Give cash creatively with these unique DIY money gift ideas.
Sometimes money is the best option when giving someone a gift, but I always feel a little bad that it’s personal. So when I give cash as a gift, I like to give it in a creative, fun way so it still feels like a thoughtful gift.
Today I have gathered lots of creative and creative ideas to give money as gifts in a fun way. There is something for every gifting occasion and for every personality type. Hope you find the perfect money gift idea for that special someone in your life.
Creative Money Gift Ideas
Money Butterfly Bouquet
Learn how to add money folded into the shape of a butterfly to a real or fake bouquet of flowers. What a great idea to gift cash in a beautiful way!
DIY Hidden Money Cake
This idea is so fun… hide a roll of dollar bills inside the birthday cake and when you pull on the candle topper, the roll relaxes to reveal the cash!
DIY Money Pizza
Give a pizza-shaped “dough” inside a real pizza box for a super fun cash gift idea.
Hidden Money Candy Jar
At first glance, this gift may look like a candy jar, but in the middle is a sweet surprise—cash!
DIY fund jar
Add a cute label to the jar, then fill it with money to make a DIY fund jar gift. This one is called an “adventure fund” but you can also do a “honeymoon fund” or a “college fund” or whatever applies to the situation. Very beautiful!
DIY Money Topiary Gift
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but they haven’t seen this cute DIY gift. It’s a topiary of money! Super cute gift idea.
DIY money garland
Turn rolled up dollar bills into a beautiful wreath display. This is styled for a graduation gift, but you can change the wording to suit any gift-giving occasion.
DIY Money Cake
This is a great idea to give cash for a gift. Roll up all those bills and turn them into a beautiful three-tiered money cake, complete with candles and everything!
DIY Money French Fries
Ask for a new french fry box, then fill it with rolled up bills for a clever cash gift idea. Do you want fries with that? Haha.
Money Maze Puzzle Box
This is a fun idea. Load money into the secret center vault, then the gift recipient must solve a maze puzzle to get the money!
Cash in a Can Gift Idea
It looks like an unopened box of fruit, but it is actually a box full of money! There is a clever trick to this. We gave this to my daughter as a gift once and my kids are still wondering how we got the money inside the box. It was so much fun!
Christmas cookies cash gift
Print these cute gingerbread men cookies for a fun way to give Christmas money. As the saying goes, “Fake cookie, real dough. Enough to buy a cup of cocoa.”
Soda bottle money gift
Fill a two liter bottle with money, candy, etc. and then decorate it for the occasion for a creative money gift. This one also has a trick so it looks like the bottle is unopened.
Tissue box cash gift
Cover the tissue box with the cutest printables, then deposit money to go inside with a special tab at the top that says “draw.” Very beautiful!
DIY money filled balloons
For a festive gift, fill confetti balloons with money, then give the birthday boy or girl a whole bunch of balloons. very beautiful
DIY Money Notepad
This stack of dollar bills is attached at the edges just like a notepad so you can tear off one bill at a time. What a funny idea!
So there you have it. Aren’t people that creative? Who knew there were so many fun ways to give the gift of money. Gotta love it.
