Money activities to do at home
Short, practical things you can do with your child today. No printing, no preparation, and nothing you need to buy.
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The Supermarket Swap
Turn a normal food shop into a lesson on needs versus wants, using the trolley you were filling anyway.
Read the activity →Compare the Crisps
The price per 100g is printed on every shelf label and almost nobody looks at it. Teach them to hunt it down — then ask whether cheapest really means best.
Read the activity →The Swap Shop
Twenty minutes with no money allowed. They discover how hard swapping is, invent money to fix it — and learn what makes money work.
Read the activity →The Price Time Machine
Same shop, same pocket money, but ten years later the prices have doubled. Then a call to a grandparent to hear what things used to cost.
Read the activity →The Waiting Jar
Ten minutes to set up, then it runs quietly for weeks. Makes saving visible enough to be worth waiting for.
Read the activity →The Chore Price List
A price list of extra jobs, agreed together, with a proper quality check before anyone gets paid. A week that connects effort, value and pay.
Read the activity →The £10 Birthday Budget
Give your child imaginary money and a wish list that costs more, then watch them discover what choosing really feels like.
Read the activity →The Pocket Money Ledger
One notebook, one week, every penny written down — then two questions at the end of it. The habit that sits under every other money skill.
Read the activity →The Household Bill Detective
Show them one real bill, let them guess it first, then work out what it costs per day. Running a home made concrete, without making it frightening.
Read the activity →The Tax Jar
A pretend wage, then two coins into a shared jar before they spend a thing. What tax is, what it pays for — and why people argue about it.
Read the activity →The Button Loan
Save up for a treat, or borrow now and pay back more? A few weeks squeezed into one game shows exactly what interest costs.
Read the activity →The Early Bird Saver
Two savers put in exactly the same, but one starts early and stops. A race on paper that shows why starting young beats saving more.
Read the activity →Nothing for that age group yet — more activities are on the way.
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