Straw Garland with a little surprise

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Do you know the perfect birthday gift for your teen? If you do, my hat’s off to you! The older my kids get the harder time I have buying gifts for them. I’ve resorted to giving them cash a lot of the time, but I want to give it to them in a fun way. That’s even getting hard lately because I don’t want to do the same thing or something similar too often. Emilee turns 16 today and she woke up to this Straw Garland with a little surprise this morning.

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I started with 50 $1 bills and 18 straws. I needed extra big straws for this project so I bought the Spritz paper straws from Target.

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I measured and cut the straws in half.

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Then I used a needle to pull the bakers twine through each straw. I used a dollar bill to roughly measure where the holes would go.

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Once all the straws are on the twine it’s time for the fun part. Roll up each bill and place it in a straw. You can actually fit 2 bills in each straw if you need too.

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This is so exciting! Once it’s hung I don’t think she’s going to be able to see the money rolled inside. I wonder how long it will take her to figure it out.

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It’s hung right in front of her bedroom d00r along with 2 other garlands so they’re the first things she’ll see in the morning. I’ll be sharing the other 2 garlands in a separate post later this week.

This is how I surprised Zach with his birthday money a few months ago: Birthday Money Balloons

Happy Sweet 16 Emilee!!! Love you so much!!!

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  • Maureen April 15, 2014, 4:44 am

    Love this!
    Even boys would love that gift. Mine are all grown now but it would make a great hous warming or welcome baby surprise as we’ll.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • Melissa April 15, 2014, 11:40 am

    Now this is clever!

  • Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama April 16, 2014, 8:15 am

    Such a fun idea and it looks so cute!!

  • Holly @ Bits of Everything April 16, 2014, 8:21 am

    Cute idea! My kids love getting money.

  • Jonie @ Just Between Friends April 16, 2014, 10:13 am

    Such a fun and clever idea! I bet Emily loved it!

  • Amy | The Happy Scraps April 16, 2014, 11:03 am

    Oh my goodness! I was already in love with the banner, but putting the money inside! That is awesome! 🙂

  • Amy April 16, 2014, 11:41 am

    Love the bright colors of the straws! And what a fun surprise for her. 🙂
    xoxo

  • Jesseca April 17, 2014, 6:50 am

    I love the rolled money hidden inside! I need to keep this one in mind for when dax is a little older!

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