Adorable Christmas BINGO Cards | FREE Printable Set of 25
One of my kids’ absolute favorite things to do during the holiday season is to play Christmas Bingo! Not only is it good festive fun for people of all ages, but my ready-to-print FREE Printable Christmas Bingo cards make it easy to pull a game together in a snap. Today, I’m sharing my adorably-cheery Bingo pages, as well my best tips for running a fun family game night!
About These Free Printable Christmas Bingo Cards
My set of Free Printable Christmas Bingo Cards has some fun features that will make this your go-to family favorite for years to come!
- 25 Count – I’ve included 25 unique cards. Whether you’re a smaller group or big gathering, you’ll have enough variations to play!
- Pictures Only – These Bingo cards include 54 unique Christmas-themed, easily-identifiable images (e.g., Santa, reindeer, snowflakes, present, etc) so even non-reading kiddos can play along!
- Call List Included – No need to keep track of what has been called and when. I’ve included cut-apart cards to make it easy to call out each item just once!
- Game Length – If all 25 cards are used, it will take on average about 17 calls for someone to get a Bingo.
How to Play Christmas Bingo
Supplies Needed
Here is what you need to play Christmas Bingo:
- Christmas Bingo Cards printed onto White Printer Paper – at least one for each player
- Call List – included in the printable Bingo card file
- Bingo Markers – you can use anything you have around the house including poker/game/bingo chips, daubers/pencil/dot markers, pennies, pom poms, jelly beans, Goldfish, Cheez-Its, etc. We like to use Hershey Kisses!
- Tools:
- Home Printer
- Scissors or Paper Trimmer
- Laminator (to improve durability if you want to keep these cards year after year)
Step 1: Print Out the Christmas Bingo Boards
The first step is to download my free Printable Christmas Bingo Cards PDF. Then print the cards out onto white paper or card stock with your home printer.
If you don’t need all 25 cards, consider printing the cards double-sided to give players variety for multiple games!
Step 2: Prepare the Call Sheet
Next, print out the included Call List and use a scissors or paper trimmer to cut the individual calling cards apart. The pile of the calling cards can go into a bag or bowl for game play.
Step 3: Play Christmas Bingo!
The final step is to play Christmas Bingo with your friends, family, co-workers, classroom party, etc!
- The caller randomly pulls a call slip from the bowl.
- The caller reads aloud both the Letter and the Image…for example: B – Fireplace (TIP! Including the color can also help new players become familiar with the different images.)
- Players check their Bingo cards for the image by looking down the called column. If they have it on their card, they place a marker on top.
- The first person to get 5 markers in a row screams BINGO!
Continue to play by swapping cards or working toward different patterns (e.g., traditional bingo, blackout bingo, diagonal, X, T, cross, box, four corners, etc).
Step 4: Award Winners
If you’re using these Christmas Bingo cards as one of your Christmas party games, in the classroom, or with larger groups, it might be fun to include some simple prizes for each game’s winner.
Things like candy canes, Christmas pencils, gift cards, or goodie bags of Christmas candy are all quick, easy, and inexpensive!
How to Play Christmas Bingo Virtually
One of the greatest things about Bingo is that it’s the perfect game to play virtually (and you don’t need to use virtual Bingo cards or a fancy app). Players simply need to print out their own Bingo cards, use their own markers, and they can join in the fun via the Internet from wherever they are located!
Here are some tips for making this happen as smoothly as possible:
- Send out when you’re going to play “Christmas Bingo” ahead of time so people can plan on it and join on time.
- The night before the game, email out the free Christmas Bingo printables as an attachment.
- NOTE: There’s no need to split apart the PDF (unless you really want to). Simply assign each player a card number (or numbers) via email and ask them to print/use their assigned cards. Numbers are printed on the bottom of each card.
- Send out a reminder 15 minutes before the call to remind players to print their cards and prep their markers.
- Once logged in to your virtual meeting/hangout (Zoom, Google Meet, etc), begin playing just as outlined above. To make sure everyone understands what is being called, I highly recommend holding up each call slip to the camera so everyone can see the image for themselves!
We’ve played this exact Christmas Bingo with family members in up to 5 different locations at one time, and it always goes so smoothly. It’s such a fun (and easy!) way to connect with long-distance family or friends during the holiday season!
Each year, we are always sure to incorporate our Christmas Bingo game into our 25 days of Christmas family fun; and every time, it’s a huge hit. I highly recommend finding a time to play your own game sometime during the months of November or December!
Megan
3 Comments on “Adorable Christmas BINGO Cards | FREE Printable Set of 25”
You are amazing and this is super awesome! Thank you so much for putting in the time to make it, and then share it. And since we have family away, this will be a fun thing to do in the week before christmas, when we don’t have school. 😁
Thank you for this free printable!!!!
I’m really looking forward to playing this at Christmas time! It’s perfect to be able to include all ages.
Thank you for sharing!