The most creative money gift tutorials for cash gifts and gifting money. You’ll love these creative ways to wrap cash for great monetary gifts and gift card holders. They include money trees, money soap, money chocolates, money holders, money books and money origami.
Thinking of gifting cash money? It’s the season for celebrating. Too often, people end up with unused money on their gift cards. I’m here to help with tutorials on how to dress up your dollar bills in a money wrap, gifting tree, dollar origami, and more!
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Cash has become the gift of choice for birthdays, weddings, promotions, holidays—virtually any celebration you can think of. But should you give cash?
Cash is not very sentimental, but it’s always welcomed. Here are 14 creative ways to give cash the thoughtful feel of a homemade gift.
Money Gift
A gift of cash can seem impersonal, but not with a creative wrapping job. Check out these creative ways to pack your gift of cash.
1. The Money Tree ~ Giving the gift of cash is sometimes better than a gift card as the recipient can spend it anywhere. This money tree is a creative gift idea that is more festive than just handing out an envelope of money because it shows just how much effort you put into gift giving.
2. Easy Money Soap Tutorial ~ This is a fun and creative way to give someone money as a gift. And the best part? You don’t have to make the soap. The tutorial shows you how to drill a space into a store-bought bar and fill it back in. Great for a graduation gift.
3. Candy & Cash Gift ~ A perfect gift for teenagers! Purchase their favorite candy bars and wrap the money around the candy and attach a cute Christmas ribbon.
Money Wrap
Are you a first-time gift giver? Don’t know what to get for a particular person? Here are a few ways to make an easy money wrap for your dollar bills.
4. Money Bags ~ In addition to a small gift you can add a pouch to the gift bag for some spending money. Download the free template.
5. Book of Money ~ Book lovers will enjoy spending these pages on a book of their own choosing. You could even choose a smaller book and fold the money in half to have more pages.
Cash Gifts
Cash can be hard to wrap. But giving cash is often simply the best way to go. Learn about the best ways to handle cash gifts here. I’ve hooked you up with a few super cool ideas to wrap your cash.
6. How to Give Money as a Gift ~ Tape the dollar bills together and roll them up. When the decorated box is opened the money will just keep on coming. How cool is that?! Tissue boxes or empty canisters work great too.
7. Box of Chocolates Money Gift ~ Money is the gift everyone loves, but sometimes it feel like it’s not very thoughtful when you hand over a twenty in a card, right? So for the person who has everything, transform some cold hard cash into this lovely box of chocolates. Fabulous for a college student!
DIY Money Clip
Most men carry cash and credit cards in their wallets. As a result, bulkiness is likely. There’s no reason to spend a bundle on a money clip. With a few quick steps, you can make some handsome one on your own.
8. Money Bouquet
Money Bouquet by Creativity Abounds Here – A money bouquet is a fun way to give the gift of cash! Simply accordion fold the money and add to lollipop sticks and add to a mug.
What is a money bouquet? Money Bouquet is a gift where a bunch of $1 bills are wrapped up in a big bow.
Make Gift Card Holder
9. Money Gift Holder {free printable} ~ These printable money gift holders are perfect for last minute gifts or for someone who already has everything. Add a thoughtful message to the notecard and slide it into the holder with the money.
10. Money Gift Holder ~ Make this adorable ornament money holder from a die-cut machine and scrapbook paper.
11. How to Make Money Holder Cards {12 paper crafts} ~ Making a beautiful money holder card is a great way to turn it into a handmade gift. All of these money holder card tutorials can be tailored for any occasion by changing the colors.
Money Origami
Money origami is the art of folding money into intricate shapes. Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. It’s best known for creating cranes but this ancient art can also be used to create cool shapes using money and dollar bills. Here are a few tutorials on how to make origami money here.
12. Money Origami ~ How to fold a dollar bill into the shape of a mans shirt and tie. This is a fun way to give cash and puts any Home Depot gift card to shame. 13. Money Christmas Tree ~ Follow the pictured step by step tutorial to learn how to fold money into a Christmas tree.
14. Money Wreath ~ This money wreath is absolutely adorable! There’s a video tutorial to show you how to fold 15 bills into a wreath. Use the wreath as an ornament or add it to a card.
What is Monetary Gifting?
Monetary gifting is giving money as a gift. It is an act of love for someone or simply an act of giving. Gift money is the amount of money you can legally give to a family member or anyone else you care about without being taxed.
In case you’re wondering, according to Nerd Wallet the annual gift tax exclusion is $15,000 for the tax year. This is the amount of money that you can give as a gift to one person, in any given year, while getting nothing (or less than full value) in return.
I think we’re ok and won’t exceed that limit with these money gift ideas. (bwaahaa!)
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