NO matter if you are graduating kindergarten, high school, or college this Graduation Money lei is sure to be a huge hit!
Every time someone graduates, I try to come up with a unique gift idea! My nephew graduated- and I knew that money would be the ideal gift- so I created a money lei that anyone would love to get!
Supplies to make a money lei
- Lots of one-dollar bills (I used 50 but you could do less and do paper flowers in between!)
- Tape
- String in your school colors!
How to make Graduation Money lei
It’s actually really easy to make a Lei- they just take a little time.
How to create the money flowers
First, bend each dollar bill into accordion folds.
Second, Take a piece of tape and attach the two ends of the dollar bill to make a fan shape.
Last, stretch the opposite sides together and add tape to those edges. You don’t want to tape the whole sides together. You need to leave a gap where you can run the string (see below!)
Here is another image so you can see how to assemble the flower shape.
Create the Lei
You need a really long string. I had a big needle that I used to help run the string through. You just run it down one of the openings of each dollar.
Once you have all the dollars on the string, run it back up the other side of the dollar bill. You can see the string a little bit so I just made sure it matched his school colors!
Once you have them all on the string, you can pull it tight and space the dollars out. If you only want to do 20-30 dollars, you could cut out paper in the same shape as a dollar bill and add some color in between each dollar bill- Just make sure to use the graduate’s high school colors!
I added some fancy ribbon to the ends of the dollar bill string so they can tie it around their neck because the dollar bills can get itchy on your neck!
It was so super fun to see the graduate wear this big fluffy money Lei! A perfect gift idea!
Here is an image if you want to save this project for later!
Other awesome graduation gift ideas you will love
I also have a big round-up of really cool graduation gift ideas if you want to give them physical items!
Graduation Money lei
Materials
- Lots of one-dollar bills (I used 50 but you could do less and do paper flowers in between!)
- Tape
- String in your school colors!
Instructions
- bend each dollar bill into accordion folds.
- Take a piece of tape and attach the two ends of the dollar bill to make a fan shape.
- Stretch the opposite sides together and add tape to those edges. You don't want to tape the whole sides together. You need to leave a gap where you can run the string.
- Run the string down one of the holes on each dollar bill
- Thread the string back up through the other hole in the dollar bill.
- Tie off and add a Ribbon or string for the dollar bill lei to go around the neck.
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