Free Printable Play Money PDF | For Kids, Classroom & Board Games

I made this printable play money for classrooms, kids’ games, and pretend play at home. It’s fake money for kids that works for counting practice, a classroom store, board game replacement bills, and money lesson ideas.

This set includes colorful fake money in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills. I use it as math manipulatives for counting and money skills.

Kids also use it as cash register money for pretend stores and money games. Teachers use it as reward money for classroom jobs and chores, as starter cash for a classroom economy system, or as fake money for kids to replace missing bills in a board game.

What’s Included:

• PDF file format
• Full-page layout
• 6 bill denominations per page
• U.S. currency look
• Ready-to-print sheets

Features:

• Six color-coded denominations: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100
• Simple layout that cuts cleanly after printing
• Works well as math manipulatives for counting and comparing
• Easy to use as classroom bucks or reward bucks
• Fits pretend play like stores, banks, and restaurants
• Useful replacement for missing Monopoly or Life money or board game bills
• Great as cash register money for classroom dramatic play centers
• Prints as a play money printable pdf for fast classroom prep

🧩 More Classroom Teaching Tools

If you want more printable money options, add Printable Money: Euros for compare-and-contrast lessons, or browse the Play Money Collection to keep everything together. For printable games that pair well with pretend money, I also use the Printable Playing Card Template and other resources in Games & Activities.

Ideal For:

• Teachers building money lesson ideas into math centers
• Homeschool families practicing money skills at home
• Parents setting up pretend play that uses imagination
• Kids who like money games and playing store
• Classrooms using a reward system for jobs or participation
• After-school programs that need quick printable worksheets
• Adults who need fake money for party games or classroom demos
• Anyone who needs a printable fake money free option for a game night replacement

How to Use This Play Money Printable:

• Print the play money printable pdf at home or at school
• Cut out each bill and sort by value
• Laminate bills if you want them to last longer
• Use bills for counting practice and making totals
• Practice “buying” items with exact change using Printable U.S. Bills for extra bill variety
• Add coins from Printable U.S. Coins for change-making practice
• Use a Blank Hundreds Chart to record totals and do quick math
• Use it as classroom reward money and have students “spend” it on small privileges

Money Lesson Ideas:

I like to keep money lessons hands-on. I use this printable to practice identifying bills, making totals, and comparing values. I also pair it with Hundreds Chart 1-100 for counting up by ones, fives, tens, and twenties.

Classroom Store & Class Economy

This is classroom fake money printable enough to run a real classroom economy. I use it as classroom bucks when I want a simple reward system, handing out bills for class jobs, participation, or finishing a task on time.

For a full classroom store, set a price list for privileges (front of the line, extra recess minutes, homework pass) and let kids “buy” them with what they’ve earned. It’s a low-prep way to practice counting and making change without a single worksheet.Cardstock plus lamination holds up well for a system you’ll reuse all year.

Board Game Replacement Money

Lost a stack of bills from game night? This set works as printable fake money for board games that use paper cash — print a fresh set in $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 denominations and you’re back in the game without hunting the couch cushions.

Print on cardstock for bills that hold up to shuffling and stacking, and keep a spare set in your board game closet so a missing bill never ends a game night early.

This printable play money works for counting practice, money skills, classroom bucks, and pretend play. If you want more classroom resources, I keep everything organized under Educational Resources.