Creative Ways to Give Money as a Gift

Depending on how much you want to give someone there are loads of different ways to give money rather than in a card. With a little bit more effort and some creativity you can give a fun unique gift. Here are 10 ways.

1. Wonka Bar:

Print out a Wonka Bar label cut to size and cover a chocolate bar with it. Inside that put a golden envelope with money in it.

2. Money in a Box:

Tape a line of notes together with low adhesive tape, roll it up and put it in the box with a card note peeking out. Tape the box shut and wrap it up.

3. Egg Box 360:

Another fun way for the gamer is to remove all labels from an egg box, and if you want paint it. Then cut out some paper letters and glue them in place.
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4. Coins in Balloons:

A classic: simply to blow up lots of balloons with coins in them and present with a pin to pop them.

5. Puzzle Box:

 Put the money in a puzzle box, it a bit more pricey but it's a lot of fun, and they can keep the box to use and store other things.

6. Secret Book Box:

Using a moderately thick hard back book, that you can pick up from a charity shop, divide the pages into four equal quarters, from the two middle sections, using an art scalpel cut out the middle of the pages into your desired shape, making sure you leave at least a 2cm border all around.
And there you go, room to hide the money inside.

7. Christmas Cracker:

Put the money inside toilet roll, wrap wrapping paper around it, pinch the ends and tie up with ribbon, trim any extra paper and there you go. Really easy for Christmas.

8. As a Cake Decoration:

Make them a cake and use coins wrapped in tin foil to decorate it. A delicious and thoughtful gift.

A homemade cake is also a great gift on its own, it shows you have taken the time to do something for them.

9. Pass the Parcel:

Using the general idea of pass the parcel, but without passing it around, wrap each layer with some or none of the money for them to find when opening it, to give it some weight and size put a bags of sweets for them to find at the end. If you have the resources use other materials to wrap it like cardboard boxes, it makes it a lot more interesting.

10. Treasure Hunt:

Finally if perhaps the person you are giving money to is younger, you can do a treasure hunt with money or chocolate and hide them all over the house and garden. You can also use clues to make it more interesting.

Thank you for reading

Poppies and Cornflowers x