Gifts for Couples Who Like to Entertain
Make Unique Gift Baskets as Christmas Presents for Married Couples
Oct 10, 2009
Creating a unique gift basket as a Christmas present for a married couple is as easy as choosing a theme and adding accessories. Couples who like to entertain will enjoy gift baskets with a bar tools set, game night or movie night theme.
Bar Tools as Christmas Gifts
One way couples are trimming their budgets is to go for dinner and drinks less often. Creating a gift basket around a bar theme makes it possible to recreate a romantic dinner for two at home or to add an element of sophistication to a party or poker night.
To create a bar tools gift basket, begin with an ice bucket or a stainless steel shaker and add additional bar tools as they are found on sale. Or to avoid piecing together a set, consider purchasing a ready-made set like Amazon.com’s Steeltek 6-piece bar tools set that includes a cocktail shaker, bar knife, waiter’s corkscrew, tongs, can punch/bottle opener and an organizer for $39.99. Crate and Barrel offers a stainless steel bar tool set with an ice bucket and similar tools for $49.99, without the shaker.
Include other bar items, like a book of cocktail recipes and some bottled cocktail mixes. Fancy stirrers or small umbrellas can add flair. If the budget allows include a set of highball or martini glasses, or a gift certificate to a store that sells these items.
Board Games, Bunco & Poker Nights
A game night gift basket is a Christmas gift for married couples that can be easily customized. Begin by choosing a game that suits the couple’s entertaining style. Poker and Bunco® are two games that are popular right now. Other game ideas include Taboo, Scattergories or Bingo.
With poker, there are tons of poker-related items on the market, like poker chips, tea towels, kitchenware and more. Bunco merchandise, dice-theme collectibles and oddities go great with Bunco sets. For other game night gift basket ideas, start with the board game and add items like dip and cheese-spread mixes, gourmet salsa and chips, canned or seasoned nuts and other snacks for hosting a game night with friends.
Movie Night Christmas Baskets
A movie night gift basket can be an inexpensive or an elaborate Christmas gift, depending on what goes inside the basket. A simple gift basket can include a favorite, older movie, microwave popcorn and a couple of movie-theater-size boxes of candy. For a more sophisticated movie night gift basket, choose a new movie, a movie trilogy or a favorite television series that is new to DVD. Add gourmet popcorn in a tin, chocolate candies or nuts, and a bottle or two of wine.
Married couples who like to entertain will love to receive unique gift baskets created around a central theme. Gift ideas for couples include a basket of bar tools, a board game and accessories, or movies and popcorn.
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