How to Give Money as a Gift

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Money can be the perfect solution for those hard-to-shop-for types. Here's how to make the gift a bit more personal.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Put money or a check in an envelope, or stash it in a money card or greeting card.
Step2
Make a money tree with the cash made to look like blossoms, if you plan to give money as part of a group. Highlight the really big donors.
Step3
Alternatively, present the group gift in a card with the names and addresses of all givers, so each can get a thank-you card.
Step4
Include a typewritten note giving the receiver instructions on how to use, access or continue the gift if it is in the form of stocks, bonds, saving bonds, savings account, trusts or investments.
Step5
Add a personal touch to the gift with a suggestion about how the recipient might spend the money: "Hope your trip is endlessly wonderful," or "Old car. New tires."
Step6
Give travelers' checks for someone about to embark on a trip, $50 in a baby bottle for an expectant couple, a bill inside a schoolbook for a recent graduate or cash in a piece of tulle and white ribbon for a bride.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can also buy foreign currency to give to someone embarking on a trip.
  • Start a savings account for your favorite niece or nephew.
  • Ask the bank for new bills.
  • Money can seem like an impersonal gift. If you're shopping for your significant other, your mother's 60th birthday, or your best friend's wedding shower, try to put more time and thought into your present.
  • Never send cash through the mail.

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crushzzr

crushzzr said

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on 7/3/2008 check out http://www.PerpetualEndowments.org great place to give

jimmy213

jimmy213 said

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on 7/18/2007 What about things like Online Money Gift registries? I recently setup my own money gift registry at www.Reebles.com, and sent out messages to my friends and family that I would prefer cash as a gift.

Anonymous

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on 8/3/2006 Gift vouchers are available in most stores. Some stores are using gift cards that you can add to once the current credit is up.

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on 3/21/2006 Since we live in Nevada - the slot world capitol - for each of my nieces and nephews (when they turn 21), I give them a fancy little bag made of velvet or fancy material full of $21 in quarters. I tie the bag with a fancy ribbon. They can try their luck at the slot machines and maybe increase their stash, or convert it to paper and spend it on whatever they want!

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on 3/7/2006 Open a umbrella, take various lengths of string and tie to the inside of the umbrella. On opposite ends of the string tie paper money, $1, $5, etc. Carefully place tied money in umbrella and close it. When recipient opens the umbrella over their head, money falls out onto their head and shoulders, but won't fall on the floor. I did this for my 14 year old daughter. She and her friends loved it.

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