Do you have some foreign money saved from your travels in other countries? Put your foreign coins and paper currency to good use by turning them into art, jewelry, or something else that’s useful. Here are 10 DIY ideas for leftover foreign money!
1. Coin Art
If you have a lot of foreign coins, you can put them all together in one (or two) frame and display all of them at once. It makes for an unexpectedly beautiful piece of art.
However, if you’d prefer not to glue the coins to anything, this tutorial shows you how to hold your coins in a frame without any glue.
Have a small collection of foreign coins? You can spread out the coins in a pattern for an elegant effect.
2. Coin Magnets
It’s so easy to turn your foreign coins into magnets and they’ll look great on your refrigerator.
3. Floating Framed Currency
Some countries have such colorful paper currency that it’s such a shame to hide them away. Put your leftover foreign paper money into floating frames and enjoy their beauty!
4. Coin Vase
This great DIY coin vase was done with pennies, but you could easily do the same thing with foreign coins.
5. Coin Frame
Glue your foreign coins to a frame with hot glue and add a picture from your travels. A quick DIY project that would look great in any room!
Also, check out this coin frame tutorial that also includes a clever way to clean your old foreign coins!
6. Travel Collages
Create eye-catching travel collages with leftover foreign money, maps, tickets, and other travel mementos.
7. Map and Coin Shadowbox Art
Combine a map from a country you’ve visited with the leftover foreign coins from that country in a shadowbox frame to create a striking addition to your gallery wall.
8. Blown-Up Art
Memorialize a special trip by blowing up paper currency and framing it as art. So colorful, beautiful, and unique!
See another great example here. Follow this tutorial or this one to create your own blown-up photograph of your leftover foreign money.
9. Bookmark
Laminate your foreign paper currency and use them as bookmarks. What a great way to turn a travel memento into something you can use everyday!
10. Coin Jewelry
Wear your foreign coins as jewelry by putting holes on them and turning them into earrings, necklaces, charm bracelets, and more. This great tutorial also shows you how to stamp dates on your coins, how cool!
What do you do with your leftover foreign money? For more ideas for your travel mementos, don’t miss 5 Ways to Organize and Display Travel Mementos and 6 Clever (and Useful) Travel Souvenir Ideas.
Analysis
This article is all about what to do with your leftover money when you return from a trip abroad. I find it interesting, that some people think the best way to utilize foreign money is to put it on display or turn it into art rather than trade it back for the leftover money. Granted, these are small amounts, but the fact that it’s easier to hot glue coins to a vase rather than make that money back definitely says something about how complex it is to trade your money back. For goodness sake, some of these ideas completely devalue the money! I understand the importance of a keepsake, but I think there might be better ways to remember your trip and save a little money at the end of the day.
Source
Elisa. (2020, July 12). 10 fun DIY ideas for leftover foreign money. Remodelaholic. https://www.remodelaholic.com/10-fun-diy-ideas-leftover-foreign-money/
