A card for every guest
Type the guest list once and every guest gets a card with their name above the grid, all of them different, so the cards can wait at the places or in a basket by the door. Without names, choose the number of cards and each gets a line to write a name on. The pictures need no reading, so older children at the shower can play too; the words under them can be turned off.
Playing while the gifts are opened
Many showers play bingo during the gifts: each time a present is opened, the host calls the picture that fits it (a onesie, a bottle, a storybook) or draws the next calling card. 3 × 3 cards make a quick game, 4 × 4 a longer one, and 5 × 5 cards show all 24 pictures around a free middle. The grid is 18 cm square on US Letter or A4, one card to a page; print the colored version on white card, or the outlines on pastel paper.
For the decorations, the papel picado banner prints any word of up to 18 characters, such as OH BABY, one letter per panel, and the photo bunting maker puts photos on flags.
For a game the whole circle plays at once, the left right baby shower game prints a story with the mom-to-be’s name in it; the wrapped prizes travel at every LEFT and RIGHT.
Questions
How many cards can I print?
Up to 40, one to a page, so every guest gets one. Type the guest list one name per line and every card carries a name, or leave the names empty and choose how many cards. The last page holds the calling cards.
Are all the cards different?
Yes. Every card is shuffled from the same 24 pictures and checked against the others, so no two are the same. A 5 × 5 card shows all 24 around a free middle, each card in its own order; 4 × 4 cards carry 16 of the 24 and 3 × 3 cards 8 and a free middle. Shuffle all cards again prints a new set.
Which pictures are on the cards?
A bottle, a pacifier, a rattle, a onesie, a stroller, a crib, a diaper, a teddy bear, a rubber duck, booties, a bib, blocks, the moon, a bathtub, a safety pin, footprints, a balloon, a heart, a present, a storybook, a lullaby, a cupcake, a bunny and a baby hat.
How do you play baby shower bingo?
Cut the calling cards apart and mix them in a bowl. Draw one at a time and call out the picture, or hold it up; every guest who has it marks it. The first guest with a full row, column or diagonal calls BINGO; on 3 × 3 and 5 × 5 cards the free middle counts as marked. Another way: call a picture each time a gift with that thing in it is opened.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The cards and the PDF are made in your browser. The names you type stay in this browser, and no request carries them anywhere.