If you want to make the bingo game for a children’s party or class, you turn the game into a craft activity by having the kids participate in making the game as well as playing it. For older kids, you can supply blank green paper and have them make their own bingo cards, while younger children can decorate ready made bingo grids with stickers, rubber stamps, or even glitter. Even young children can color a St. Patrick’s Day bingo card that you’ve create online and printed.
Supplies:
- Paper or cardstock
- Ruler or straight edge
- Pen
- Scissors
- Stickers or rubber stamps (optional)
- Computer and printer (optional)
Make St. Patrick’s’ Day Bingo Cards by Hand
- Use a ruler or straight edge to draw a grid 5 spaces wide and 6 spaces tall on a piece of paper or cardstock. On a standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper, you can make each square 1 1/2 inches wide.
- Write BINGO in the squares at the top of the grid, with one letter in each column, or use a St. Patrick’s Day themed word, such as LUCKY.
- Make the center free space by writing the word FREE, or by using a special St. Patrick’s Day symbol, such as a shamrock or pot of gold sticker or stamp.
- Write a number or letter in every space of the grid. For players who are old enough to read, you can also use St. Patrick’s Day words, such as “Irish” and “Leprechaun.”
- Write all of the letters, numbers or words you used on a separate sheet of paper. Cut the pieces apart to make calling cards that you can draw at random during the game.
You can also make custom St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards on the computer by making a table in Microsoft Word or a desktop publishing program, and using free St. Patrick’s Day clip art to decorate the squares or the borders of the card.
Make Custom St. Patrick’s Day Bingo Cards Online
- Visit DLTK’s free custom bingo cards site.
- Choose the bingo card size with the number of squares you want, such as 3 by 3, 4 by 4 or 5 by 5.
- Select Saint Patrick’s Day in the list of theme choices. You have a choice of uppercase or lowercase letters.
- Pick black and white or color cards, depending on the type of printer you have.
- Use the option to substitute words for some of the pictures, if you wish.
- Type a custom title for the St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards, such as LUCKY, if you wish.
- Enter words to substitute for some of the pictures, if you opted to do so.
- Click the Print Bingo Card button to open a new window with your custom bingo card. You can then print the card on plain paper, green paper, or cardstock.
- Click the Print Call Sheet button to open a new window with all of the bingo tiles. Print the calling card sheet, and cut apart the tiles so you can draw them randomly during the game.
To play St. Patrick’s Day bingo, you may want to use small green objects, such as buttons, for tokens and give out small pieces of candy to the winners. Chocolate gold coins make the perfect St. Patrick's Day party prizes.
