Christmas Auction Game Printable, Play Money and Bid Paddles 1-40, Holiday Party Game

A printable Christmas auction game with play money and bid paddles. Guests earn Holly Bucks all party long for ugly sweaters, games won, carols sung and arriving on time. At the end of the night, everyone raises a paddle and bids on the gifts and prizes. Going once, going twice, SOLD!

It works for family Christmas, office parties, gift exchanges and classrooms. There are 3 ways to play and a ways-to-earn list for each crowd, so you can print and play tonight.

★ WHAT'S INCLUDED (US Letter AND A4)
• Holly Bucks play money in 6 bills: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 (one page each, 10 bills per page, print as many as you need)
• 40 numbered bid paddles plus 4 blanks, in a fun ornament shape (tape to a craft stick or paint stirrer)
• 3 ways to play: Classic Auction (host prizes), Gift-Swap Auction (bid on wrapped mystery gifts) and Kids & Classroom Store (or a class auction)
• Ways-to-earn lists for Family, Office and Classroom, 18 ideas each with suggested amounts
• 27 earning cards (9 per crowd) plus blank cards to hand out with the bucks
• 18 twist cards: Steal Ticket, Freeze, Double Bid, Sneak Peek, Lump of Coal, Snowball and more, with optional card backs
• Host quick start with a "how much money to print" table for 10, 20 or 30 guests
• Auctioneer's cheat sheet with lines to read and bidding rules
• Lot tags 1-30 plus blanks, one for each gift or prize
• Class store price tags
• Bidder register (paddles 1-40) and an auction record to track every lot, winner and winning bid
• Ink-saving black & white version of everything

★ HOW IT WORKS
1. Print the paddles, the play money and your ways-to-earn list. Cut on the dashed lines.
2. Give every guest a paddle and 100 Holly Bucks. Hand out more as they earn them during the party.
3. Hold up each gift or prize and let the bidding begin. The top paddle pays the banker and wins!

★ GOOD TO KNOW
• For 4 to 40+ players. Big office party? Let each table be a team with one paddle.
• The classroom version uses small amounts (1 to 5 bucks) and a class store, so no gifts from home are needed.
• The play money is clearly pretend: one-sided, smaller than real bills, festive pictures, and "play money, no cash value" on every bill.
• Card stock works best for the paddles. The B&W bills look great printed on colored paper.

★ INSTANT DOWNLOAD
This is a DIGITAL product. No physical item will be shipped. After purchase, download the files from You > Purchases and reviews (or the link in your confirmation email) and print at 100% / "Actual size".

★ PERSONAL-USE LICENSE
For your own party, family, classroom, church, senior center or office event. Please don't resell or share the files.

Because this is a digital download, we can't offer returns or exchanges. If anything is wrong with your files, message us and we'll make it right.

AI disclosure: This game was designed by Front Porch Puzzle Press with help from AI tools. An AI assistant helped write the rules, the earning lists and card text, and the layout code. Every page was checked by computer and proofread page by page before publishing. The pictures are open-licensed Noto Emoji symbols and simple line drawings made in code; none of them are AI-generated images.