6 Money Management Games for Teens (Free Printables)

Looking for fun money games for teens? It's easier to teach budgeting and financial responsibility with these free printable money management games.

Sometimes the best way to teach a teenager about managing their money is through a good ‘ol fun game.

That’s why I’ve created this list of free money board game printables for teens to learn things like:

• How to budget
• How much everyday products cost
• What owning assets means and why they’d want to
• How to save money for a “rainy day” or life’s unforeseen situations
• Etc.

Sure beats just playing Monopoly over and over again!

Free Money Board Game Printables for Teens

Each of these free printable money board games can be prepped ahead of time, perhaps to start off a financial literacy lesson, or as a fun financial literacy activity to keep your students engaged.

They also make great life skills activities for your homeschool blocks!

1. The Social Justice Game: A Game About Cents & Sensibility®

Each player is assigned one of the four roles in this printable game – owner, manager, employee, or unemployed – and as Change cards are drawn, players are affected by things in disproportionate ways.

It’s a way for students to reflect on the impact of money on people.

2. Budgeting Scenarios Fortune Teller Game

Here’s a free printable budgeting game for teens I created that:

• Starts each teen with a set financial situation (avatar + income)
• Introduces random scenarios mid-game
• Forces players to adjust their budget in real time
• Has multiple playthrough potential, so they can play it again

Players use a fortune teller to assign themselves a starting avatar (with a job, income, and life situation).

Teens then fill in their budgeting worksheet, based on their new character’s intro story.

The fortune teller is used to introduce new money and life situations into play, and students must adjust as they go according to their budgets.

3. The Price is Right

I don’t know about you – but my child’s eyes typically pop out of his head when he sees the real costs of everyday items in a store. Sometimes, because he’s like, “That’s ALL?” And sometimes, because he can’t believe how expensive it is.

That’s why I’m including this printable money game.

Technically, this is a group date night made for adults.

BUT – hear me out on this one.

It’s a really fun group learning experience that you can use with teens to teach what common items cost.

Which I think could be a really eye-opening experience!

4. Teen Budgeting Game

Here’s a mother who made her own version of a budgeting game that she gave to her teenagers to work through.

And she’s made it available to everyone, for free!

Your teen will go through 12 months of pretend budgets based on a $300/month income.

The goal is to end the game with a certain amount of pretend money in savings + a certain amount of pretend social/well-being points (in other words, you can’t win the game by depriving yourself entirely).

5. The Saving and Spending Game

Students use this free printable money board game to better understand how unexpected expenses and everyday life can impact their ability to save money (both for regular and emergency savings).

Students play in groups of 3-4, and are given $300 each to start. They earn a $50 income each turn and must draw a scenario card and work through it based on their current financial situation.

There’s a tracker worksheet and some reflection questions for afterwards.

The student who finishes with the most savings wins!

6. The Jelly Bean Game

Each person gets 20 beans and a budget sheet to fill out with this free printable money game.

During Round #1, players need to spend all 20 beans across their budget sheet.

In the next Round, their income suddenly drops to 13 beans. Which means they’re going to have to prioritize and make trade-offs.

It’s a lot of fun and gives teens much to think about.

Psst: here's 19 free financial literacy activities for high school students, and 12 fun budgeting PDFs.

Here’s a thought: what if you picked a new free money board game each month for your teen(s) to play through and conquer? Imagine how many money skills they could pick up!