Balloon Surprise Gift

My husband and I have several nieces and nephews. It feels like for every occasion we either give them cash or buy them a gift card to their favorite store. There is nothing wrong with this. However, I always feel like it is such a dull gift to give someone.

 I came across this idea on Pinterest a long time ago and filed it away in my brain until the perfect moment arrived. My cousin graduated high school this past spring and his dad (my uncle) is the king of creative cash gifting. For my college graduation he gave me a clear plastic piggy bank stuffed full of $1 bills. For my sisters graduation he gave her a treasure chest of gold dollar coins. So I knew if anyone would appreciate this gift it would be my cousin.

Now I would suggest to plan ahead and find a huge box. I had to make due with what I had so there were not nearly as many balloons as I would have liked. In my mind I had pictured 20 to 30 balloons but quickly realized my box would only hold about 10. The gift still did its job though.

 Inserting the money into the balloon is simple. Simply roll the money up tightly and slide in prior to blowing up the balloon as pictured. We also added some confetti to each balloon for extra "popping fun". :)

I was nice and taped a needle inside the card attached to the gift.  The look on my cousins face was priceless as he tried to figure out why his card contained a needle. I couldn't help but laugh when he openned his gift to find out why.

Tell me who would not want to open up a box full of balloons! And in my cousins case a box full of balloons stuffed with money!

Do you have any creative gift ideas you would like to share? I am always on the hunt for something!