A card at every place
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 lie at the places like place cards. 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 at the kids’ table can play with the grandparents; the words under them can be turned off.
Sizes for every age
A 3 × 3 card has eight pictures and a free middle, a game for the wait before the turkey. 4 × 4 has 16 pictures, and 5 × 5 is the classic card with all 24 pictures and a free middle. The grid is 18 cm square on US Letter or A4, one card to a page.
For the kids’ table, the Thanksgiving placemats print a word search with each child’s name, a maze and a turkey to color, and the place card maker folds every guest’s name into a card.
Questions
How many cards can I print?
Up to 40, one to a page, so every guest at the table gets one. Type the names one 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 turkey, a pumpkin, a pie, corn, a maple leaf, an acorn, an apple, a pilgrim hat, a cornucopia, wheat, cranberries, a football, a gravy boat, a drumstick, a bread roll, a sunflower, an owl, apple cider, a hay bale, a rake, a dinner plate, a pear, a scarf and a ship.
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 corn, 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.