Homemade Housewarming Gift Basket
Show your thoughtfulness by creating a homemade housewarming gift basket for newcomers to your neighborhood as well as for family and friends moving to a new home or apartment. If you are visiting their new home for the first time, it's easier to put together a homemade housewarming gift basket of assorted items rather than attempting to purchase something that suits their tastes and needs. Remember that a slightly overstuffed gift basket looks better than a sprasely filled one. If you don't have enough gifts, add some bulky items to make it look complete. If you are making a homemade housewarming gift basket for a first time homeowner, it's very easy to put together a basket full of necessities. Select a laundry basket, trash can, or planter as a container.Some items you may want to include are laundry detergent, dishwashing or dishwasher detergent, paper towels, toilet tissue, tissues (Kleenex), Ajax or Comet cleaner, window cleaner, Brillo pads, sponges, rubber gloves, trash bags, toilet bowl brush, feather duster, dust pan with brush set, extension cord, light bulbs, gift certificate for delivered pizza, local phone book, weather thermometer, picture hanger hardware, address labels with their new address, or a flashlight. A useful homemade housewarming gift basket idea for someone moving into a house that needs work is to purchase a paint tray and fill it with paint rollers, brushes, sponges, drop cloths, tape measure, pliers, hammer, and other tools. Include a bottle of wine so they can toast to their hard work. Another useful idea is to use a dish drainer as the container. Fill it with cleaning supplies, towels, rubber gloves, sponges, etc. Add a bottle of hand lotion or hand soap in a decorative pump bottle. 
If there is a fireplace in the homeowner's new home, a brass log holder is a wonderful container. Place something soft in it before placing the gifts; this will help hold everything in place and be a buffer from scatches.
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