DIY Graduation Gift with Money – Pizza Box & Picture Fame Ideas!

DIY Graduation Gifts with Money

Looking for a quick and easy way to gift money to a graduate without it seeming boring and impersonal?  Here are two fun and easy ideas!

My friend Jamie JUST made this one for her son who graduated this week – she said it only took a few minutes to fold up the bills and tape them to the background.

Here's what you need!

• 10 – 12 Bills (ideally – Jamie was short a couple and filled in with coins for the D's)
• inexpensive 8×10 picture frame
• Gift bag or wrap in their school colors
• Tape

Instructions:

1. Unbend the metal tabs to take the back off the frame
2. Use the paper photo insert as a template to cut a square out of wrapping paper or a gift bag
3. Fold the bills into letters as best you can to spell out “U DID IT!”
4. Some letters require two bills, so the more you have the better
5. If you have an extra you can add an exclamation point with a quarter under it
6. If you have extra, another nice touch is a tiny rolled up diploma or grad cap in the corner
7. Roll up tape behind the bills to attach them to the paper background – you don't need lots of tape, remember the bills will be pressed inside a frame so they won't fall!
8. Replace the background in the picture frame

And here's another super fun one that I made last year!

If you missed my Facebook live video this morning you can watch here for a fun DIY Graduation gift with money!

Good gravy.

I impressed myself on this one. 🙂 

And if I can tackle this little cute project?

I know you can too.

My friend shared this UBER CUTE idea for a DIY Graduation gift with money that she found over on Pinterest, but I thought it would be super fun as a teacher gift too. 

(Note – if you do give it to a teacher you'll want to make sure their school allows you to give teachers cash ~ many only allow gift cards, so find out ahead of time before preparing.)

It took less than 30 minutes to make, is a great fun way to give cash (which is what most folks love anyways!), and you'll feel like you totally rocked one gift this year. 🙂 

Success! 

Here's all you need:

• Shrink wrap
• Repositionable tape
• Gift cards
• Scissors
• Blow dryer (to mold the shrink wrap together)
• Pizza box ~ Free at our local pizza place
• Cash 🙂

Looking for more great graduation gift ideas? Head on over HERE ~ the Contigo water bottle is my favorite and would be perfect to fill with a little cash too!