Holiday Bingo Games

Bingo Card

• You can easily customize the Bingo card to match the holiday by adding holiday-themed pictures and words into the Bingo squares. To begin, print or create a blank Bingo card, which should consist of either a 5x4, 5x5 or 5x6 chart. The top line of the chart should feature the letters of ̶0;BINGO.̶1; Fill in the rest of the squares with holiday-themed pictures or words. For Valentine̵7;s Day, use words like ̶0;heart, valentine, love and candy.̶1; For Christmas, use pictures like snowmen, snowflakes, presents, ornaments, Santa Claus and elves. Ensure that each space has a unique picture or word.

  A variety of Bingo cards are also available online, free to print. Visit BillyBear4Kids.com or BlackDog.net for a wide variety of holiday-themed Christmas cards. Simply select the style and design you prefer and print according to the instructions. To make the Bingo cards more durable, print the cards on cardstock or laminate them on regular paper. This will ensure that the Bingo cards will stay in good condition and can be used multiple times.

Markers

• It is not necessary to use traditional Bingo markers to keep track of your pieces on the card. Instead, use small objects that relate to the holiday. For Valentine̵7;s Day, use small pieces of chocolate candy or candy hearts. For Easter, draw small Easter egg shapes on a piece of cardboard and cut them out; use these cardboard pieces as markers. For Thanksgiving, use candy corn and for Christmas use mints or small objects in the shape of snowflakes.

  If you are playing the Bingo game with children, you can involve them in making holiday-themed markers. Provide them with pieces of paper and ask them to draw objects that relate to the holiday. For example, they can draw hearts for Valentine̵7;s Day and pumpkins for Halloween. Make sure they draw the objects relatively small, as they will need to fit easily on each square in the Bingo card. Once the pictures have been drawn and colored, laminate the page to make it more durable. Then, cut the objects out and use them as Bingo markers.

How To Win

• Other than just including holiday words or pictures on the Bingo sheet, you can also change the way the images should be marked to get a BINGO. Traditionally, you must make a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line to win the game. However, for a Christmas theme, you could ask players to make a Christmas Tree Shape. Essentially, this could just be a triangle, with a horizontal line along the bottom and two diagonal lines to finish the triangle shape. Or, ask players to make a square Christmas present shape, with markers along the top, bottom and both sides. Or, make an ̶0;E̶1; for Easter. Use the letter idea for a variety of different holidays. For Valentine̵7;s day, ask players to make a ̶0;V̶1; to win and for Thanksgiving, ask players to make a ̶0;T.̶1;