Car Bingo
Difficulty: Easy
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Keep kids engaged during long car trips with a game of bingo. This craft will keep them occupied and happy for those long drives or flights.
What you'll need:
- Color printer
- Cardstock paper (recommended, but not required)
- Pen or pencil for marking
- Additional materials (see tips below)
How to make it:
- Print the game boards.
Board 1: click here
Board 2: click here
Board 3: click here
Board 4: click here
Board 5: click here
- Play the game by either marking the items when you see them as you travel, or play with place markers. See the tips below for ideas. The first one to get a straight row going up, down, across or diagonally wins! You can also play until you find every item on the board.
Game ideas to make boards reusable:
- Print playing boards off on cardstock. Place the playing board on a metal cookie sheet. Use magnetic pieces to cover the areas on the board. Your pieces won't fall and get lost in the car!
- Print playing boards off on cardstock. Cut off excess paper and cover with Con-Tact or laminate paper so the playing boards won't get messed up in the car. Place the playing board on a metal cookie sheet. Use magnetic pieces to cover the areas on the board.
- Print playing boards off on cardstock and adhere them to a self-adhesive magnetic sheet. Place on a metal cookie sheet. Use magnetic pieces to cover the area on the board.
- Print playing boards off on cardstock. Cut off excess paper and then cover with Con-Tact paper and use Colors-in-Motion (see below) and tissues to wipe off writing.
- Save the boards to disk. Bring into a print program and format the boards to fit two on a sheet. Print off on printable magnetic sheets. Use a cookie sheet and magnetic pieces.
- Print off on cardstock. Laminate playing boards, leaving excess laminate to the left side of the board. Use a three-ring hole punch so it fits in a binder. Use Colors-in-Motion (see below) to write on the boards, and tissues to erase it when you are done. You can use permanent markers on laminated boards, and use white erasers to erase your markings.
