A fun, cheap and easy way to make a monetary gift a little more personal

Sometimes people ask for money towards a big purchase or something else on their birthday, but giving an envelope is just so boring. So I wanted to find a way to make giving money a little more tangible. This is what I came up with...

Step 1 Materials

you're gonna need:

• a little (wooden) box, I bought this one for 1 euro
• some paint, I just used whatever I had lying around
• paintbrush
• some giftwrap
• a design and a pencil to draw it on the box with

Since the person I made this for wants to buy a Mac with his birthday money I printed out the apple logo on a size that would fit the box.

Comments

[Wafflicious]

Great idea! I'll probably use this at least 5 times a year.! 5*

[killerjackalope]

Nice job, granted I spent sometime wondering why and apple then I went back... I still like to hid it inside random trinkets, I missed the opening of presents one year and two months later my friend called me to tell me she found twenty quid inside the jewellery...

[MissPennyFarthing]

Oh that's sweet! It really does make it more personal! Nice Instructable! :-)

[GorillazMiko]

Nice idea! Very cool, easy, simple, Yu-Gi-Oh, awesome! +5/5 stars.

[inquisitive]

Lovely and thoughtful way to present a gift! I always keep a lookout for little coin purses and wallets on sale for when I give a gift card, but this is really nice going the extra mile!

[Browncoat]

That's a nice idea! :)

[LinuxH4x0r]

Nice! Looks good!