Printable bingo cards
Winter bingo cards without the holidays
A cold-weather set that stays useful from the first frost to the thaw. It leaves out every festival, so it fits a classroom where families mark different days, an indoor recess in January or a snowed-in afternoon at home.
Winter bingo
Winter bingo
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Ways to use the winter set
- Twenty-six cards is the starting point, enough for most classes with thirteen sheets of paper. Change the number to your register before you print so nobody shares.
- Indoor recess is where this set earns its place. Keep a printed stack and a bag of counters in a drawer and a wet or icy lunchtime has a ready activity that needs no setting up.
- Use it as a vocabulary lesson for a weather or polar animals topic: instead of reading the word, give a clue such as a bird that cannot fly and swims in cold seas, and let the class work out which square to cover.
- For English language learners, call each word twice and hold up a picture or the real thing. Gloves, a wool hat and a hot water bottle are easy to bring in.
- White counters cut from scrap paper make snowball markers. For a prize, the winner chooses the story at the end of the day or leads the line out to the playground.
Winter words on the cards
Weather, clothing, sports and animals of the cold months, with no festival among them. If you live somewhere without snow, replace the snow lines with what your own winter looks like.
- Snowball
- Igloo
- Penguin
- Polar bear
- Snow boots
- Wool hat
- Gloves
- Earmuffs
- Thick coat
- Snow shovel
- Frozen pond
- Ice rink
- Skis
- Snowboard
- Toboggan
- Ski lift
- Snow angel
- Snow fort
- Blizzard
- Frost
- Frozen puddle
- Bare tree
- Evergreen
- Footprints
- Animal tracks
- Arctic fox
- Snowy owl
- Seal
- Walrus
- Moose
- Sleeping bear
- Bird feeder
- Log fire
- Quilt
- Hot soup
- Porridge
- Marshmallows
- Snowmobile
- Northern lights
- Long night
- Foggy breath
- Red cheeks
- Wet socks
- Radiator
- Hot water bottle
- Slippery path
- Snow day
- Hockey stick
- Mountain cabin
- Pine forest
Questions
Is there anything about Christmas on these winter bingo cards?
No. The list is weather, clothes, animals and outdoor activities only. That is the difference between this set and the Christmas one, and it means the cards can stay in use through January and February.
What age is winter bingo suitable for?
Readers from about six can play the larger grids on their own. Younger children manage the three by three grid when an adult calls slowly and shows a picture for each word.
Can I use the cards for a winter-themed lesson?
Yes. Teachers use the words for clue-based calling, for sorting into animals, clothes and weather after the game, or as spelling practice by asking the winner to read their line back aloud.
We do not get snow. Can I still use this set?
Edit the word box. Take out lines like snow fort and blizzard and type in rain, early sunsets or whatever winter brings where you are. The cards are dealt again from your version of the list.