Skip to main content

Reality Fair Overview + Marketing Kit

What It Is​

A Reality Fair is a hands-on simulation that bridges classroom concepts with real-world money management. Equipped with a unique financial persona that includes a set salary and FICO® Score, students navigate interactive booths to budget, pay bills, save, and make tough money decisions.

As part of the Reality Fair, each order comes with:

  • Printed Facilitator Guide: Includes instructions for running the fair.
  • Student Workbooks: Available in English and Spanish.
  • Booth Captain Sheets: Instructions for individuals running each booth (available in English and Spanish).
  • Life Happens Card Sheet: A set of cards featuring positive and negative life events (e.g., car repairs, safe driving rebates) used at the Life Happens booth.
  • Tabletop Booth Name Signs: Customized signs featuring your logo.

Online, you'll also find a downloadable supplement with things like checklists, sample emails, etc., and a sign teachers can put around their school or community partner's institution that advertises the fair. All of the other materials will also be available to download online in case anyone wants to print more copies of anything.

Full product shot of the complete Reality Fair kit—Facilitator Guide, student workbooks, Booth Captain Sheets, Life Happens cards, and tabletop signs

How to Order​

Banzai Partners: You can also order the fair as a Banzai partner by putting in a request to your Banzai representative.

Hosting a Community-Centered Fair​

The Reality Fair doesn't have to be used explicitly for schools and students. You can also host a community reality fair for youth in your own institution. Just order the materials through your Banzai representative and set everything up that way.

Fair Printables​

As mentioned above, you have access to all of the materials that the teacher can print as well—either through ordering physical copies via your Banzai Representative and having them sent straight to your branch, or through downloading them yourself here and printing in house.

Download the Reality Fair Materials (ZIP)

The full package of printed materials needed for the Reality Fair.

Marketing & Promotion​

Email template—from you to your account holders​

Subject line options:

  • Option 1: Give your teen a test drive of adult life!
  • Option 2: Free event: Help your young adult master real-world budgeting
  • Option 3: Is your youth ready for the real world? Join our Reality Fair!

Email body:

Hi [Customer/Member Name],

Teaching young adults about money management isn't easy—between talk of credit scores, monthly bills, and sudden surprise expenses, standard advice can be hard to visualize.

That's why [Partner Name] is excited to invite your family to a hands-on financial experience: the Banzai Reality Fair!

What is a Reality Fair?

Think of it as an interactive "test drive" of adulthood. Participants walk in the shoes of a working adult to practice making real-world financial choices in a fun, supportive setting.

Here's how it works:

  • Get a persona: Each participant builds a unique adult identity complete with a monthly salary, career, and initial FICO® Score.
  • Navigate the booths: Participants visit interactive stations to budget for essentials—housing, transportation, groceries, utilities, and savings.
  • Expect the unexpected: Along the way, they'll draw a "Life Happens" card, simulating real life with sudden expenses (like a car repair) or pleasant surprises (like a driving rebate!).
  • Balance the budget: By the end of the fair, teens see firsthand how their choices impact their wallet and learn how to make smart financial decisions.

Why attend? It bridges the gap between basic money concepts and actual life, giving youth the confidence to navigate real finances before they step out on their own.

Event details & registration

  • When: [Insert Date & Time]
  • Where: [Insert Location / Venue Name]
  • Who: Ideal for teens and young adults [Insert recommended age/grade range, e.g., ages 13–18]
  • Cost: 100% Free (sponsored by [Partner Name])

Spaces are limited, so reserve your student's spot today!

[ Button / Link: RSVP for the Reality Fair ]

We look forward to helping your family build a strong financial foundation!

Warmly,

[Your Name / Partner Representative]
[Your Title]
[Partner / Institution Name]
[Contact Information / Website]

In-Branch Rack Card​

Reality Fair Rack Card for Communities

Use this rack card to promote your partner-led Banzai Reality Fair offer to parents and families in your community.