There is a new printable in the Little Step Printables shop, and it is the one I would want on hand for every class Christmas party. The Christmas Bingo Game for Kids is a printable Christmas Bingo set with 160 cards, made for preschool, kindergarten, classroom parties, and family game nights. Every square has a bright Christmas picture with the word printed underneath, so the youngest children can play by matching pictures while early readers get a little reading practice without even noticing.

For launch week, it is 30% off until October 26.

What is inside the Christmas Bingo pack

The 160 cards come in three sets, so you can choose the right one for the children in front of you.

The main set is 100 full-color 5×5 Christmas Bingo cards. No two cards are the same, which makes it easy to play with a whole class or a big family gathering. The pictures include Santa, reindeer, a snowman, a Christmas tree, a gingerbread man, stockings, candy canes, mittens, a sleigh, and plenty more, 40 Christmas pictures in all. You also get 40 picture calling cards to cut out and draw from a bowl, a caller checklist so you can check a winning card in seconds, and a winning patterns page with nine ways to play, from one row to four corners to blackout.

The second set is 30 Little Learners boards for preschool. These are 3×3 boards with only eight big pictures and a FREE square in the middle, and they come with their own 16 calling cards. They are a gentle first Bingo for three and four year olds who are still learning to take turns and follow along.

The third set is 30 black and white 4×4 cards, printer friendly and ready to color. Children can color their card first as a calm activity, and then play with it.

The download also includes a few bonuses. There is a Roll a Snowman dice game, where children roll a die and draw or glue on the body, head, face, nose, arms and hat. There are also Christmas flash cards in color and in black and white, in two sizes: large cards with one picture per page for showing the whole class, and medium cards with two pictures per page for small groups.

Why picture and word Bingo works so well for young children

Bingo is one of the few games where every child stays involved on every turn. Each time a card is called, every player looks, listens, and searches their own board, so nobody is waiting for their go.

Putting the word under each picture adds quiet reading practice to a game that already feels like a treat. A child who cannot read yet still plays happily by spotting the picture. A child who is starting to read begins to notice that “bell” and “star” always look the same in print, and some will start reading the calling cards out loud before the grown up does. The preschool boards keep it short and simple for little ones, so the game ends while they are still smiling.

How to use it at home, in the classroom, or in a homeschool

Teachers can print one card per child for a class Christmas party, a December brain break, a literacy center, or a calm game for the last afternoon before winter break. The 100 unique cards mean a large class can play without two children holding the same board. The large flash cards also make an easy warm up, where you show each picture and say the word together before the game starts.

Parents and grandparents can keep a stack in a folder for family game night, a cousins’ gathering, or a quiet hour on a busy holiday weekend. The 2 cards per page option saves paper, and the black and white cards double as a coloring activity while everyone waits for dinner.

Homeschool families can use the flash cards for picture talk and the medium cards for a memory match game, then finish the week with a round of Bingo.

The details

The Christmas Bingo Game for Kids is an instant digital download with 5 PDF files: the Bingo cards printed 1 per page, the same cards printed 2 per page, the black and white Bingo set, and the color and black and white flash cards. All files are US Letter size (8.5 x 11 inches) and print on A4 when you choose “fit to page” in your printer settings. Printing on cardstock or laminating the cards lets you play again every year. It is licensed for personal and classroom use.

The regular price is $3.99, and it is 30% off until October 26.

You can find it in my Etsy shop here: https://littlestepprintables.etsy.com/listing/4600713519

I hope it brings plenty of giggles and happy “BINGO!” shouts to your December, wherever you are playing.

Small steps still lead to big learning moments.