Cash Gift for Baby!

Well, I said in my last post this blog would be a combination of ponderings and projects.  Last week you got a pondering, so here is the project!  Hope it gives you some fun ideas!

My Motivation: 

A few months ago, I had to present a cash gift.  Our Worship Pastor and his wife had just adopted a sweet little girl from China, and we took up a collection for them to cover costs rather than throw a big shower. Our goal was to raise enough to cover their deductible for upcoming surgeries for her, and we ended up raising almost double that! What to do? Hmmmm.....

When I graduated from college, my aunt taped a bunch of bills together and had me pull them out of my card; resulting in a long string of green for me to thrill over.  I liked that idea, but what could I put it in?  A Kleenex box was all I could think of.... I went to my hall closet to get one, and some old baby wipe containers I had stashed away caught my eye.  PERFECT!  The brain started churning....

The Result:

  At the presentation, we handed them a gift bag with a card saying something along the lines of 

"here is something to help WIPE away those new baby worries" 

and they pulled this out of the bag....

 (I just fancied it up a bit with some scrapbook paper and ribbon- took an extra 20 minutes at most)

There was a little sign I added once they opened it that said "Pull" (I know, wicked creative)

Surprise!  

And it kept going, and going, and going..... 

At the end, we attached a note that explained how much we loved them and all that sappy stuff.  It was a great mixture of fun, shock, sentiment.... no one had to make a big speech, but it was waaaay more exciting than just handing them a check or an envelope full of cash- especially because the bills got larger as the chain got longer and their jaws kept dropping...  :)
So there it is!  Let me know if you have any ideas on variations!