Q&A for How to Make a Lei

It really depends on the materials that you want to use and how fancy you want it to look. You can use any kind of string, yarn, or ribbon as a base. And then you can use whatever embellishments you want! Artificial flowers, beads, candy, money, and fake butterflies are all options.

I would make origami flowers and then just follow Method 1. Or you could just use origami paper instead of crepe paper in Method 2. Check out How to Make an Origami Flower .

No. You can thread the needle through the slit on either side that radiates from the center where you join the bills, like the person did in step four of method three.

You could use it as decoration. Add a little razzle-dazzle to the room! If you don’t wanna do that either, give it to a friend or neighbor who might enjoy it.

Flowers are organic material and will become brittle and the petal color will also change when they dry out. Any method of preservation will result in changes in the original flowers. It will no longer be exactly the same as when you received it.

Yes, you can still use the dollars from the money lei. You will have to unfold them in order to use them. Stores will not take them folded as they have to make sure that it is real money!