DVD Movie Gift Basket

This is a really fun gift for the movie lover on your list … and it costs a lot less than it looks!

What You’ll Need

• Bright yellow, orange or red construction paper
• Scissors
• Large black felt marker
• Microwave Popcorn Bucket
• Your Friend’s favorite new DVD or Blu-Ray Title
• Colorful wrapping tissue paper — red and green work very well, so does white tissue paper printed with gold stars
• Assorted boxes of movie candy such as Hot Tamales, Junior Mints and Milk Duds
• Cellophane wrap
• Curling ribbon

1. Cut from the construction paper two “tickets” about 3″ x 5″

2. With the felt marker, create a movie ticket design on the two “tickets”

NOTE: Another option is to create the design on your computer and print them out on the construction paper, if your printer can handle the thicker paper, and then cut them out.

3. Take the popping corn bucket and place the DVD in the middle standing up. Use the colorful tissue paper to fill in the bottom of the bucket and keep the DVD standing up.

4. Fill in the remaining space with the movie candy, using tissue paper as you go to keep the boxes standing and fun angles to make it look nice.

5. Take a large sheet of cellophane wrap and place it on a flat surface. Put your gift bucket in the middle and bring the cellophane up, one corner at a time. Use a short piece of curling ribbon to tie the cellophane at the top of the bucket, creating a nice flowery poof at the top. Use more curling ribbon to decorate.

NOTE: If you want the contents of the bucket to remain hidden until the gift basket is opened, use a couple sheets of tissue paper between the bucket and the cellophane wrap.

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