Emergency Cash Key Ring

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My father-in-pretend-law has one of those super sharp minds that naturally think outside of the box and these emergency cash key rings are testament to his general awesome niftyness.  Each of us received one of these in our Christmas stockings last year and trust me, it has saved me from embarrassment on more than one occasion.  Yeah, I sometimes forget that I have already spent the money in my wallet /0\…
Promotional keyrings

So, what do you need for this awesomeness?

  1. A blank acrylic key ring – they are ubiquitous as promotional gifts, so you don’t even have to spend money on it…
  2. A printed message that will fit into the key ring. Ours had our name on it, as well as a message telling whoever picked up the key to give us a call and help themselves to the reward enclosed.
  3. R 100 note.  The hardest part of this whole operation is folding the note small enough to fit into the key ring.

keyring components

First fold the note in half length-wise, then use an accordion fold to fold the note small enough to fit into the key ring.

Fold the note    Note and name tag

Wrap the printed message around the folded note and insert it into the key ring.

Insert into keyring

Clip the two halves of the key ring back into place and ‘Hey presto!’, you have yourself an emergency cash key ring.

Secure the keyring

PS) The usefulness of this gift depends largely on your ability to replace the money if you use it… :p