Step-by-step instructions on how to make a cake from banknotes yourself. We will also bring to your attention several original congratulations for weddings, birthdays and anniversaries.
Almost everyone associates the holiday with fun, joyful smiles, pleasant words, and, of course, original gifts. With the right gift, you can express your love and respect to the hero of the occasion, and show him how dear he is to you. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to surprise a modern person with anything, because we live in a world where everyone can buy whatever they want.
Therefore, lately people have stopped bothering and started giving each other money. And although such a gift has a right to exist, it will not leave a pleasant mark in the life of the hero of the day. For this reason, if you want to give money to the hero of the occasion, but strive to do it as original as possible, then try making a beautiful money cake for him.
How to make a cake from banknotes with your own hands step by step?
Instructions for making a cake from money
Money in a gift envelope has long been unfashionable and uninteresting. In view of this, if you want your present to be remembered for a long time, then spend a little of your time and make a cake out of money.
In this case, you will only need to decide what size your masterpiece will be and change the money in advance, for example, with a denomination of 100 rubles. In addition, stock up on scissors, soft cardboard and paper clips.
So:
- Take cardboard and cut out circles of 25 and 15 centimeters from it. These blanks will be the basis of our money cake.
- Next, measure two more strips and glue them into a circle, the diameter of which will coincide with the diameter of the cardboard base. Using glue, fasten these blanks together and set aside to dry.
- At the next stage, we begin to prepare banknotes.
- We take and carefully roll them into a tube and secure them in this position on the cardboard frame with a paper clip. We continue to attach money tubes to the paper frame until they cover all the cardboard tiers of ours. .gift cake. After you're done with this activity, cut out another circle and cover the top hole of your gift with it.
- Next, we take our blanks and fasten them together with glue. This must be done very carefully, because if you stain the bills with adhesive, the birthday person is unlikely to be able to use them for their intended purpose. Let the money cake set well and start decorating it.
- You can decorate such a gift in different ways. Everything here will depend solely on your imagination. You can use satin bows, fresh flowers, balloons, chocolate figures.
Product assembly
1. Bend the teeth at the upper end of the side of the first tier inward and carefully coat their upper surface with glue.
You can use banknotes of different denominations for the cake.
2. Place the base of the second tier on top of the first floor of the cake, check its centering and very carefully press the circle onto the glue-coated teeth.
3. When the glue has set well, attach the top layer to the cake in the same way.
4. Cover the last tier of the cake with a “lid” - a cardboard circle with a diameter of 15 cm, gluing it in the same way.
DIY money cake for a wedding
Money cake for a wedding celebration
A wedding is quite an important event in a person’s life, so a money cake in this case should be as large as possible and beautifully decorated. If for an ordinary holiday two tiers will be enough, then in this case you simply must make at least three.
If you are not constrained by finances, you can use large denomination bills or, in general, dollars to create your masterpiece.
Manufacturing recommendations:
- We start, like the previous time, by making the frame of the wedding present. To do this, cut out three circles from cardboard with a diameter of 10, 20 and 30 centimeters.
- We put these blanks aside for a while and begin to measure the height of the banknotes that will be used to decorate the cake.
- Cut out a sheet of paper of the measured width and glue it into a circle. The diameter of this ring should be slightly less than the radius of the round base.
- We fasten all the blanks together (you should have three tiers of the cake of different sizes) and begin to attach money to them.
- You can, as in the previous version, twist them into tubes and attach them to a cardboard base, or you can try to create a more original decor in the form of money bows.
- To do this, you will first need to fold the bills into an accordion, and then tie them in the center with steel wire or a thin satin ribbon.
- Next, you just need to straighten the ends of the bow and use the same paper clip to attach them to the cardboard base.
- When we are finished decorating the cardboard base, we cut out the top of our cake from money and carefully connect all the parts together.
- It is best to decorate a cash gift for a wedding with swans, satin ribbons, and bright scarlet hearts of various sizes.
Making the second tier of the cake
Make the second tier of the cake according to the model of the first, only cut out the base circle with a diameter of 25 cm, mark a concentric circle with a radius of 10 cm inside the circle, and make the length of the strip for the side 66 cm.
Attention! When cutting out the side blank, do not forget to leave allowance strips for gluing!
Similar to the bottom tier, fill the second layer of the cake with banknote tubes. Making the third tier of the cake.
Make the third layer of the cake in the same way as the previous two.
Parameters of parts for its manufacture: a circle with a diameter of 20 cm with an inner circle of radius 7.5 cm and a strip 50 cm long.
Congratulations on a cake made from money for a wedding
Original wedding congratulations
It is clear that even such an original gift as a cake made from money must be presented to the newlyweds as solemnly as possible. Therefore, it will be better if you think in advance about the words and parting words that you will say to the heroes of the occasion.
You can try to rehearse your speech and the intonation with which you will pronounce it at home. Be sure to play with the theme of a money cake and present it as a small start-up capital for a young family.
Examples of congratulations:
- Dear newlyweds! On behalf of our entire large family, I want to congratulate you on this joyful event in your life. I would like to wish you all the best and most beautiful things that exist on our huge planet. At this moment, the most important value of your small family is your feelings. Therefore, keep them carefully, and even when you sulk at each other, remember what you experienced on your wedding day. Take care of each other, love forever and always strive for comfort, peace and joy to reign in your home. Let even the smallest difficulties not arise on your life path. Remember that from this moment you are one, so in any, even the most difficult situation, you must be each other’s support. May your love overcome all difficulties and adversity and live forever. Bitterly!
- The main secret of family happiness is mutual understanding and respect for each other. Happiness is pleasant words, minutes spent together, sweet kisses, warm smiles, compliments as light as butterflies. Try to have all this always present in your life. And since love needs support, we give you this money cake and wish you that our financial injection into your family budget will bring you a sea of positivity and joy. We congratulate you on your marriage and wish your union to be strong and happy!
- Dear bride and groom, on this significant day for you, I would like to wish you great happiness, financial prosperity, mutual understanding and, of course, the most important thing, the fruits of your love. Try not to waste those feelings that brought you to the altar and make your family nest cozy, warm and hospitable. Do not be discouraged under any circumstances if difficulties appear on your life path. Always remember that you have a friend and in case of failure, lend your shoulder to your loved one. I wish your young family a billion rainbow sunny days filled with the warmth and love of your hearts!
Pillows with inscriptions
Previously, it was customary for newlyweds to give bedding, which one way or another the couple would need to buy after the wedding. But it's so boring! There is a more interesting wedding gift idea with a hint of textiles - original pillows with inscriptions. These are very easy to make!
- pillows with pillowcases;
- red and white cotton fabric;
- self-adhesive letters;
- scissors.
Time: 30 minutes.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Cut out a heart from white fabric. Please note that in order for the heart to look more beautiful when connecting pillows, it should be made wider (stretched horizontally). Stick on the letters. Turn the fabric over with the wrong side facing you and place two pieces of red fabric over the white heart so that they cover the letters on the back. Sew the red squares onto the white fabric.
- Cut out each letter, but be careful because... you should only cut through the top white fabric. Cut the heart in half and sew each piece to the pillowcases. Now you know how you can make a creative gift with your own hands, which will become a feature of the interior of the bedroom of a young couple.
DIY money cake for birthday
Cake made from banknotes in the form of bows
A cake made from money can also be a wonderful gift for a birthday. In this case, you can even afford a single-tier gift; everything will depend solely on the amount you will give. The more money you are going to present to the birthday boy, the wider and higher your surprise should be.
So:
- Prepare cardboard, scissors, paper, paper clips and small denomination bills in advance
- Cut out paper blanks for the base and sides (do everything as we described a little above) and glue them together into a frame to which the banknotes will be attached.
- A little higher, we have already introduced you to information on how to make a cake using money tubes and bows. If these two methods seem very complicated to you, then try decorating the gift with a simpler method.
- But keep in mind that in order for your gift to look perfect, it is extremely important that the height of the tier ideally matches the width of the banknotes.
- Carefully wrap the blanks in a circle with money and secure everything with decorative gift ribbons.
- Next, take any small candies and sprinkle them on the top of the cake and those places where the white cardboard is visible. If the money cake is repurposed for a child or a sweet tooth, complement it with chocolate figures.
Work order
Exchange the amount you are going to donate at the bank for a pack of brand new banknotes of the same denomination. In total, you will need from 100 to 150 banknotes to make the cake. Based on the project budget, determine the number of tiers for the future product.
Advice! A three-tier cake is considered classic, but if you have limited funds, you can build a miniature two-tier cake.
The basis of this confectionery-money product is made up of low cardboard cylinders, shaped like the hat of the same name. These cylinders have the same height, but different diameters and they are attached to one another in decreasing order.
Congratulations to a birthday cake made of money
happy Birthday
- My dear man! On your birthday, I present you with this original monetary gift as a birthday cake. Although you are unlikely to be able to eat it, I know for sure that it will bring you a lot of positive emotions and good impressions. I wish that you are always given gifts that will make your wallet thicker and your pocket wider. I hope that my gift will brighten up your workdays and give you a fun and exciting weekend! May all your endeavors bring you prosperity, and may success in your personal life exceed all expectations!
- Today you have become a whole year older. This means that you have increased wisdom, patience and positivity. I wish that your life continues to be filled with the warmest and brightest colors, that you walk through life boldly, without being distracted by troubles and envious glances. Always stay young, beautiful and full of strength! Strive to conquer new heights, be healthy in both soul and body. Let only the kindest and most cheerful people surround you in life, and let your home be like a full cup. Accept this money cake from us as a gift and treat yourself to the most long-awaited surprise!
- On your birthday it is customary to wish you health and a joyful life. Since you already have all this, I wish you that all your innermost dreams come true this year, and that your financial condition allows you to think about more and more new ones. So let's raise our glasses so that happiness, luck and love will always be present in the life of our beloved friend. May fortune be favorable to you in everything and always. Always remain so sweet, kind, cheerful and hospitable. We are very pleased to have such an open and sincere person in our lives. We wish that you never lose the positive aspects of your character and always remain our closest and beloved friend!
- My closest, dearest and beloved person, happy birthday to you ! I want to say that you are like the sun for me, only with you I feel like the most beautiful woman on earth. Always be so kind, attentive and caring. And I, for my part, always support you in everything and be a reliable support for you. I sincerely wish you to be healthy, successful and self-confident. Dear guests, let's drink to a real man!
How to give money to newlyweds?
Increasingly, newlyweds are given money to spend at their own discretion. Some people cover their loans, others go on a honeymoon, and for others this money becomes the first serious payment for the first property in life.
Of course, you shouldn’t even talk about how important and necessary a gift money is. This is already clear to everyone. However, giving them in an envelope is completely banal and simple. By the end of the evening, the young couple no longer remembers where whose envelope is, everything is so the same and boring.
You need to put your soul into any gift. Then it will turn out to be personal and something secret.
Absolutely all newlyweds will be pleased with large banknotes. It is impossible to imagine a full existence without them.
The question at a wedding is not the gift itself, since everything is decided with it, but how to give it.
If you want your banknotes to be remembered by young people for a long time, then you have several options.
- Combine banknotes and fresh flowers. Ask the florist to make a simple imitation of flowers next to each bud, tightly tying the paper to a living plant. In this case, you will receive the most interesting bouquet, filled with both money and real flower plants.
- Balloons – Everyone loves floating balloons. They remind us of childhood, carelessness and a complete feeling of happiness. Each balloon can be filled with banknotes and filled with helium.
- Think of banknotes as candy that needs to be carefully packaged in bright and shiny packaging. This way, you can pack all your bills by placing them in a pre-prepared box.
- The box is an excellent gift that will be useful to the newlyweds for a long memory. You can write on it “For vacation” or “For car.” Don’t forget to place the bills in your box, saying in advance that you have made a down payment.
- A jar with money - it is not at all necessary to hand over bills in some sophisticated way; you can do it much simpler, namely, give a glass jar in which to put the money. On the jar itself you can write symbolic inscriptions “For a happy life”, “For children” and so on. Choose what is closest to the newlyweds.
- A money cake will help the newlyweds to cheer up and make them laugh. In addition, such sweets can be made from fake money. Thus, the gift will remain for a long time.
Money cake for anniversary
Cake made from money for an anniversary
An anniversary is a special date, therefore a gift in this case should emphasize the status of a person. If you are going to present the hero of the day with a “piece of capital”, then forget about paper envelopes and please the hero of the occasion with a cake made from money yourself. We described in detail how to make this original present in the first paragraph of our article.
And if you have been paying attention, you already know that in order to make this original present, you first need to make a cardboard frame for it, and only then attach banknotes to it.
Since you are facing a difficult festive event, but an anniversary, it will be better if you tinker a little and decorate the frame of the cardboard cake with money butterflies. We will now tell you how to do them correctly.
So:
- To make one butterfly you will need two bills of the same size. One of them will need to be folded like an accordion and subsequently given the shape of a bow.
- First fold the other bill into a kind of triangle, the upper part of which is half the size of the lower one.
- Then fold this blank also like an accordion.
- Next, connect the two parts of the butterfly together and secure them with an elastic band or wire.
- If you want your butterflies to resemble living insects as much as possible, then attach wire antennae to them. After attaching the money butterflies to the cardboard frame, decorate your gift with satin bows, fresh flowers and sparkling artificial stones
Meat heaven
This is just a universal gift! Moreover, it is very brutal and expensive. A man simply cannot help but like such a bouquet of meat! To prepare it, select soft meat (or fish) products. They should be slightly dry and have a beautiful appearance.
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We suggest you take hunting sausages (you can take salami) and dried pink salmon. And to diversify the present and add an unusual touch to it, you need to add smoked cheese (pigtail) and red hot fresh pepper. And the sausage bouquet will be a bottle of beer, you can take Jack Daniels whiskey or wine. The latter will be especially delicious, because wine and cheese are the perfect duo.
To arrange everything into a single gift, we cannot do without craft paper and wooden skewers. You will also need a sheet of cardboard, twine and tape. Now we will tell you in detail and step by step how to make a men's bouquet with your own hands. Watch the manufacturing master class and detailed description.
Step 1
. All products need to be cut into small pieces - approximately 10-15 cm.
Step 2
. Wipe the bottle with a damp disinfectant wipe, as it will be near the products (+ work with clean hands, or better yet, gloves). Cut strips of cardboard no more than 10 cm high and long enough to wrap the bottle. Wrap the bottle with a piece of cardboard. Glue it together using a hot glue gun or glue. This is the basis.
Step 3
. Take the skewers. Trim them if they are taller than 15 cm. Thread your produce onto them. Including pepper.
Step 4
. Now start making the bouquet: attach all the skewers around the bottle with tape.
Step 5
. Decorate the beer bouquet with craft paper. You can roll the paper into an envelope or a bag. Tie with twine to secure the bottle in the bouquet. Our bouquet of food and alcohol is ready! You can attach an original signature “To a real man!” And give it as an anniversary gift.
An amazing bouquet of meat is simply a huge scope for imagination. You can put any meat and smoked meats here! Various alcoholic drinks - from vodka to cognac. Everyone has their own recipe.
And to make sure of this, you can watch a free video that shows how easy it is to put together a similar gift from meat, cheese and herbs, but without alcohol:
Congratulations on a money cake for an anniversary
Congratulations on the anniversary
- As a person who has gone through quite a long life, you probably know that for a normal life, in addition to health and happiness, you also need money. Moreover, there should be so many of them that there is enough not only for food and utility bills, but also for entertainment and pleasant purchases for your loved one. Of course, we won’t give you a million, but our wonderful money cake can still make at least one of your dreams come true. In addition, we wish you to live many more happy years and always remain young in body and soul!
- An anniversary is the same as a birthday, but decorated with a solid round number. This is how it is in our world, but we attach special importance to round dates. On this day, it’s as if we are summing up what we have already done and, of course, making plans for a happy future. To make your future life calm and financially secure, we present you with this money cake. And even though it cannot buy an expensive car or a house by the sea, for some reason we are sure that it will help you conquer another height. Once again, we congratulate you on your anniversary and wish that your life continues to shine with bright colors and be filled with the cheerful laughter of your loved ones!
- Dear hero of the day, today you are celebrating a rather significant date - you are 50! We know you as a person who still remains young at heart and strives to learn something new all the time. We want you to continue to have a youthful spirit in your life, so that you can allow yourself to do the craziest things. And in order for your dreams to always come true, we give you a talisman against poverty - a gorgeous cake made of money. Let our gift make you happier and bring even more unbridled fun and warm, memorable moments into your life!
Celebration traditions
Just some twenty years ago, the birthday boy or newlyweds would be happy with absolutely any useful thing. Now, given the wide range of products, it is quite difficult to guess what will suit the hero of the occasion. That's why everyone gives money. But to prevent this process from looking trivial, you need to organize an unusual presentation. Young people, for example, wrap banknotes in a roll of toilet paper, and the birthday boy then has to unwind his gift for a long time.
True, such an eccentric option is not suitable for a wedding. And since the main attribute of this holiday is a cake, it is best to make its analogue, only from money.
DIY money and candy cake
Ideas for cakes made from money and candies
Since candies are heavier than paper money, it is best to use polystyrene foam to make the frame. If you don’t have one, then simply glue two sheets of cardboard, let them dry and only then cut out the blanks from which you will make the base of the cash gift.
Recommendations for making a cake from money and sweets:
- Buy polystyrene foam of maximum thickness at any hardware store, use a compass to draw circles of the required diameter on it and carefully cut them out with a wallpaper knife. If the resulting height is still not enough, then glue two pieces of the same diameter together.
- Then take colored corrugated paper and cover the frame of the future cake. When the paper is completely dry, you can proceed to assembling the structure.
- In this case, you will first need to glue all the tiers of the cake together, and only after that put the candies on them.
- Roll the banknote into a tube of the required diameter, secure it with a paper clip and insert the candy inside. Continue these manipulations until there are enough sweets and money to cover all the tiers of the cake.
- After this, place the candies along the edge of the presentation frame and secure them with tape.
- The top of such a cake can simply be filled with chocolate glaze or also decorated with sweets.
Master class from banknotes in the form of a bag
Not only cake can be worth money. Banknotes can be hidden in a bag. In this case, you will either need a lot of cash or just decorations on top.
Use one of the suggested options:
- The main gift in the bag. For this purpose, the main part of the gift can be dishes, a service or small appliances. It is better to choose small gifts like a phone. Buy a bag or fabric to make it. You will also need red tape and a few clothespins or paper clips. Place the main gift in the bag, move it into the bag. Tie the top with a ribbon, but leave a small opening of a few centimeters. Attach about 5-10 paper clips to the holes in the burlap. Roll banknotes in a spiral or in the shape of a rose, secure with a paper clip and give to the newlyweds. You can also leave money inside the bag.
- Coin gift. Suitable for young people who have a sense of humor. Coins are also money, and large round coins can collect a significant amount of money. It will also be nice to receive such a piggy bank of funds. To do this, simply exchange the total amount of the gift in the store. You may have to visit the bank. But the humorous idea is worth running around the city in search of precious coins.
Unusual candlesticks
Still wondering what gift you can make with your own hands? Make a beautiful candlestick. It will fill your home with comfort and will be an excellent gift for your family and friends.
To work you will need:
- small glass jar;
- matte black paint;
- masking tape;
- a simple pencil;
- sharp knife or blade;
- twine, braid or ribbons for decoration.
For a candlestick, it is better to choose a small jar of an interesting shape. Place a wide strip of masking tape in the middle. Draw a heart of the desired shape and size on it.
Cut it along the contour with a sharp knife. Carefully remove excess tape, leaving the heart still attached.
Paint the entire outside of the jar with black paint. To do this, it is convenient to use spray paint.
Let the piece dry completely and decorate it as you wish. You can tie the top of the candlestick with a ribbon or twine, draw a dotted line around the heart with white paint - use your ideas of beauty.
All that remains is to place a small candle inside the jar and light it - the house will immediately be filled with an atmosphere of warmth and comfort.
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