Christmas Bingo is a simple game that can be pulled together relatively easily and cheaply. The great thing about bingo is that it is a game that can be enjoyed by little children, as well as big adults!
Our family was assigned to run a game at our friend’s Family Home Evening that we were invited to. After surfing the internet, I came across crayola’s site with this great bingo game!
http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/search.cfm?txt_search=christmas
If you want to be tricky and make a larger bingo playing card, follow these steps:
1. I printed all the 5 playing cards onto white paper.
2. Then I cut out the bingo portion of the page.
3. I worked out the right percentage to enlarge the bingo game to the width of the paper. (If you have a copy function on your multifunction printer, click on 100%, then I clicked on Zoom, then I increased the percentage to around 122% – I have a preview function on my Canon MP520, which was helpful to see how big the enlargement was going to be.)
4. Then I copied the enlarged version onto red and green cardboard paper. (Obviously you can use any coloured card. I copied each playing card more than once, as we had over 10 people playing the game.)
5. I also copied one more enlarged version of the bingo game onto some white card and cut it out to make the “calling cards”.
If you want to use this game again, I would recommend laminating it. For counters you can use cut up bits of cardboard. In our family we use a variety of “gems” as counters that we have collected over the years.
The winner received a mini candy cane


Such a great idea! I love family games and over winter we go ‘board game’ crazy. I often think Christmas Day needs a few games – just like a Birthday party. Of course if it’s a glorious sunny day then there’s a multitude of options, but this summer is looking a little unpredictable thus far so we’ll have a few alternative games up our sleeve too!