Here's another gift idea when you don't know what to get (especially great for kids and teenagers) ... a box of money-filled balloons! This particular one was for my nephew who was turning 14 at the time. The box was filled with 14 balloons and each balloon had $1 in it. My oldest son helped me put this gift together... here's a quick, little tutorial:
1. Roll dollars up tight. Secure with washi tape (or some other tape that won't be difficult to take off... you don't want it to rip when the tape comes off).
2. Stick the money in a small balloon (I used water balloons). These balloons were small and this part got tricky. I don't have a picture, but it helped us to put the opening of the balloon onto a funnel and stick the rolled up dollar in through the funnel, kind of stretching the balloon as we did to make the dollar fit.
3. Inflate balloon and tie closed. We have an inexpensive little balloon pumper that we used. It made it a lot easier to blow the balloons up. The one we are using came from Bed, Bath and Beyond a few years ago.
4. Decorate or write on the balloons if you wish, stick them in a box, wrap it up and you're good to go!
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