Hobby Baskets

• Base your basket's theme on the recipient's hobbies. For someone who loves to travel, include a travel mug, lint roller, maps, a travel book, magazines, travel-size toiletries, snacks and a sleep mask. Give a gardener a pair of gardening gloves, hand tools, seeds, kneeling pad and gardening book in her basket. In a basket for a fisherman, place a fishing hat, hooks, fishing line, bait, lures and a "Gone Fishing" sign. Give an avid crafter a gift basket with a glue gun, glue sticks, acrylic paints, brushes, craft knife, craft supplies, how-to book and scissors in it.
  
  

Alcohol Baskets

• Give an alcohol basket to adults over the age of 21. For wine lovers, pack a bottle of wine, corkscrew, wine glasses, wedge of cheese and gourmet crackers in a basket. If your friend or relative prefers margaritas, include margarita mix, margarita salt, margarita glasses, lime juice, tequila, triple sec liquor, tortilla chips and salsa. Place different types and brands of beer, a bottle opener, can cozy, beer nuts and potato chips in a beer lover's gift basket.
  
  

Food Baskets

• Fill a gift basket with the recipient's favorite foods. For a chocolate lover, fill the basket with gourmet dark, milk and white chocolates, gourmet hot cocoa mixes and chocolate-covered nuts, pretzels or fruit. If your friend or family member is a health nut, pack the basket full of fresh fruit, juices, granola, energy bars, vitamins and bottled water. Fill a pasta gift basket with gourmet pastas; tongs; a jar of sun-dried tomatoes; olive oil; spices such as oregano, basil and garlic; tomato sauce; and a pasta cookbook.
  
  

Pet Lover Baskets

• For people who love their pets, give a pet gift basket. Include catnip, cat toys, cat treats, hairball paste, cat brush, collar, scratching post and cat food in a cat-lover gift baskets. In a dog-lover basket include rawhide, dog biscuits, squeaky toys, a dog brush, collar and leash. Instead of a basket, put the gift in a pet bed. For people who keep fish, put colorful gravel, ornamental plants and structures, fish foods, scoop net, algae scraper and a book on fish in the basket. Or use a large fish bowl or aquarium.