size of the basket for your fruit bounty. In case the recipients have children or a spouse, you can create a fruit basket which is ampler and suited to treat many persons. But if you are sure that recipient is single, create a small basket so that they are not overwhelmed by a huge fruit basket.

Visit a supply store that retails ribbons, empty wicker baskets, tissue paper, and other handicraft items, always suiting your theme. Choose a basket that is the correct size for your gift and buy other complementary items. In case you have tissue paper, new cloth napkins and extra ribbons at home, there is no need to buy these. Be thrifty and resourceful to use whatever you have. In case, the recipient is a child, including some non-fruit items in the basket-like packs of hot cocoa, small teddy bear or delicious chocolate bars.

Another concern is to avoid buying fruits that spoil easily for the fruit delivery UK. Select from grapefruit, plums, apples, and oranges. Avoid berries that will crumble and release juices which will ruin the basket. But you can add a few exotic fruits like pineapple, star fruit, and guava. You can also be daring and add some delicate items that can be suitably packed like grapes, cherries and small bananas. In case the recipient is traditional, choose familiar kinds of fruits. If they have a streak for the unusual, gift them mangoes and other exotic items.

Next, you must clean all the fruit. Prepare fruit basket with a sheet of cellophane at the bottom. Use real cloth napkins or tissue to fill the bottom. Place the heaviest and biggest fruits inside, first. Anchor this arrangement with fruits like pineapple or unripe bananas. Add smaller fruit around these anchor fruits. Place other novelty items like chocolates, pack of raisins, etc. in the basket.

Gather the cellophane all around to cover all fruits. Tie ribbons at the top of the cellophane for sealing it. Presto! You are ready with your fruit basket.