Why play plain old bingo when you can play the personalized version, in which everyone picks their own squares?
Materials Needed:
Materials Needed:
- 5-by-5 inch poster board squares ( 2 for each player)
- Fine-point pens, 1 for each player
- Scissors
- Items with which to mark the bingo squares, such as beans, small candies, pennies, and so on.
Playing time: 30-45 minutes
- Make bingo cards by drawing five columns and five rows on the 5x5 inch poster board squares. Give one card to each player.
- Cut the remaining cards into one-inch squares (twenty-five squares per card). Discard one square.
- Give each player twenty-four small squares and a pen.
- Choose a theme for the game, such as foods, vacation spots, bad words, movie stars, and so on. Have each player write twenty-four theme-related items on the bingo card, leaving the center "FREE". Ask the players to keep their cards private until playing time.
- When finished, tell the players to write the same items on the small squares.
- Collect all the small squares in a bowl, mix them up.
- Take turns drawing a square from the bowl and announcing the item. Everyone with a matching item gets to place a marker on that square.
- Award a prize to the first player who fills his or her bingo card. Or, if you prefer, only have them fill five squares in a row-up, down, or across-as in a regular bingo game.
Variation:
After players make their personal bingo cards, have them exchange their cards with other players.
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