DIY Gift Basket for Mother’s Day – 10 Tips for Kitchen Themed Basket ideas

Mother’s Day is right around the corner.  This easy DIY kitchen gift basket makes the perfect personalized gift for anyone’s mother who loves to cook.

It is filled with fun, whimsical, and useful kitchen items made even more special because it includes items geared to your mother’s tastes.

This easy cooking gift basket makes the perfect bridal shower or wedding gift, too.  I love how colorful and fun the contents are and how versatile they are for any special occasion.

Creating a gift basket might seem daunting, but it really is quite easy if you follow just a few easy tips. Keep reading to learn how to make one for your mom!

 

You can easily personalize the basket for your mother, which will make it very special.

For another fun personalized basket, be sure to check out my project for making a basket using Easter egg hunt clues for a teenage girl.  It’s so much fun and quite a change from a normal Easter egg hunt.

How to create the perfect DIY Mother’s Day gift basket and get a free printable too.

There are a few things to keep in mind when you make a kitchen basket for a friend to make sure you end up with one that is perfect for them.

1. Theme for a DIY Mother’s Day gift basket

What is the personality of your mother?  Choose items that go along with the type of person that she is.  For this cooking gift basket, I wanted a fun theme, so I chose items that are both useful in the kitchen and also whimsical as well.  

I wanted my basket to have a really whimsical look to suit my mom’s personality.

2. Make the container part of the theme

Sure, you can use a normal basket for this project, but whimsical is the name of my game today, so I chose a large fruit basket with a hanging banana holder.

It is the perfect size to hold all my supplies and has the added benefit that the banana holder can be used to hang my kitchen cheat sheet gift card and give the basket some height.

3. Pick a color for your kitchen basket

A good gift basket looks best when the colors of the items in it are coordinated. For me, this meant finding several blue items with some green and white accents.   

My mother loves anything blue and so do I.  It is so calming and makes such a pretty gift basket.

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4. What to put in a kitchen gift basket for your mother

Get creative.  Every cooking gift basket has whisks and spoons in it, but there are so many other really cute and fun items that you can add. What other kitchen gift basket items would your mother like to see in this Mother’s Day Gift?

Supplies for my basket include the following items:

• A container – I chose a large fruit basket with a hanging banana holder.
• Kitchen dish towels in colors that complement the supplies. I used one to line and two for additional gift items in the basket.
• Silicone kitchen tools – I used one with green polka dots and one in a plain blue color.
• 1 silicone whisk in a pretty blue color
• 1 microplane grater
• 3 packages of herb seeds – basil, cilantro and oregano.  My mother loves to garden and says “All good cooks need to grow fresh herbs!”
• 1 set of honey bee ceramic measuring spoons
• ! whimsical pea pod salt and pepper shaker set
• A set of silicone muffin cups
• 2 rolls of blue satin ribbon – 1/4″ and 1/2″
• Your mom’s favorite cookie bars
• 5 sheets of blue tissue paper
• 1 blue oven mitt
• ! decorative blue coffee mug
• 1 sheet of glossy photo paper
• Kitchen Cheat Sheet printable (see below to print out the free printable.)

5. Add some filler to your gift basket for mom

A nice gift basket is not one-dimensional. It should have some height to make the items you add look balanced.  

I chose crumbled blue tissue paper to add this height to my basket.

6. Add a liner.  

Rather than just dumping things into my container, I used a lovely blue and white checked tea towel to line my basket, and it will look perfect in my mom’s kitchen when the basket is empty.  

It adds the color I was going for, covers the filling material, and is useful later as one of the gift basket kitchen items.

7. Get creative with the ingredients for  your cook’s gift basket

This blue pot holder is the perfect place to position the silicone kitchen tools and micro-plane grater, plus it adds some extra height at the back of the basket.

My mom has just started using silicone tools, so these will get her collection going nicely.

8. Go for balance when filling the gift basket

Add the larger items at the back and balance this with smaller items at the front. Move and re-position until the holes are filled and the basket looks nice and balanced.

9. Add some ribbon and a gift tag to your Mother’s Day basket 

The banana holder stem is the perfect place to use the decorative ribbon and to hold my hanging printable cheat sheet gift card.  

Twisting the wider blue ribbon around the banana holder hides it, and I can put my name on the back of the cheat sheet printable and hang it as a gift card.  

Since it is printed on glossy photo paper, it can also be saved for later in the kitchen as a bookmark for one of my mother’s many cookbooks!  

10. Be sure to add something tasty to the basket to eat.  

Most mothers also love to eat!  Add a box or two of your mom’s favorite cookie bars or energy bars. She can eat them with coffee in the mug included in the gift basket.

When your mom enjoys her afternoon snack, she’ll think of your special gift, I am sure!

If you follow these 10 easy tips, you can ensure that your Mother’s Day kitchen basket will be one your mom will love to receive and use for years to come.

Free Printable for the DIY Mother’s Day gift basket

This free printable shows many common kitchen measurements in an easy-to-read chart.  You can print it out here.  

I chose a 4 x 6″ size for the gift tag, or you can select the 8 1/2 x 11″ size if you want to print it to use on the back of a kitchen cabinet door.

I printed mine out on glossy photo paper for a polished look. It makes the perfect gift card!

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Have you ever made a gift basket for your mother?  What items did you put into the basket?  Please let us know in the comment section below.

Pin this DIY Mother’s Day gift basket for later

Would you like a reminder of this kitchen gift basket for your mom for Mother’s Day?  Just pin this image to one of your DIY boards on Pinterest so that you can easily find it later.

Admin note: This Mother’s Day cooking gift basket first appeared on the blog in February of 2016. I have updated the post to add new photos, a printable project card and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: ! Perfect Kitchen Gift Basket

Mother's Day Kitchen Gift Basket

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This Mother's Day Kitchen Gift Basket is full of all of things that are most special to your mom. It is color matched and sure to be treasured and used for years to come.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost $4o

Materials

• 1 Banana Holder Basket
• 2 color coordinated Dish Towel
• 2 Silicone spatula and spoons - blue and green
• 1 blue silicone whisk in a pretty blue color
• 1 Microplane Grater
• 3 packages of herb seeds
• 1 set of ceramic measuring spoons
• 1 salt and pepper shaker set
• Your mom’s Favorite cookie bars, or energy bars
• 5 sheets of blue tissue paper
• 1 blue oven mitt
• decorative blue coffee mug
• 1 sheet of glossy photo paper
• Kitchen cheat sheet printable

Tools

• Deskjet printer
• Hole punch

Instructions

1. Crumple up some tissue paper and place it in the banana holder basket.
2. Cover the paper with one of the dish towel and push the paper to the back so it sits higher and leaves a depression at the front.
3. Place the silicone oven tools in the oven mitt and place this at the back for height.
4. Roll the other dish towel and place it at the back of the bowl.
5. Place the cake mix box or energy bars, along with the seed packages and coffee cup in the middle of the basket.
6. Position the smaller items at the front of the basket.
7. Wrap the banana arm of the basket with the wider ribbon. Print out the cheat sheet on glossy photo paper
8. Punch a hole at the top of the cheat sheet and attach it to the smaller ribbon and tie to the banana holder.
9. Give your gift of love to your mom!

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