A card with every child’s name
Paste the class list once and every child gets their own card, with their name above the grid, all of them different. Without names, choose the number of cards and each gets a line to write a name on. The pictures need no reading, so the youngest can play beside the older ones; the words under them help the children who are learning to read, and they can be turned off.
Sizes for every age
A 3 × 3 card has eight pictures and a free middle: a game is over in a few minutes. 4 × 4 has 16 pictures, and 5 × 5 is the classic card with 24 pictures and a free middle. Every grid is 18 cm square on US Letter or A4, one card to a page.
For the rest of the party, the Christmas word search prints a puzzle for the older children and pin the nose on the reindeer a game for the wall.
With the same pictures and a bag of candy, Don’t Eat Pete prints a board with a square for every child’s name; whoever takes Pete’s candy hears the whole class shout.
Questions
How many cards can I print?
Up to 40, one to a page, so a whole class or a big family table each gets a card. Type the names one per line and every child gets a card with their name on it, 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. On a 5 × 5 card all 24 pictures appear around the 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 tree, a star, a bell, a candy cane, a snowman, a present, a stocking, an ornament, holly, a snowflake, a gingerbread man, a Santa hat, a mitten, a candle, a wreath, hot cocoa, a cookie, the moon, a snowy house, a sled, a penguin, a reindeer, lights and a snow globe.
How do you play picture bingo?
Cut the calling cards apart, mix them in a bowl and draw one at a time. Call out the picture (or hold it up) and everyone who has it covers it, with a candy, a button or a pencil cross. The first player with a full row, column or diagonal calls BINGO; on 3 × 3 and 5 × 5 cards the free middle counts as covered.
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.