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my tree limb looked better than this
For the 6th birthday, I found, actually it was a quart beer bottle, and spray painted it gold, which I already had, the paint, I mean, not the beer bottle.
I filled it will sand, so it wouldn't topple over.
Out in the yard, I found a nice size tree limb that sort of looked like a miniature tree, and stuck it in the sand.
I then taped 10 $1 bills randomly on the smaller limbs.
He was thrilled. And of course, I was happy, that I had made him happy with, I thought, so simple of a gift. - 2). The same 6 year old was the first to graduate from high school, and I asked my daughter, what should I get him. She said, You know, Mom, he still remembers the "Money Tree". So I decided to make it a little more sophisticated.
I found a container, a child's sand bucket in his school colors, filled it with florist foam.
Next, inserted a 1/2 inch dowel into the foam, and stuck the other end into a foam ball.
I then attached another dowel and another ball on top of this.
Then folding the money to sort of resemble a petal, I pinned them in place until each ball was covered with $1 bills.
I embellished with streamers in his school colors.
Then wrapping cellophane paper all around the entire topiary and tying with a bow, the present was ready. - 3
Mine had streamers and stars all over on top of the money
My daughter said it was one of his favorite gifts. He kept it for a long time. When he would want to go to the movie or to buy some little something, he would say he was going to pluck his money tree.
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