Fruit and vegetable bingo for kids: twenty-seven picture cards to print, with apple, banana and grapes and bell pepper 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.
Fruit and vegetable bingo: printable cards and online game
Below is the fruit bingo printable set: a 4 by 4 card with words, a 3 by 3 picture-only card, the calling cards and the online game.
How to play fruit and vegetable bingo (fruit 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: “Red, green or yellow” is the apple, and “Hard shell, white flesh and milk” is the coconut. The first child to cover a full row, column or diagonal calls bingo and reads the covered pictures back to check.
Fruit bingo printable: 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 fruit and vegetable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🍎 | apple | Fruit | Red, green or yellow |
| 🍌 | banana | Fruit | Yellow with a peel |
| 🍇 | grapes | Fruit | Grows in bunches |
| 🍉 | watermelon | Fruit | Green outside, red inside |
| 🍓 | strawberry | Fruit | Red with seeds outside |
| 🍒 | cherries | Fruit | Small and red with a stone |
| 🍑 | peach | Fruit | Fuzzy with a stone |
| 🍍 | pineapple | Fruit | Spiky with a leafy crown |
| 🥭 | mango | Fruit | Sweet and tropical |
| 🥝 | kiwi | Fruit | Fuzzy brown, green inside |
| 🍋 | lemon | Fruit | Sour and yellow |
| 🍊 | orange | Fruit | A citrus fruit and a color |
| 🍐 | pear | Fruit | Narrow at the top |
| 🥥 | coconut | Fruit | Hard shell, white flesh and milk |
| 🫐 | blueberries | Fruit | Tiny and blue |
| 🍅 | tomato | Fruit or vegetable | Red; a fruit that cooks use as a vegetable |
| 🥕 | carrot | Vegetable | A crunchy orange root |
| 🌽 | corn | Vegetable | Yellow kernels on a cob |
| 🥦 | broccoli | Vegetable | A little green tree |
| 🥒 | cucumber | Fruit or vegetable | Cool and crunchy |
| 🍆 | eggplant | Fruit or vegetable | Shiny and purple |
| 🥔 | potato | Vegetable | Grows underground |
| 🧅 | onion | Vegetable | Makes eyes water |
| 🧄 | garlic | Vegetable | A strong-smelling bulb |
| 🌶️ | chili pepper | Fruit or vegetable | Hot and spicy |
| 🍄 | mushroom | Fungus | A fungus, eaten as a vegetable |
| 🫑 | bell pepper | Fruit or vegetable | Crunchy and sweet |
The 27 pictures fall into these groups:
| Group | Number | Which ones |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 15 | apple, banana, grapes, watermelon, strawberry, cherries, peach, pineapple, mango, kiwi, lemon, orange, pear, coconut and blueberries |
| Vegetable | 6 | carrot, corn, broccoli, potato, onion and garlic |
| Fruit or vegetable | 5 | tomato, cucumber, eggplant, chili pepper and bell pepper |
| Fungus | 1 | mushroom |
Wikipedia’s vegetable article explains why cooks and botanists sort fruits and vegetables differently.
How many different fruit and vegetable 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 fruit and vegetable 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.
Healthy food bingo: fruit and vegetable bingo cards learning ideas
Fruit and vegetable bingo supports healthy-eating lessons and gives children colorful vocabulary, with a mix of fruits, vegetables and a mushroom for a surprise. Try these ways to turn the game into a lesson:
- Rainbow plate: sort the pictures by color and plan a rainbow of fruits and vegetables for lunch.
- Taste test: bring in five real fruits and vegetables from the list and vote on a favorite.
- Fruit or vegetable? argue the case for tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, which grow from flowers and hold seeds.
- Healthy eating week: use fruit and vegetable bingo as a starter for a unit on healthy food.
- Grocery store trip: take the bingo pictures to the supermarket and find each one.
- Grow your own: plant a seed or bean and watch how a plant grows.
Fruit and vegetable bingo: frequently asked questions
Which pictures are in the fruit and vegetable bingo pack?
There are 27: apple, banana, grapes, watermelon, strawberry, cherries, peach, pineapple, mango, kiwi, lemon, orange, pear, coconut, blueberries, tomato, carrot, corn, broccoli, cucumber, eggplant, potato, onion, garlic, chili pepper, mushroom and bell pepper.
Which group has the most pictures in fruit and vegetable bingo?
Fruit is the biggest group with 15 of the 27 pictures: apple, banana, grapes, watermelon, strawberry, cherries, peach, pineapple, mango, kiwi, lemon, orange, pear, coconut, blueberries. The next biggest is Vegetable, with 6.
Which pictures are easy to mix up?
Tomato, cucumber, eggplant, chili pepper and bell pepper are the surprise group: cooks call them vegetables and botanists call them fruits, so decide before the game which you will say. Lemon and orange, and grapes and blueberries, are the other pairs. 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 fruit and vegetable 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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