Decorating Your Homemade Corporate Christmas Gift Basket

A corporate Christmas gift basket need not be store bought or store decorated and filled. The giver can actually make a corporate Christmas gift basket and decorate it also. A corporate Christmas gift basket can be a gift that encompasses the entire office (small office or department) given during a party or an individual gift that is given to higher ups in the office.

Group Gifts

For those who plan to give a corporate Christmas gift basket for the employees of a particular department or small office, a great Christmas gift basket idea is to give food or beverage items which are usually used in the office such as coffee, juice, tea, cookies, nuts etc. One can even mix all the suggested food items so as to make a smorgasbord of choices for the employees. This Christmas gift basket idea is quite useful especially for offices where employees have lots of breaks and lounges where they can sit and chat.

Individual Gifts

A corporate Christmas gift basket which you plan to give to a higher up can consist of any food items which you think your boss will appreciate, need or use. Gourmet or designer beverages like coffee or tea are great for bosses who like to drink these. You can also mix up lots of food items which your boss can eat on Christmas day such as ham, fruit cake, sweets and others.

Decorating Ideas

For food items which are already wrapped up like coffee in cans or bags, you can just pile different blends or flavors in your corporate Christmas gift basket that is shallow enough to be able to showcase your gift. It may be best to anchor the bags lightly onto your corporate Christmas gift basket with glue gun to avoid them falling when the basket is jolted but just lightly enough that the glue comes off when the bags are pulled. Muffins can be arranged in the basket either on a tiered tray or just flat on the basket bottom.

You can tie a huge red bow or a green one, although red is a popular color for the season, on your corporate Christmas gift basket. Other ideas for your corporate Christmas gift basket are to place a checkered or single colored (preferably the season's colors of red, green or gold) on the basket bottom to frame the muffins or food items. You can also garnish the basket sides with small plastic poinsettia flowers or candy canes and stars.