Christmas Day bingo

What’s included

• 8 different bingo cards, two to a page with a cut line
• 36 words mixed across the cards, with a free middle square
• A name line on every card
• 4 A4 pages, designed to print well in colour or black and white

How to play

1. Print the PDF and cut each page in half along the dashed line, so every player gets a different card.
2. Hand out cards and pens at breakfast (or as guests arrive) and keep them somewhere handy all day.
3. Whenever something on your card happens, cross it off. The middle square is free.
4. The first to complete a row, column or diagonal shouts “Cheers!” and wins. Keep going for a full house by bedtime.

Tips

• For more than eight players, print a second copy and let people with matching cards share the win.
• Agree a small prize in advance, such as first pick from the tin of chocolates.
• Younger children can play in pairs with a grown-up, who reads out the squares as they happen.

Printing tips

• Print at 100% or “Actual size” rather than “Fit to page”, so nothing gets trimmed.
• Everything is A4. If your printer only takes US Letter, choose “Fit to page” instead.
• Thicker paper (120–160gsm) feels nicer to write on and survives a night out; plain 80gsm is fine too.
• Black and white works: the designs are made to stay clear without colour.