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Free printable · Grandparents Day
Two Money Games
to Play With Your Grandkids.
No prep, no cost, no screen. Both take about ten minutes, and neither one can be played alone — which is the entire point.
Game One
The Grocery Savings Hunt
Play it on the next trip to the store. Everybody hunts for the biggest markdown they can find.
- 1Before you go in, agree on what counts: a sale tag, a clearance sticker, a coupon, or a store-brand swap.
- 2Everyone splits up and hunts. Write down what you found and what it saved.
- 3Biggest saving wins. Ties go to whoever found it first.
The stakeThe loser carries the bags in from the car. This is not negotiable, and it is why children take the game seriously.
Game Two
Guess the Price
Play it after dinner. One person names something they bought that day. Everybody else guesses what it cost.
- 1Hold up the thing, or just describe it. Don't say the price.
- 2Everyone guesses out loud, youngest first. No changing your answer once somebody else has spoken.
- 3Closest guess wins the round. Best of five wins the night.
Fair warningChildren's guesses are unhinged. A gallon of milk goes for $45. A car goes for $100. Watching a seven-year-old find out what things actually cost is the whole entertainment, and it is also the lesson.
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Why a grandparent is the right person to run these
You clipped coupons back when it was a survival skill rather than a hobby. You remember layaway. You know what your first paycheck was and exactly what it wouldn't cover. That is better money curriculum than most children ever get, and it usually has nowhere to land, because nobody asks.
These two games ask. Every round has a “that reminds me of the time…” sitting inside it, waiting for somebody to say it out loud.