Can you help me come up with a unique gift container?

[ewigginton]

For Christmas Eve, our family has an unusual gift exchange. Everything is fun, funky, creative, etc. for the twenty-somethings. The value must be $25. I've decided to give $25 in one dollar bills, folded into unique origami shapes (see some below). What I can't come up with, is something equally as creative to present the gift in ... was thinking maybe an egg carton. Anybody have any other suggestions?


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[ShirleyC]

It might be cute if you could find some little boxes that fit one inside the other to make it a little more challenging.

[anpola]

That is so cool! I want to come. :) You could use a paint can that you decorate. A big purse. A treasure chest. A basket. An embroidered pillowcase. A lunch box. A waste basket. Hang them on a tie hanger or on a garland. A glass jar. A shawdow box frame. Maybe one of those ideas could at least be a springboard for something that will work. Do you do the gift exchange like a white elephant game?

[ewigginton]

Yes! It is a white elephant game and a total blast! I love the way you think Anpola :santaclaus: and you've given me some great food for thought. The weirder the better is my motto. I love the pillow case idea. Now, to come up with an appropriate phrase to embroider ..... Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Ok found a possibility .... Money never sleeps, pal!

[anpola]

Love the "money never sleeps" idea! I love white elephant gift exchanges! Especially the ones that you laugh so hard at the gifts until you pee your pants! :p I'd love to hear some of the other gifts you've given or received in the past.

[anpola]

How does a Yankee swap work?

[ewigginton]

Love the "money never sleeps" idea! I love white elephant gift exchanges! Especially the ones that you laugh so hard at the gifts until you pee your pants! :p I'd love to hear some of the other gifts you've given or received in the past.

Last year's hit was a garden gnome. Almost came to blows over that one. Then there was the scavenger hunt culminating in a mountain o'beer. Thankfully, I didn't get that one! Then there's always the boring DVD or book. Our rules state everything must be brand new -- no regifting!

[ewigginton]

How does a Yankee swap work?

It is my understanding that a Yankee Swap and a White Elephant Swap are one and the same.