Money Bags | Australian Money Board Game (Years 1–3)
Money Bags is a print-and-play Australian money board game for Years 1–3: roll, collect real Australian coins, and count up your money bag at the finish.
Players race along a winding bush track (kangaroo, koala, kookaburra, wombat and echidna all included) past coin squares and Miss a Turn squares. Land on a coin, take that coin from the bank. The moment anyone reaches FINISH, the game stops and everyone counts their money — the biggest money bag wins. It's quick to teach, easy to run in maths rotations, and gives students real practice recognising and adding Australian coins.
Why teachers love it:
- Australian coins, true to size — 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 illustrations, shown in their real proportions
- Counting with a purpose — students total a mixed handful of coins at the end of every game
- Built-in recording sheet — Count Your Money tallies each coin, multiplies it out and finds the total
- Maths rotations-ready — 2–4 players, a dice and a counter each; no teacher needed once it's set up
- Easy to differentiate — younger students sort and count; older students record, exchange coins and compare totals
What's included (6-page PDF, A4):
- How to Play page
- Full-colour Money Bags game board
- Coins to Cut Out sheet (6 of each coin, dashed cut lines)
- Count Your Money recording sheet (black and white)
- Terms of Use
Perfect for:
- Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 money units
- Maths rotations, learning centres and early finishers
- Partner and small-group maths games
- Revising coin values before an assessment
- Homeschool families teaching Australian money
Not sure which money game?
See every board game, bingo and partner game side by side — skill, players and prep — in our Australian Money Games collection.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well. Print the board on card and laminate it to use year after year.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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FAQS
Where is my download?
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It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
