Printable Bingo Cards

Printable bingo cards turn a party, a lesson or a team meeting into a game in a few minutes, and this page is the library for all of them. Every set below is free, prints from your browser as a PDF and gives each card its own random arrangement, so no player holds a copy of a neighbor’s card. Pick a template by occasion, change the words if you like, and print as many cards as your group needs, from a single sheet to 100 different cards.

In short: the library holds 105 sets of free printable bingo cards: 90 pages of their own and 15 more starter templates inside the card maker. Open the card maker with the button at the top of this page, choose a template, edit the squares and press Print for a PDF with a caller sheet and calling cards. Everything runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.

Printable bingo cards: how to print a set in 4 steps

The card maker behind this page builds every set in the library, so the steps for printable bingo cards are the same whether you start from a template, from your own word list or from the classic 1-75 numbers. It takes about two minutes for a first set and less for the next one.

1. Open the card maker. Use the button at the top of this page or go straight to the bingo card generator. On the Setup tab choose the card type: Custom (your own words, emoji and pictures on a 3×3 up to 7×7 grid), Bingo 75, Tambola 90, Bingo 80, Junior 30 or a Card deck.
2. Pick a starting point. The Templates tab holds 30 starters, from baby shower and Christmas to meeting bingo and Diwali. Choosing one fills the Items tab for you; you can then retype, add or remove any square, and add an emoji or a picture to each word.
3. Style the cards. On the Design tab pick a color theme, a font, the text size, the border and corner style, a card or page background, a logo, the title and a footer line. Names can go on every card for a class or a family.
4. Print or save the PDF. On the Print tab choose how many different cards you need (1 to 100), how many to a page (1, 2, 4 or 6), Letter or A4, portrait or landscape, and whether to add cut guides, a caller sheet and calling cards to cut out. Then download the PDF or send it straight to the printer.

Each card is a different random arrangement of your list. A 5×5 card with a free space needs 24 words, and if your list is longer than the grid, different cards also hold different words. The Shuffle button deals a fresh set, Undo steps back, and the preview has a zoom so you can check the small print before it reaches the paper.

The Templates tab is also where every starter that has no page of its own lives. If a template is only listed in a table below, open the card maker from the bingo card generator page, switch to Templates and click its name.

Free printable bingo cards: what you get and what it costs

The free printable bingo cards on this site cost nothing: there is no account, no email wall and no limit on how many sets you make. The tools run entirely in your browser, so the words you type and the pictures you add are never uploaded to a server. That is useful for a classroom, where you may type student names on cards, and for a family party where the list holds private jokes.

A shareable link in the Print tab saves the words of a set so you can send it to a co-host; pictures are not part of the link. If you want people to play on their own phones instead of paper, the custom bingo online page deals every guest a self-marking card from your own list, and Play Bingo Online does the same for classic 75-ball numbers.

Bingo card templates: what is in the library

The numbers below are counted from the pages on this site, not estimated, and they cover every set of printable bingo cards listed on this page. Some topics appear twice on purpose: a bridal shower, for example, has its own party bingo page and a starter template in the card maker, and the two lists of squares are different.

Most pages offer the same two ways to play: print the cards, or play online on phones. The same printable bingo cards also work as a bingo cards PDF for a copy shop. All of the bingo templates can be changed before printing, which is the point of the library; treat each set as a starting list rather than a fixed worksheet.

Occasion bingo cards: showers, weddings, birthdays and holidays

Occasion bingo works, and these printable bingo cards sell the idea well, because the squares are things that really happen at the event. Guests watch for the gift, the toast or the dancing uncle, and the game runs itself while the party goes on around it. Pick the page for your event below; each one prints printable bingo cards, a caller list and the rules.

Showers, weddings and birthdays

• Baby Shower Bingo has 30 baby items such as a rattle, a night light and a burp cloth, and guests mark each gift as it is unwrapped.
• Bridal Shower Bingo is the gift-opening game for the bride’s party, with a first full line as the win.
• Birthday Star Bingo uses squares about the birthday star and prints personalized cards, which works well for 40th, 50th and 60th parties.
• Wedding Bingo has 28 moments from the day, from a group selfie to the groom’s shoes going missing.
• Meet the Wedding Guests Bingo gets both families talking with find-a-guest squares such as who went to school with the bride.
• Birthday Tambola is the number version for parties that prefer housie tickets with the guest of honor’s name on them.

Christmas, Halloween and other holiday bingo cards

Holiday printable bingo cards are the most reused templates in the library because the squares match what a room looks like in that season. The Christmas Bingo page prints picture cards with a tree, reindeer, hot cocoa and a candy cane, and the Christmas Tambola page does the same job with numbers. For a family evening, the New Year Tambola tickets bring a countdown prize.

For a family trip, the Road Trip Bingo cards have 30 things to spot from the back seat, and the car games for kids guide lists more games for the same journey. Halloween has its own page of cards, and the Halloween games for kids guide has ideas for the party itself.

Seasonal and family printable bingo cards each have a page with the full list of squares, the grid size and a preview:

• Halloween Bingo has 30 spooky squares, from a bat and a black cat to a corn maze, for a party or a classroom.
• Easter Bingo is built for an egg hunt, with a chick, a basket, jelly beans and a nest.
• Thanksgiving Bingo covers the table and the parade: turkey, gravy, football and a nap on the couch.
• Summer Bingo is a checklist for the school break, with a beach, a kite, lemonade and fireworks.
• Camping Bingo sends campers looking for a tent, an owl, a shooting star and wet socks.

More occasion and audience pages use the same card maker, each with its own list of squares:

• Valentine’s Day Bingo has 30 sweet squares for a class party or a date night.
• New Year’s Bingo counts down to midnight with fireworks, resolutions and a toast.
• Diwali Bingo covers diyas, rangoli, sweets and sparklers for the festival of lights.
• Holi Bingo is a color-day list with water balloons, thandai and gujiya.
• Navratri Bingo suits garba and dandiya nights.
• Kitty Party Bingo turns the handbag and the gossip into a game.
• Music Bingo is a listen-for-it card for any playlist.
• Bingo for Seniors prints large-print Memory Lane cards, one per page.
• Hanukkah Bingo has 28 squares for eight nights of latkes, dreidels and candles.
• Lunar New Year Bingo has 28 squares for red envelopes, dumplings and lion dances.
• St. Patrick’s Day Bingo has 28 squares for shamrocks, rainbows and a pot of gold.
• Mother’s Day Bingo has 28 squares for flowers, cards and breakfast in bed.
• Father’s Day Bingo has 28 squares for grill, golf and dad jokes.
• Fourth of July Bingo has 28 squares for fireworks, flags and a backyard cookout.
• Earth Day Bingo has 28 squares for spot ways to look after the planet.
• Eid Bingo has 28 squares for lanterns, sweets and family visits.
• Karwa Chauth Bingo has 28 squares for sargi, mehndi and waiting for the moon.
• Lohri Bingo has 28 squares for bonfire, bhangra and winter harvest treats.

Starter bingo card templates for showers, weddings and New Year

These five templates live in the Templates tab of the card maker. Each has a 5×5 grid with a free space, so a card needs 24 of the words, and every list has more words than that so that cards differ. Open the bingo card generator, choose Templates and click the name.

Bingo cards for kids and the classroom

Printable bingo cards for kids work best when the squares are pictures: a child who cannot read yet can still match a card to a call. The picture bingo pages print 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5 cards with calling cards to cut out, and online each picture is read aloud. Older children can play the same game with words, sight words or vocabulary lists.

Printable bingo cards for kids with pictures

• Picture Bingo for Kids is the hub: 10 themes, with 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5 grids to match the age of the group.
• Animal Bingo covers pets, zoo and wild animals and suits preschool to first grade.
• Farm Animal Bingo has 26 farm pictures such as a hen, a tractor and a barn.
• Ocean Animal Bingo has 24 sea pictures, from a seahorse to a blue whale.
• Transportation Bingo uses 26 vehicles, a good match for a unit on community helpers.
• Fruit and Vegetable Bingo has 27 pictures and fits healthy-eating week.
• Food Bingo has 27 foods for parties and snack time.
• Weather Bingo has 24 weather pictures for a morning calendar routine.
• Space Bingo has 22 solar system and astronaut pictures.
• Bug and Garden Bingo is for minibeast and garden topics.
• Feelings Bingo has 24 emotions and supports social emotional learning.
• Emoji Bingo has 40 emoji pictures and works for parties as well as classrooms.
• Loteria prints 4×4 Mexican bingo tablas with a deck of 47 picture cards.

Classroom bingo templates: reading, letters and getting to know you

These printable bingo cards for the classroom start with the Classroom Bingo page, a back-to-school icebreaker with objects such as a pencil, a globe and a lunch box. The Sight Words Bingo page prints the common reading words (the, and, said, they) so early readers can find the word the caller reads; the guide to sight words explains why those words matter and the sight word worksheets give you take-home practice.

The Alphabet Bingo page has 26 letters on a 5×5 card, which means every card holds almost the full alphabet. For a first day, the Getting to Know You Bingo page sends students around the room to find a different classmate for each square.

Three more kids templates live in the Templates tab only:

The three picture templates use a 4×4 grid with 16 squares and a list of 24 pictures, so each card holds two thirds of the list. That keeps a game short for children and makes sure that neighbors do not have the same card.

Bingo cards for adults, teams and meetings

Printable bingo cards for adults are usually social: the squares are things to find out about each other or things that are likely to happen in a meeting. Human bingo (also called find-someone-who) sends people around the room to find a different person for every square, which makes it a dependable icebreaker for a first day, a reunion or a team offsite.

Human bingo: printable bingo cards for adults to mingle

• Chai and Chatter Bingo has 30 find-someone-who squares for new members of a kitty group.
• Travel Divas Bingo has 120 travel squares from Kashmir to scuba diving, so each game can use a fresh set.
• Couples Icebreaker Bingo has 28 find-a-couple-who squares for anniversaries and double dates.
• Meet the Wedding Guests Bingo mixes two families with squares like speaks Punjabi or flew in for the day.

Meeting, Zoom and team bingo templates

Meeting Bingo and Zoom Bingo (virtual happy hour bingo) are templates for calls, with squares such as pet appears, frozen screen and the plant on the bookshelf. They are light-hearted rather than a way to mock colleagues, so keep the list to things everyone does. For a live game on a video call, host a game on play custom bingo online, or share the PDF and let everyone print their own card.

If your group is new to each other, pair a card with the icebreaker questions deck: bingo for the first ten minutes, questions for the rest. The Human Bingo page has squares such as has run a marathon or knows a magic trick, and the Getting to Know You Bingo page is the milder version for a new class or team.

Printable bingo cards with numbers: 1-75, 80-ball and junior 30

When you want the classic game with a caller and a pile of chips, use the number types in the card maker for printable bingo cards. Each card is a different random arrangement, the 1-75 columns keep their B-I-N-G-O ranges, and the PDF can include a caller sheet that lists every number.

To call the numbers, open the bingo caller for 75-ball games or the tambola number caller for 90-ball. Both call each number exactly once in a fresh random order, and the caller can check a winning card against the numbers called so far. Guests who want to play without paper can join a live game on Play Bingo Online.

How many 75-ball cards are there? Each of the B, I, G and O columns holds 5 of its 15 numbers, and the N column holds 4 of 15, which gives about 1.1 x 10¹⁷ different sets of numbers, or about 5.5 x 10²⁶ if the order within columns counts. A set of 100 printed cards will not repeat.

Tambola and housie tickets

A tambola ticket has 3 rows and 9 columns with 15 numbers from 1 to 90, five in each row. Tambola, housie and 90-ball bingo are the same family of game, and the card maker prints all of them as printable bingo cards or tickets. Start with the tambola ticket generator for custom tickets, or the 90-ball bingo cards page for strips of six tickets in UK, Australian and Indian styles.

The rules, prizes and hosting tips are in the how to play tambola guide, and the housie number calls guide lists the rhyming call for each number from 1 to 90. To host a live game on phones, go to Online Tambola and Party Games.

Festival and party tambola pages

Each page below has named prizes that match the occasion, a caller sheet and a rules page. Print up to 600 tickets or play live on phones.

Theme tambola: 25 illustrated ticket sets

The theme tambola hub prints picture tickets instead of plain numbers. Each theme has its own page with six named prizes, a guest planner and a run sheet.

Indian party bingo: Bollywood, kitty parties, festivals and sangeet

Indian party bingo uses the squares a room actually recognizes: film titles, dance-floor moments, items from a handbag. These printable bingo cards come out of the same card maker as the rest of the library and most can also be played on phones.

• Bollywood Bingo has 73 famous Hindi films and a caller list.
• Bollywood Music Bingo swaps films for 70 songs, ideal with a playlist.
• Musical Tambola puts 15 Bollywood songs on each ticket.
• Bollywood Emoji Bingo turns 300 films into emoji clues.
• Play Bollywood Bingo Online lets each friend open a film card from one WhatsApp link.
• Handbag Bingo sends guests searching their own purses for 80 items.
• Fashion Jewellery Bingo has 100 items from jhumkas to juttis.
• Haldi Bingo has 30 squares of haldi items and moments.
• Sangeet Dance Bingo collects 280 dance floor moments, including the naagin dance.

Hosts planning a full evening can add the kitty party games and Bollywood party games guides, or the Diwali party games guide for the festival season. The Hindi-language kitty party games in Hindi guide is there for a mixed audience.

Card decks that open in the same editor

Not every printable is a grid, so these are not printable bingo cards as such. The Card deck type in the card maker prints cut-out cards, one prompt per card, using the same design, font and paper settings as the bingo cards. These pages are the ready-made decks.

• Charades Ideas gives a general mix of acts for all ages.
• Charades for Kids keeps the prompts easy to act out for younger players.
• Dumb Charades Movie Names lists Bollywood and Hollywood titles for the movie round.
• Pictionary Words is a deck of drawable words.
• Would You Rather Questions offers adult choices for a table game.
• Would You Rather Questions for Kids keeps the dilemmas silly and school-safe.
• Truth or Dare for Kids is a family-friendly deck.
• Never Have I Ever Questions suits teens and adults.
• This or That Questions is a quick two-way choice game.
• Icebreaker Questions works for meetings and new groups.
• Conversation Starters for Kids is for the dinner table.
• Couple Quiz Questions makes a cut-out quiz for two.
• One Minute Games for Kitty Party holds timed party challenges.

Blank bingo cards

If none of the templates fits, start from empty with printable bingo cards that have no words yet. The blank bingo cards page prints cards with empty squares for handwriting and also opens the editor so you can type the words first. It is the best choice for a vocabulary list, a class novel or a topic only your group knows. Two reference pages help with any set: the bingo card template page for choosing a layout, and the bingo number chart for keeping track of called numbers.

What size should printable bingo cards be?

The grid decides how many words you need and how long a game lasts, so choose the size of your printable bingo cards first. The game-length columns below come from a simulation of 1,500 games per row: random cards, a random call order, and the median call on which someone first completes a row, column or diagonal (a free space in the middle of odd grids). The word list in each row is the one used in the simulation.

The numbers are calls, not minutes, so multiply by your pace: at one call every 15 seconds, a 5×5 game with 10 players and a 30-word list usually has its first line after about 11 calls, or 3 minutes. A full card (blackout) takes much longer, so plan the prize for first line, four corners and blackout in that order.

As a rule, 5×5 is the best default. Choose 3×3 or 4×4 when children are still learning to match pictures, and 6×6 or 7×7 when a group is happy to play for 20 minutes or more.

How many words do I need for printable bingo cards?

The minimum is one word per square, but a longer list is better. With exactly as many words as squares, every card holds the same words in a different order, so several players tend to finish on the same call. With a longer list each card holds a different selection, which spreads the wins out. The table counts how many different sets of 24 words you can pick from a list of N words for a 5×5 card with a free space, C(N,24).

Order matters too: 24 words can be arranged on a card in 24! = 620,448,401,733,239,439,360,000 ways, so even a 24-word list will not give two players the same card. What changes is how often two cards complete a line on the same call. In the simulation below, 30 players share a 5×5 game and we count games in which more than one card wins on the very first winning call.

For a class of 30 using one list, 36 words cuts the chance of a tie from 27% to 20%, and 48 words to about 14%. The same logic applies to a 4×4 card, which needs 16 words, and to the picture bingo pages, where the lists have 22 to 27 pictures.

How to run a game with printable bingo cards

1. Hand out one card per player along with chips, dry-erase markers or small pieces of paper. For children, laminate the cards or slide them into plastic sleeves and use counters.
2. Choose the winning pattern before you start: any line, four corners, an X or a full card. The bingo caller has a pattern picker with mini diagrams for the 75-ball patterns.
3. Call from the caller sheet or the calling cards you cut out, or let the caller tool do it with a big ball on screen, and keep a list of everything called.
4. When someone shouts bingo, read their squares back against your list. The caller has a check-a-card box where you type the numbers on a card to see whether all of them were called.

For words and pictures, read the word aloud and show the calling card; for numbers, say the letter as well as the number. Shout-out rules are the host’s choice: some groups play for a single prize, others play three rounds.

Bingo cards PDF or print from the browser?

Both routes produce the same pages from your printable bingo cards. A bingo cards PDF is a file you keep: it is the right choice when you want to email the set to a school office, print at a copy shop or reprint the same cards next year. Printing straight from the browser is faster when you are at home and the printer is right there.

If the cards are cut off at the edge, you almost always have scaling on instead of Actual size, or the paper size in the print dialog differs from the one chosen in the card maker. Print one test page before you run off thirty.

Paper and printing tips for printable bingo cards

• Paper weight: standard 20 lb copy paper is fine for one night; for cards you will reuse, print on 65 lb cardstock or laminate.
• Ink: light color themes and the black-and-white theme use much less ink than solid-color tiles. Turn on the alternate tint rather than a full background if you are printing 30 or more.
• Cutting: with 2, 4 or 6 cards per page, turn on cut guides and cut the sheet with a paper trimmer.
• Letter or A4: choose the paper you actually own; US schools use Letter, and most of the rest of the world uses A4.
• Landscape: tambola tickets and wide cards fit better in landscape, so switch the orientation in the Print tab.
• Spare cards: print about 10% more than you have players so latecomers and mistakes are covered.
• Markers: chips, dry-erase markers, crayons and stickers all work; avoid permanent markers on shared cards.

For other worksheets on matching paper, see the printable paper pages. Background on the game itself is in the Wikipedia article on bingo, which also explains how the 75-ball and 90-ball versions differ.

Bingo and tambola guides

The guides answer the questions people ask before and after they print: how the game works, which patterns to play, what to call and how to build your own cards.

• How to play bingo: rules, cards and a game-length table.
• Bingo patterns: 25 winning shapes with printable diagrams.
• Bingo calls and nicknames: the 75-ball calls and all 90 traditional nicknames.
• How to make bingo cards: Word, Google Docs, Excel, Canva and the card maker.
• Best bingo card generator: ten features to check.
• Baby shower bingo ideas: nine games with a simulation.
• Bingo activities for the classroom: lesson ideas for every list.
• Tambola vs bingo vs housie: what is the difference.
• Virtual bingo ideas: twenty games for any video call.
• Bingo for large groups: 50 to 500 players.
• Bingo fundraiser: a school or charity night with a break-even table.
• Office bingo: team building, onboarding and meetings.
• Tambola ticket book: free books of 6, 60 and 600 tickets as PDFs.
• Tambola dividends: every prize, pool splits and odds.
• Tambola kaise khelte hain: the rules in Hindi.
• Kitty party tambola themes: twelve months of ideas.
• Corporate tambola: team events and office parties.