Free Printable Coupons for Kids – A Fun Budget Christmas Gift

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Free printable gift coupons for kids, prefilled and blank. A gift kids can use over the holidays to create family memories.

pile of colourful printed coupon cards for kids

With kids, it’s the simple things that really make an impact.

And gift coupons are as simple as they come, but kids love them.

Maybe it’s the anticipation. The promise of lots of fun to come. Or maybe it’s because they have a little power over what they can do with their time. To some extent, they can cash in an activity on demand.

But coupon books don’t just make great gifts for kids.

They are a frugal stocking stuffer, and they are a good way to keep the kids entertained over the summer school holidays.

Today I’m sharing the coupons I’ve made for our kids this Christmas. I’ve been playing around with the free Photoshop trial, and I’ve had a lot of fun creating these coupons.

I printed them out on light cardboard (by which I mean the friendly staff at Officeworks printed them for me since our printer broke this year). It cost about $3; it would have been less if I had them printed on plain paper. 

Fun Coupon Ideas for Kids

While the coupons I share here are pre-filled with different activities, there’s also a blank page for you to make your own DIY coupon book.

Most of these coupons are frugal, easy, and things we would do over the summer holidays anyway. Having a coupon makes those activities that little bit extra special.

You may need to set limits on the coupons for your own sanity. Like only being allowed to use one a day, which also extends the fun.

The important thing about gift coupons for kids is that they shouldn’t put unnecessary stress on you.

If you already had plans for this summer holiday, turn them into a coupon for a surprise on Christmas day (and something else to look forward to after Christmas day is over).

The prefilled coupons include:

  • a day at the beach
  • an ice cream from the ice cream shop
  • date with mum
  • date with dad
  • a trip to the movies
  • picnic at the park
  • your choice of dinner
  • staying up late
  • dessert after dinner
  • fish and chips out
  • a trip to the pool
  • breakfast in bed
  • a trip to the library/bookstore
  • a play date with a friend
  • a family games night
  • a playdate
  • a bus/train trip
  • a water fight
  • a game of cricket
  • cuddles

Other gift ideas for the customisable coupons include:

Blank Coupon Sheet
  • a trip to the museum or local attraction
  • ten pin bowling
  • a bush walk
  • dinner at a favourite restaurant
  • hot chocolate date
  • a day off doing chores
  • extra screen time
  • do some baking
  • have a sleepover
  • go to the park
  • have a game of mini-golf
  • go rock climbing
  • go on a bike ride
  • have a high tea party
  • have a craft afternoon
  • go for a drive
  • camp in the backyard

Make it Frugal

Make it frugal by DIYing many of the ideas.

For example, instead of dinner out, it could be a picnic dinner at the park or beach.

Instead of ice cream out, it could be a special ice cream at home (look out for half-price specials). Or you could have a special movie night at home instead of going to the movies.

How to Make the Coupons

  1. Download and print the coupon book. You can use plain paper or light cardboard. No printer? No worries. You can go online to Officeworks or similar and get it printed for easy pickup.
  2. Cut the coupons out. use the ones you like and discard the ones that aren’t relevant to you.
  3. Fill out the blank coupons with your own ideas.
  4. Punch a hole in the top left corner with a hole punch and tie it together with a ribbon, rubber band, or key ring.  Alternatively, you can staple the coupons together or do what we did and just tie them all together with a ribbon.
  5. Add to your child’s Santa stocking for a great gift on Christmas day.

Most of these coupons are frugal, easy and things we would do over the summer holidays anyway. Having a coupon makes those activities that little bit extra special.

You may need to set limits on the coupons for your own sanity. Like only being allowed to use one a day. This also extends the fun.

The important thing about gift coupons for kids is that it shouldn’t put unnecessary stress on you.

I’ve made some blank coupons if you would like to write out your own. If you already had plans for this summer holiday, turn them into a coupon for a surprise on Christmas day (and something else to look forward to, after Christmas day is over).

Download the Printables

The files are in PDF format, simply click the links below and save them to your computer.

In case you’re wondering (and to fulfil my attribution obligations), to make the coupons, I used the free Square Pattern Set from Vecteezy and for the image, I used the Kids vector designed by Freepik.

What do you think?

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6 Comments

    1. Melissa Goodwin says:

      Thanks Maria :)

  1. Hi Melissa,

    I love these! Have printed them off but wanted you to know the link for the blank coupons are linked to the first page.

    Thanks,
    Sarah

    1. Melissa Goodwin says:

      Hi Sarah,

      Thank you. The link should be fixed now. Late night after a long day :)

      Mel

  2. Thank you! Love these and will definitely print them off. They would also be a great option for an advent calendar.

    1. Melissa Goodwin says:

      Hi Agnes. Great idea :)