Food bingo for kids: twenty-seven picture cards to print, with pizza, burger and hot dog and croissant 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.
Food 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 food 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: “Baked with cheese and tomato” is the pizza, and “Made from cocoa beans” is the chocolate. The first child to cover a full row, column or diagonal calls bingo and reads the covered pictures back to check.
Food 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 27 pictures, so that game lasts until almost the whole pack has been called.
All 27 pictures in the food picture bingo pack
These are the 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🍕 | pizza | Main meal | Baked with cheese and tomato |
| 🍔 | burger | Main meal | A patty in a bun |
| 🌭 | hot dog | Main meal | A sausage in a bun |
| 🍟 | fries | Side | Fried potato sticks |
| 🌮 | taco | Main meal | A folded tortilla with fillings |
| 🍝 | spaghetti | Main meal | Long, thin pasta |
| 🍜 | noodles | Main meal | Long strands in soup or stir-fry |
| 🍣 | sushi | Main meal | Rice with fish or vegetables |
| 🍩 | donut | Dessert | A ring-shaped fried cake |
| 🍪 | cookie | Dessert | A baked treat, often with chips |
| 🎂 | birthday cake | Dessert | Candles and a wish |
| 🧁 | cupcake | Dessert | A small cake with frosting |
| 🍦 | ice cream | Dessert | A frozen dessert |
| 🍫 | chocolate | Dessert | Made from cocoa beans |
| 🍿 | popcorn | Snack | Corn that pops when heated |
| 🥞 | pancakes | Breakfast | Flat and eaten with syrup |
| 🧇 | waffle | Breakfast | A grid of little squares |
| 🥪 | sandwich | Lunch | Filling between bread |
| 🍗 | chicken leg | Main meal | A roasted drumstick |
| 🧀 | cheese | Dairy | Made from milk |
| 🍞 | bread | Staple | Baked from flour |
| 🥨 | pretzel | Snack | A twisted salty snack |
| 🍭 | lollipop | Sweet | A candy on a stick |
| 🥗 | salad | Side | Mixed fresh vegetables |
| 🍚 | rice | Staple | A small grain, a staple in many countries |
| 🧃 | juice box | Drink | A drink with a straw |
| 🥐 | croissant | Breakfast | A flaky crescent pastry |
The 27 pictures fall into these groups:
| Group | Number | Which ones |
|---|---|---|
| Main meal | 8 | pizza, burger, hot dog, taco, spaghetti, noodles, sushi and chicken leg |
| Dessert | 6 | donut, cookie, birthday cake, cupcake, ice cream and chocolate |
| Breakfast | 3 | pancakes, waffle and croissant |
| Side | 2 | fries and salad |
| Snack | 2 | popcorn and pretzel |
| Staple | 2 | bread and rice |
| Lunch | 1 | sandwich |
| Dairy | 1 | cheese |
| Sweet | 1 | lollipop |
| Drink | 1 | juice box |
Wikipedia’s food group article describes how foods are grouped for healthy eating.
How many different food bingo cards are there?
Cards are built from this pack’s 27 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 | 89,513,424,000 | 2,220,075 |
| 4 × 4 | 16 | no free space | 272,789,137,666,805,760,000 | 13,037,895 |
| 5 × 5 | 24 | free star in the middle | 1,814,811,575,069,725,360,128,000,000 | 2,925 |
Play food bingo 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.
Food vocabulary bingo and snack bingo: learning ideas
Food bingo gives children everyday vocabulary and starts conversations about meals, and it works well as a party game or an ESL lesson. Try these ways to turn the game into a lesson:
- Favorite food: ask each child to say if they like the food that is called.
- Meal planning: sort the pictures into breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack.
- Food vocabulary: for English learners, say the word, point to the picture and have the class repeat it.
- Around the world: talk about where pizza, sushi, tacos and croissants come from.
- Party game: use food bingo at a birthday or a snack party, with the winner choosing the next snack.
- Healthy choices: mark foods that are everyday foods and foods for treats.
Food bingo: frequently asked questions
Which pictures are in the food bingo pack?
There are 27: pizza, burger, hot dog, fries, taco, spaghetti, noodles, sushi, donut, cookie, birthday cake, cupcake, ice cream, chocolate, popcorn, pancakes, waffle, sandwich, chicken leg, cheese, bread, pretzel, lollipop, salad, rice, juice box and croissant.
Which group has the most pictures in food bingo?
Main meal is the biggest group with 8 of the 27 pictures: pizza, burger, hot dog, taco, spaghetti, noodles, sushi, chicken leg. The next biggest is Dessert, with 6.
Which pictures are easy to mix up?
Noodles and spaghetti, pancakes and waffle, hot dog and burger, and bread and croissant are the pairs that look alike on a small card. 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 food bingo pack support?
A 3 by 3 card uses 8 of the 27 pictures, a 4 by 4 card uses 16 and a 5 by 5 card uses 24, so every card is a different mix.
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