Desserts: Ice-cream (pay by the scoop!), brownie (whipped cream is extra!), etc.įor example, if you have a bunch of kids, you can do this on two different nights and have each kid team-up with you in the kitchen one night, then be a customer the next night.Īnd when they come up to the window, pretend like you’re taking their order.Side Dishes: Broccoli with cheese sauce, side salad, French fries, guacamole with chips, etc.Main Dishes: Macaroni and cheese (I just LOVE to make this butternut squash mac’n cheese for our family), cheeseburgers, chicken salad sandwiches, etc.Some ideas of foods that would work well here: You’ll create a menu of items that you can make ahead of time – 2 choices or so for each category of food you’re serving would be great – and then give your kids a certain amount of fake money to play.įor dinner, they get to go outside, come up to your drive-thru window, and order from your menu. I snagged this awesome idea from the television show My Five Wives.īasically, you want to set up a drive-thru dinner using a window from your kitchen that opens up to an outside patio or area where your kids can come up and “order” food from you. You’ll need to decide how much fake money each family member gets, and how they actually get that money.įor example, you could have them earn the money from doing chores around the house, or you could give out the same amount of money to each person and see how they decide to spend it. Services/treats/rewards you auction off (such as a ticket good for 15 minutes of video game play).Items your kids each want to auction off from their belongings.
Items you buy from the store (even the dollar store!) to auction off.
This game with fake money can be played using a few different kinds of items: It also helps with sales and marketing skills, as your kiddos will be taking turns trying to get the highest bids on whatever they’re putting up to auction off.ĭid I mention that auctions are pretty fun, too? Well, it really helps with understanding supply and demand (you’ll likely only have one item each, and they’ll need to figure out how much they WANT the item by voting with their fake dollars). What can an auction teach your child about money?
#Game of life starting money free
Psst: need a set of printable fake money? Here's 17 free kid money printables you can print off and use. Have a set of fake money at home? Great! Let me give you some ways to use that currency with your kids so that they’ll both have fun AND learn some lessons around kid money management. Construction Foreman Lego Build Competition Games to Play with Fake Money at School.
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