A card with every child’s name
Paste the names 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 can be turned off.
Two sizes
A 3 × 3 card has eight pictures and a free middle, quick enough for the youngest between the candles. A 4 × 4 card has all 16 pictures. The grid is 18 cm square on US Letter or A4, one card to a page.
Between games, the paper dreidel folds into a top that spins, and the paper menorah gets a flame for each night.
Questions
How many cards can I print?
Up to 40, one to a page. 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 16 calling cards.
Are all the cards different?
Yes. Every card is shuffled from the same 16 pictures and checked against the others, so no two are the same. A 4 × 4 card carries all 16, each card in its own order; a 3 × 3 card carries 8 of them around a free middle. Shuffle all cards again prints a new set.
Which pictures are on the cards?
A menorah, a dreidel, the Star of David, latkes, a jelly donut, gelt, a candle, an oil jar, a present, a Torah, a kippah, a frying pan, a cookie, applesauce, the moon and a window.
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 gelt coin, a button or a pencil cross. The first player with a full row, column or diagonal calls BINGO; on a 3 × 3 card 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.