Easter Bingo Cards (Free Printable Generator)

The word list

Many families celebrate Easter in different ways, so edit the list to fit yours. Remove anything religious or food-based if the group is mixed, and add a house tradition if you have one.

How to play at an Easter gathering

Egg hunts are loud and fast, so bingo works best before or after, when the children are calm enough to sit. A card game fills the gap while grown-ups finish hiding eggs or setting out brunch.

1. Hand out the cards and a stack of small paper eggs, jelly beans or plastic counters.
2. Call a square, or hold up a real item such as a plastic egg or a toy chick.
3. Players cover matching squares.
4. A row of five wins a basket treat, and play continues for a second prize.
5. Finish with a round of blackout, so every child is working toward the same goal.

Three spring variations

• Egg-in-the-card. Hide a small slip of paper inside a plastic egg for every square. A child opens an egg, reads the word and covers it, which makes the game feel like a hunt.
• Garden bingo. Take the cards outdoors and have children search the yard for tulips, grass, puddles and butterflies, ticking squares as they spot them.
• Family trivia round. Add a squares-and-questions twist for grandparents, where a square is covered only after a child answers a spring riddle.

Tips for hosts and teachers

Spring weather can turn at any moment, so print a few extra cards for the indoor backup plan. Tuck them in a basket near the door.

Make the prizes non-food when you can, such as stickers or bookmarks, so children with allergies or sugar limits can play on equal footing.

For toddlers, use pictures cut from magazines next to the words, and let a grown-up point as the squares are called.

Printing in pastels

Pastel paper in lavender, mint or butter yellow gives cards a spring look with no extra ink. Use ink saver for a pale grid so the colors stay soft.

A sheet of clear contact paper over the finished card makes them wipe-clean, which is handy if jelly beans leave a sticky trail.