subject: Get-Well-Soon Gift Baskets - 3 Guidelines [print this page] If you have ever had to stay overnight in a hospital, had a serious cold or flu, suffered from a chronic illness, or been in recovery after surgery, you know what it is like to just not feel yourself. Feeling seriously under the weather while recovering from an illness, an accident or surgery can knock your whole life off kilter.
As the friend, family member, co-worker or acquaintance of someone who is going through the recovery process, there is something you can do to make them feel better, faster: you can get them a get-well-soon gift basket.
Here are 3 guideline for buying or making get-well-soon gift baskets that they will love:
1. Make your basket theme choice appropriate to the disease or issue:
Every disease or other medical issue comes with its own unique set of challenges. For example, some types of physical injuries leave the person with a serious restriction of body movement. Meanwhile, diseases such as cancer require the patient to undergo long and often painful treatments which can be very hard on the body.
Therefore, for the recovery basket theme you choose, make sure that the recipient's potential use of the gifts inside does not force them to do things that are not agreeable to their current mental and physical state of being.
2. Buy or make a basket with 5-10 small items that fit a central theme:
Whether you buy or make them a get-well-soon gift basket, fill it with several (5-10 or more) small gifts that support a certain theme that fits their personality. The wonder of a good gift basket is that it is filled with all kinds of goodies that the recipient can enjoy one-by-one. You will want your basket to give the recipient the feeling of getting a cornucopia of good things overflowing for their enjoyment.
3. Adorn the basket with finishing touches that make it look amazing:
Every great get-well basket is adorned with little ornamental touches like bows, small toys, and other decorative items whose addition gives it that little extra something.
Follow these 3 guidelines as you put together their dream get-well-soon gift basket.
