Are Money Bouquet Cute or Inconsiderate?

You could give me a million one dollar bills on a bouquet and catch zero complaints from me.

When my cousin gives cash, she folds them into t shirts or frogs, using origami techniques.

Check out Pinterest for other easy way to give cash.

I made a wreath by folding the bills into different flowers and it was a hit.

It depends on the recipient. Ultimately, they will have to undo your work, so that may be a deciding factor as to how much time you'll spend.

It’s cute but a lot of unnecessary work. Just slide a check into a cute card and call it a day!

Think about this. You spend hours making it, then they feel like they can’t deconstruct it because of all the work, so it sits around for awhile.

There’s the chance that while it’s sitting around it could go missing. The. Finally, when it’s time to take it apart, they have a ton of fiddly work to do.

A check or Venmo goes right in the bank. Done and done.

I was thrilled to get money for my graduation. I saved it up and in the end I had enough to do something.

But I would hate to take a money bouquet apart. Spend the bouquet budget on a box of candy, a decorative item, or a purse/billfold. Put the money in that.

Depends on the person and how busy they are and how complicated it is. I think most people would be grateful to receive money.

I had not a money bouquet but a diaper cake (similar concept but with diapers instead of money) for a baby shower and while i was very grateful I was also a little annoyed at having to take it apart and organize everything because it took forever and I was already so busy with prepping for the baby.

Here is my take: a gift with “strings attached” isn’t a gift. When I was a kid my grandmother felt it smart to gift the grandkids $20 each…in Pennys. We had to “work for” our Christmas gift. I remember that. I remember having to roll every penny. It didn’t feel like a gift at all.

Yeak money is money, lol. I gave my nephew a wallet with 4 $25 gift cards in it and $100 cash, then I wrapped the wallet. He seemed to think it was pretty cool.

Personally I would rather have a real bouquet of flowers with an envelope containing a thoughtful card and the money. This way they can open it in their own time and read your note. And they have cheerful flowers.

You don't want it to scream "LOOK MONEY!!" You want it to say "I am thinking of you, here's a gift"

It’s cute! But if you’re planning to give it to them at the graduation they might feel weird taking pictures with a bouquet of money. Idk, depends on the person. I know I’d feel weird taking pictures in a crowd of people holding a bouquet of money.

I’ve heard of a money lei for graduation but not a bouquet. If you are wanting to give the gift of cash, they have these really cool cash boxes where the recipient pulls the cash out each bill one at a time. You can find them on Amazon and put whatever domination of cash inside you’d like. I did this for my niece for her birthday.

I think most graduates would love it

Money lei instead

I made my sister in law a money lei and a flower lei. She loved both. But taking apart the folded dollar bills wasn’t fun… it was cute for the pictures but I think I’d rather just give cash in a card next time.

Money is money. If a person cant be assed enough to collect their paper, then maybe theyre just ungrateful. They can work at wendys for an hour and get 15 $1dollar bills, or they can spend 5-10minutes unfolding however much you put on there.

I received $100 spread out through balloons for my 22nd(?), different, easy and memorable :)

Fewer “flowers” in higher denominations is probably a way to balance. Not sure how much you were planning on gifting, but doing $5 or $10 bills into a money nosegay or small arrangement gets you the fun presentation with less work to undo. Or mix them in with real flowers if you want the impact of a larger arrangement.

Unfolding a bunch of ones strikes me as a passive aggressive gift.

I wouldn't call it inconsiderate, per se. Money is money and I'm pretty sure a broke kid is just happy to get some. However, to me it's the kind of thing that makes it more about you than the recipient - kinda screams "Look at me! Aren't I just so generous and creative to give this complicated display of cash?" rather than "Hey kid, you did great and I'm super proud of you so here's a little something to help you out on the road ahead."

I bought $50 worth of dollar scratch off lottery tickets for someone once, they won $1200.

I like the idea but to use it you have to take it apart. One of my daughter’s treasured possessions is a paper art project a good friend made for her. It sort of looks like a cake and the friend drew manga characters that my daughter loves. It was so personal and thoughtful. Anyway, perhaps a paper craft bouquet with the money in one of those boxes you can pull it out of or in a card with it. That way she can keep that thoughtful gift and not destroy it.

I have been seeing people post them a lot this year and love the idea!!! Most graduates would much rather have $ than some graduation trinket etc

I got a lot of cash in envelopes for my graduation, and I would have loved a money bouquet! They're so cute. I'm very crafty, though, so I do think it depends on the person.

Listen, I'd love a money bouquet lol. Money is a necessity in this world so I bet that the receiver would be very grateful

Like others have said, it totally depends on the person receiving the gift. If they aren't the type to appreciate a money bouquet and find it cute, then you are doing it for nothing. Also, personally I would love to hold on to anything crafty a friend made. So if you put effort into making the bouquet and I have to pull it apart without being able to admire it, that would be sad. Maybe make something crafty for them (if they like such things) and then give cash?

I would love it, and since I wouldn't want to tear it apart, I would have a rainy day money fund if there was an emergency.

I personally would find this highly annoying. Just stick some money in a card with a chocolate bar or some flowers if you want to give them a "thing."

My friend makes money let's for graduates. They are always well received

I looked into making a money lei for my son’s graduation. If I’d stuck with that idea, I would have bought fake money on Amazon and given him a stack of cash along side it.

Cash is king

I'd just be worried it's sitting out on the gift table (honestly most people just have a box/basket for cards. It will look awkward really unless it's a small party.

Thanks, everyone!

My daughter and her friend each received money later cakes and they were the hit of the graduation party that night. People in the restaurant even came over to check them out.

The were super cute. $1 bills rolled up. Maybe $50 each.

I saw a lot of these at graduations and also the money leis, and they were super cute.. A lot of people do this, and it's totally acceptable...

There's a lot of fun ways to gift money. We are going to do one where you basically tape or hook together each bill long ways and roll it up. Then they just keep pulling bills out of a box or something.

I like them. I have never made one or gotten one but I love the creativity.

Are you able to do flowers and leaves in other paper? This way you can do a mixed arrangement with the money flowers easily removed leaving the flowers not made from money making up a nice decoration for later. This might mean the bills would be larger denomination.

Just something that came to mind while reading the comments. I think it shows how much you think of the person you are making it for; you are expressing your affection through your efforts. Nice.

And, so what if it is fiddly to deconstruct; the recipient can make a party of it with friends 🎉

Kinda dumb.

I think they're tacky but that's only my personal preference. It's showy and ostentatious- which gifts should not be (typically).

If you want to give money but want something more than a envelope, there are various types of gift boxes made for the purpose. Or really any object that you could enclose cash or a check in.

I received a "money tree" with dollar bills as the leaves as a gift when I was younger (like middle school), and thought it was a lot of fun -- but I don't think I would have appreciated it for graduation.

If someone complained about a gift that is literally made of money, they never deserved the gift in the first place.

Maybe a bouquet with some singles or even exchange some dollars for a foreign currency that’s worth even less per bill? Or Monopoly money? Then they could keep the bouquet but the “real gift” would be the larger bill(s) tucked in the bottom or something?

Then it’s the best of both - you get to give something they could feel okay keeping because the dollar value is low but also the more valuable contribution to their future?