DIY Picnic Basket {Christmas gift idea}: Day 90 of The 100-Day Countdown to Christmas

On Friday, our co-host, Tricia, over at Recipe Roundup announced our second giveaway for the series, a prize package that includes a picnic basket/market tote AND a beautiful table covering, sponsored by Sheri’s Art Studio.Â Check out the giveaway if you have not already:

In keeping with the picnic idea, take a look at this DIY picnic basket, which would make a neat gift idea for those who enjoy the outdoors:

Photo used with permission; Credit: Joy, Thrifty Parsonage Living

This idea comes to us from Joy at Thrifty Parsonage Living.Â You’ve got to go over to her blog to see additional pictures and the tutorial for the project, which shows how she made the silverware holder and bag for putting any dirty dishes in to transport back home following the picnic.

Our other gift idea for today is something I just recently came across.Â Because our son’s earliest experiences with food were in an orphanage, and likely very unpleasant, mealtimes have often been a big struggle.Â We love discovering new ideas of ways to make food and mealtimes more enjoyable for him, such as this:

Disclosure:Â For your shopping convenience, we are including a link when possible for each gift idea so that you can purchase if you know someone who’d enjoy it. These are affiliate links, through which we are paid a commission percentage from each purchase.Â We are donating 100% of the profits from the Christmas event through our blog to The Spoon Foundation.Â We are passionate about helping provide good nutrition to children struggling with malnourishment. Read more about our family’s experience with the problem of malnourishment here.

We have no personal experience with this book yet, but I can tell you it is going on my constantly-getting-longer list of books to purchase!

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Adopted at age 2, grew up in the Charlotte, NC area. Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University. Loves being a Mom of two and taste-testing Chef John's culinary creations and sharing them with readers.