How to Make Flowers out of Dollar Bills

How to Make Flowers out of Dollar Bills
Written By
Jordan Meyers
Jordan Meyers
Published: Jul 23, 2008
Updated: Feb 23, 2021
2 minute read

Learning to make flowers out of dollar bills will help you create valuable and unique bouquets that will never die. They make good gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and a full range of other special occasions. You can even make one for yourself, keeping beauty and bucks constantly within your line of vision.

Things You'll Need:

Things You Will Need

  • Toothpick
  • Floral Tape
  • Floral Wire
  • Five Newer Dollar Bills
  • Make a Dollar Rose Petal

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    Place a newer dollar bill on a flat surface, with the front side facing up.

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    Use a toothpick to curl the bill inward a short amount on each of its four corners. You want each corner to roll as evenly as possible toward the center.

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    Place your bill face down.

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    Fold your dollar bill in half.

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    Put a piece of your floral wire in the fold.

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    Crumple the fold of the bill to the floral wire. Bunch the bill up into petals. You'll need to be gentle with your crumpling to avoid tearing the dollar.

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    Pull the floral wire so that the bill is in the center. Twist the wire so that it forms the stem of your money flower.

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    Form a Money Rose

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    Create five dollar petals.

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    Take one dollar petal in your hand, and begin adding the others to it in a spiral. Arrange the dollars to conceal each petal's open sides.

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    Twist the floral wires of the dollar petals together to form one thicker stem.

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    Wrap the stem with floral tape. Start at the base of your flower and work your way down to the end of the stem.

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    Adjust your flower petals slightly so that they resemble a rose.

    Warnings:

    • There is a law concerning the intentional defacement of United States currency. You should read it to decide whether and how the law applies to what you intend to do. In most cases, creating a money flower will not render it unusable. You can find the text of the law at FindLaw.com.
    Jordan Meyers

    Jordan Meyers has been a writer for 13 years, specializing in businesses, educational and health topics. Meyers holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Maryland and once survived writing 500 health product…

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