Money Games - Fun and Easy Cash and Change Games to Save Extra Money

Are you looking for fun and simple ways to save extra money? Would you like to accumulate cash for special purchases or favorite activities? Saving extra money for spending, unexpected expenses, and financial freedom can be fun as well as easy. "Found" money cash and change games are the answer.

Here are ten of my favorite money games. Though most of us have saved our change in a container at some time or another, these variations are more fun, and because of that, sometimes more profitable. You probably will come up with some clever variations of your own when you see just how effective these money games can be!

Dollar Bills Draw - Make small slips of paper labeled $1 or $2 or "Double", along with the name of the money goals you are working on. For example, you might have slips that say something like: $2 Grand Canyon trip, $1 Convection oven, $1 Fancy restaurant dinner, $2 Emergency fund, etc. Draw a slip on certain days of the week, and put the amount in your appropriate savings container or budget account. If you draw "Double", draw another slip and put twice the amount showing towards that goal.

Coins Draw - Make slips of paper labeled with your goals as in the Dollar Bills Draw. Instead of dollar amounts, mark them with change amounts such as $.05, $.10, $.25, or $.50. Draw a slip on some or every day of the week.

Coin Change - Save all the coin change you receive from regular spending on certain days of the week only for a particular goal. Spend your change as usual on the other days.

Dimes Only - Save all the dimes you receive for a particular goal, or save all dimes on particular days of the week only. Variations of this are Pennies Only, Nickels Only, Quarters Only, etc.

Coins a Week - Save all of the coins you receive for change for a week at a time, alternating with a week of spending them.

Coins a Month - Save all your coins change for a goal for a month at a time. Alternate with a month of spending of them.

Coins & Currency Rotation - For one week save certain coins of your choice. The next week save all $1 bills you come across.

Dollar Bills - Save all the $1 bills you are given back as change etc., paying with $5 bills or larger. Spend all of your change as usual during this game.

Dollar Bills a Day - Save all your $1 bills for certain days of the week only.

Dollar Bills a Week - Save your $1 bills for money goals for a week at a time, alternating with spending weeks.

Stick with the games while watching your extra cash accumulate and multiply. You'll soon see how fun, easy, and effective saving money by playing can be!