Get Well Gift Basket Ideas

Get well gift baskets are no longer limited to the traditional container of chicken noodle soup. An array of healthy, organic products tucked into a care package can make anyone feel better. Look below for ideas to prepare the perfect gift.

The Meaning Behind Get Well Gift Baskets

Since your friends and family rarely expect care packages, handing them a well-intentioned gift creates a pleasant surprise. You can give get well gift baskets to your best friend with the flu, your uncle in the hospital, your sister on maternity bed rest, or your mother who just completed the first round of chemotherapy. No matter whether the illness is minor and fleeting or a chronic disease, a heartfelt gift basket lets the recipient know he/she is loved and in your thoughts.

What to Place in a Gift Basket

The gifts to place in a care package depend on the recipient’s interests, the extent of the illness, and how well the person is known. You should also consider medical restrictions such as not giving candy to a diabetic, not giving crunchy foods to someone with a sore throat, and not giving rare meats or foods containing uncooked eggs to a pregnant woman. Some healthy, comforting choices for various scenarios are listed below:

Ease congestion and coughs with organic crystallized ginger, peppermint tea, and red pepper and tomato soup.
Bring back the sunshine and boost the immune system with an assortment of organic oranges, lemons, and limes.
Sooth a stressful event with chamomile bath soak, vanilla and sweet orange soap, and oatmeal body lotion.
Give the gift of fresh air. Stuff a solar backpack with a carabiner water bottle, a recycled plastic hat, and organic trail mix.
Add some comfort with organic peanut butter, stone-ground wheat crackers, vanilla bean green tea cookies, full-leaf breakfast tea, and organic honey.
Cheer up a chocoholic with organic vegan pecan brownies, gourmet mint chocolate chip cookies, and a dark chocolate Chocolove bar with a poetry wrapper.
Give a long-distance hug to a sick child by sending an organic MiYim plush bunny, a handmade patchwork blanket, and Bobo’s Natural Bubble Bath.
Prepare for a post-recovery celebration with a bottle of organic, sulfite-free wine, apples, pears, assorted nuts, and truffles.

Ideas for the "Basket"

The presentation of a gift basket is just as important as the contents. Instead of dumping your carefully selected products into a cardboard box, try some of the following suggestions:

A reusable shopping bag makes a great gift itself and is particularly fitting when filled with favorite foods.
Pile a selection of instant-recovery "junk" foods into a small, decorative wastebasket or unused Chinese takeout container.
Fill a funky handbag with lotions, candles, soaps, and cosmetics.
Place gifts for a gardener in an appealing pot, vegetable collection basket, or painted burlap sack.

Fill your get well gift basket with products for rest, recovery, and rejuvenation. No matter which healthy products you choose or how you display them, the recipient will certainly appreciate your caring thoughts.

Updated January 5, 2011
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