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Christmas bingo
Bingo cards filled with Christmas words such as star, snow, elf and gift, in three card sizes. It suits class parties and family evenings where players can read simple words.
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On this page
The Christmas list holds 32 words, from short ones like elf, bell and pie to long ones like gingerbread and poinsettia. Each card takes a random selection, so no two cards match.
What prints
The title is "Christmas Bingo". The rule line under it covers marking called squares and winning with a straight line of five, or a full line on smaller cards. On a 5 × 5 card, shaded boxes spell B, I, N, G, O above the grid. The middle square says FREE in grey. Words show with a capital first letter, for example Snow, Star and Wreath. Each page carries 2 cards, and the sheet opens with 2 pages. There is no answer key and no name line.
The settings
- Title (optional): your own heading in place of "Christmas Bingo", limited to 32 characters.
- Card type: Theme words is selected, and you can still switch to numbers, sight words or your own list.
- Theme: the word list, set to Christmas on this page.
- Card size: the usual 5 × 5, or 3 × 3 and 4 × 4 for quick rounds.
- Cards per page: one, two or four.
- Pages of cards (each card is different): anywhere from 1 to 12, two to start.
- Free space in the middle: a toggle that has an effect only on the odd-sized grids.
A 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 words, so each card leaves out 8 of the 32. On a 3 × 3 card you use just 8, which makes a short game for little ones.
Using the cards
Cut the call list from the theme into slips, or just call words from memory in any order. Because the cards pick from only 32 words, games finish quickly on the 3 × 3 size and slowly on 5 × 5, so pick the size to fit the time you have. Let the youngest players use a smaller card and a pile of candy corn or paper snowflakes as markers.
A short safety note for holiday gatherings: the Consumer Product Safety Commission page cited here covers decorations and candles at home. Keep any real candles away from paper cards and crafts.
Worked example: a second-grade party
Ms. Park has 24 students and 45 minutes. She picks the 4 × 4 card size, uses 4 cards per page across 6 pages, and prints 24 cards. With no free space on an even card, each card uses 16 of the words. She reads the words from a slip jar while students cover them with red and green paper squares. The first to cover a row calls out, she checks the squares against her called pile, and the winner picks the next reader.
Other holiday puzzles
A Christmas word search and a Christmas crossword draw from related words, which makes a handy packet. For a different holiday, see Halloween bingo.