creative way to give a giftcard?

[momz]

I have purchased gifts for all of my nieces and nephews except for one. He is getting a gift card to go towards the purchase of a new gaming system.

In the past, when I have given money, I have found a creative way to give it.

One year, when my nephew turned 16, I rolled up the currency into "logs" and put them into a 16 count crayon box. It was fun to see the look on his face when he unwrapped a box of 16 crayons on his 16th birthday, then again to see the look when he opened the crayons and found money.

Another time, I gave them all cash for Christmas. But this was because one of them had only one item on his Christmas list..."cold hard cash". So, I froze the bills into ice blocks (using a small plastic container for each of them", then sent them on a scavenger hunt. Each clue leading to another clue until they found the "cold hard cash" in the freezer.

So, now I need an idea for presenting a gift card.

 

[SandrA9810]

I'd stick it in the box of the console he plans on getting. Weigh it down with a few magazines (gaming preferably) to make him think it's the actual console.

 

[disneychrista]

I'd stick it in the box of the console he plans on getting. Weigh it down with a few magazines (gaming preferably) to make him think it's the actual console.

That almost seems mean.

But the idea of giving him a gaming magazine along with the card, is not a bad one.

 

[Minerva Mouse]

I have purchased gifts for all of my nieces and nephews except for one. He is getting a gift card to go towards the purchase of a new gaming system.

In the past, when I have given money, I have found a creative way to give it.

One year, when my nephew turned 16, I rolled up the currency into "logs" and put them into a 16 count crayon box. It was fun to see the look on his face when he unwrapped a box of 16 crayons on his 16th birthday, then again to see the look when he opened the crayons and found money.

Another time, I gave them all cash for Christmas. But this was because one of them had only one item on his Christmas list..."cold hard cash". So, I froze the bills into ice blocks (using a small plastic container for each of them", then sent them on a scavenger hunt. Each clue leading to another clue until they found the "cold hard cash" in the freezer.

So, now I need an idea for presenting a gift card.

Sorry, Momz. I don't have any suggestions, but love the two you previously came up with. What fun ideas.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Since he wants the money to go towards a gaming console, how about giving him money in a puzzle he has to win (pin ball).
http://www.seriouspuzzles.com/i6820.asp

 

[Katy Belle]

My DS has a wallet shaped like a video game controller. You could slip the gift card in the wallet!

I might use your "cold hard cash" idea!

 

[MidgeD79]

Thanks for the link. I just spent $67!!!