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charlie b

wrote:

Sooo.....

Anybody making anything new, fun, and exciting? Something we haven't
seen before or a new twist on an old favorite? (No Chinese balls,
please ; ^) )

Robert

How diabolical do you want to get?

I've done simple sliding dovetail boxes with
space routed in the center for MONEY!. Fold
a bill, say a hundred, stuff it in the routed
space, slip the top and bottom together,
adding just a little drop of glue just before
closing. Glue a print of the face on the bill
on the top of the "box" and hit it with some
spray shellac.

A variation on the small necked bottle trick
could be fun. In place of "bottle", insert
turned pinch neck small hollow form. Roll up
the bill real tight, slip it into the bottle. Inside
it will unfurl enough to not fall out - or make it
easy to get out of the bottle. Since wood
isn't quite as transparent or translucent as
glass - you could drill holes in the hollow form
so the recipient can see there's a bill inside.

If you don't have to go with wood you can
give clumps of bananas with a bill slipped
into one of them. Works with a watermellon
too.

If you want to really be evil - take the fattest
phone book you can find and 50-100 crisp
new dollar bills. Open the book anywhere and
stuff a bill back near the binding. Repeat
randomly 'til you run out of dollar bills. Wrap
and have the card note that there's money
inside.

just some ideas for you.

charlie b