Bingo games can be designed to fit the interests of kids and teens.
Bingo is a well-known group game that can be played in many settings. Kids and teens can play Bingo with a wide range of age-specific topics. The Internet offers printable cards, or participants can design traditional or unusual cards and game rules to fit the needs or interests of his group.
Download Printable Cards
Download and print themed cards. Many age-appropriate themes are available for free from the Internet. Holiday, birthday and other common themes are offered at several sites.
Blank Cards
Blank Bingo cards are also available for free printing from the internet. Provide a list of numbers, letters, symbols, names or words for teens and kids to write in the blank spaces where they choose. Have the list contain a few more items than the available blanks on the cards, so that everyone will not have all the same things on their Bingo cards. Consider having the teens and kids use stickers, ink stamps or craft foam cutouts in a common theme to create their cards.
Patterned Cards
Have kids or teens draw their own Bingo card spaces. Instruct the group as to how large to make each space and how many should be on the card. Participants can arrange the blanks in a circle or other pattern. They can make blanks on a card in the shape of a large X with a circle around it, in order to provide an interesting shaped Bingo card. Or they can arrange the blanks to form their first initial. The rules should be that participants fill the entire card, since each card will have the same number of blanks, but a different pattern.
Ultra Game Bingo Cards
Plan a scavenger hunt with Bingo cards and ink markers to mark the items found. Groups can hunt for a list of items inside a building, around a yard or go door-to-door (with adult supervision) to find and mark items from their Bingo cards.
The game can also be played by having the groups search through reference books or textbooks to find words or pictures that are listed on their Bingo cards.
Form small groups of teens or kids. Play a familiar game such as Hangman or other guessing game on a large drawing pad or on a whiteboard. Each team can have one Bingo card. When the team wins a round, they may choose a blank on their Bingo card to mark off. Decide whether the teams will win with a row, pattern or by filling the whole card.
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