Emoji bingo for kids: forty picture cards to print, with tears of joy, red heart and fire and see-no-evil monkey on bright cards for preschool, kindergarten and parties. Print up to 200 different cards with calling cards to cut out, or play online, where each picture is read aloud. Free, with no sign-up.
Emoji bingo: printable cards and online game
Below are a 4 by 4 card with words, a 3 by 3 picture-only card, the calling cards and the online game.
How to play emoji bingo
Give each child a card, draw a calling card and say the word, and children cover that picture if it is on their card. For a harder game, give the clue instead and let them work out the word: “Laughing so hard you cry” is the tears of joy, and “A sweet ring” is the doughnut. The first child to cover a full row, column or diagonal calls bingo and reads the covered pictures back to check.
Emoji bingo win patterns to try
One line, four corners, two lines and blackout all work with this pack, and the picture bingo for kids page has the table of patterns. A blackout on a 5 by 5 card covers 24 of this pack’s 40 pictures, so that game lasts until almost the whole pack has been called.
All 40 pictures in the emoji bingo pack
These are the 40 pictures that can appear on a card. The word column is what the game says aloud and prints under each picture, and the last column gives a clue to talk about.
| Picture | Word | Group | Clue to talk about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 😂 | tears of joy | Face | Laughing so hard you cry |
| ❤️ | red heart | Symbol | Love |
| 🔥 | fire | Symbol | Hot or amazing |
| 👍 | thumbs up | Hand | Good job |
| 😍 | heart eyes | Face | You love it |
| 😎 | sunglasses face | Face | Feeling cool |
| 🎉 | party popper | Celebration | Celebrate |
| 🌈 | rainbow | Nature | Colors after rain |
| 🦄 | unicorn | Fantasy | Magical horse |
| 🍕 | pizza | Food | A favorite food |
| ⚽ | soccer ball | Sport | Football in most of the world |
| 🎈 | balloon | Celebration | Floats at parties |
| 😜 | winking tongue | Face | Just joking |
| 🤣 | rolling on the floor | Face | Laughing a lot |
| 🥳 | party face | Face | Party hat and horn |
| 👻 | ghost | Fantasy | Spooky and friendly |
| 🤖 | robot | Tech | Beep boop |
| 🐶 | puppy | Animal | A baby dog |
| 🌟 | glowing star | Symbol | Sparkle |
| 🎁 | gift | Celebration | A present |
| 🍩 | doughnut | Food | A sweet ring |
| 🚀 | rocket | Travel | Blast off |
| 👑 | crown | Object | Royal |
| 😴 | sleeping face | Face | Zzz |
| 🤔 | thinking face | Face | Hmm |
| 😇 | halo | Face | An angel smile |
| 💯 | hundred points | Symbol | Perfect score |
| 👀 | eyes | Body | Looking at you |
| 🙌 | raised hands | Hand | Hooray |
| 🎵 | music note | Symbol | Tune |
| 🍦 | ice cream | Food | Cold treat |
| ⚡ | lightning | Nature | Fast and powerful |
| 🐱 | kitty | Animal | A baby cat |
| 🦖 | T-rex | Animal | A big dinosaur |
| 🍉 | watermelon | Food | Summer fruit |
| 🎮 | video game | Object | Controller |
| 📚 | books | Object | Reading time |
| 🏆 | trophy | Object | Winner |
| 🤩 | star struck | Face | Amazed |
| 🙈 | see-no-evil monkey | Animal | Hands over eyes |
The 40 pictures fall into these groups:
| Group | Number | Which ones |
|---|---|---|
| Face | 10 | tears of joy, heart eyes, sunglasses face, winking tongue, rolling on the floor, party face, sleeping face, thinking face, halo and star struck |
| Symbol | 5 | red heart, fire, glowing star, hundred points and music note |
| Food | 4 | pizza, doughnut, ice cream and watermelon |
| Animal | 4 | puppy, kitty, T-rex and see-no-evil monkey |
| Object | 4 | crown, video game, books and trophy |
| Celebration | 3 | party popper, balloon and gift |
| Hand | 2 | thumbs up and raised hands |
| Nature | 2 | rainbow and lightning |
| Fantasy | 2 | unicorn and ghost |
| Sport | 1 | soccer ball |
| Tech | 1 | robot |
| Travel | 1 | rocket |
| Body | 1 | eyes |
Wikipedia’s emoji article tells the story of the little pictures that began in Japan in the late 1990s.
How many different emoji bingo cards are there?
Cards are built from this pack’s 40 pictures in random order. The table shows how many different cards that makes:
| Card size | Pictures | Free space | Different layouts | Different sets of pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 × 3 | 8 | free star in the middle | 3,100,796,899,200 | 76,904,685 |
| 4 × 4 | 16 | no free space | 1,315,041,316,842,168,115,200,000 | 62,852,101,650 |
| 5 × 5 | 24 | free star in the middle | 38,996,486,014,317,601,426,443,730,944,000,000 | 62,852,101,650 |
Play the emoji bingo game online
Press Create game on a tablet or phone and share the link: each picture is read aloud and children tap it on their own card. The guide to playing bingo online with friends covers hosting.
Emoji bingo for kids and emoji party games: ideas
Emoji bingo is the most playful pack: it works for birthday parties, family evenings and classroom rewards, and children enjoy seeing the pictures they use on a phone. Try these ways to turn the game into a lesson:
- Party icebreaker: hand each guest an emoji bingo card and let them mingle to find who owns each emoji.
- Act it out: the caller shows an emoji and everyone makes that face.
- Emoji stories: after the game, tell a story using three emojis from the winning line.
- Family game night: the 5 by 5 card has a free star in the middle, so games are fast.
- Team play: split the class into teams and give each team one card to share.
- Name that feeling: choose the faces and say a time you felt that way.
Emoji bingo: frequently asked questions
Which pictures are in the emoji bingo pack?
There are 40: tears of joy, red heart, fire, thumbs up, heart eyes, sunglasses face, party popper, rainbow, unicorn, pizza, soccer ball, balloon, winking tongue, rolling on the floor, party face, ghost, robot, puppy, glowing star, gift, doughnut, rocket, crown, sleeping face, thinking face, halo, hundred points, eyes, raised hands, music note, ice cream, lightning, kitty, T-rex, watermelon, video game, books, trophy, star struck and see-no-evil monkey.
Which group has the most pictures in emoji bingo?
Face is the biggest group with 10 of the 40 pictures: tears of joy, heart eyes, sunglasses face, winking tongue, rolling on the floor, party face, sleeping face, thinking face, halo, star struck. The next biggest is Symbol, with 5.
Which pictures are easy to mix up?
Tears of joy and rolling on the floor, heart eyes and star struck, red heart and glowing star, and party popper and party face are the pairs players argue about. Talk through the differences before the first game, then use the clue column to check that everyone has the right word.
Which card sizes does the emoji bingo pack support?
A 3 by 3 card uses 8 of the 40 pictures, a 4 by 4 card uses 16 and a 5 by 5 card uses 24, so every card is a different mix.
Pictures: Twemoji by X Corp, licensed CC BY 4.0.