It is ten minutes before the guests arrive, the printer is on its second colour cartridge this month, and the first bingo sheet you printed came out as a solid red rectangle with a few words floating in it, and the kids are asking.
The page is wet, the ink is gone, and there is still no game.
So here is a christmas bingo printable free of that problem: 24 different cards, black and white, with plain outlines and no fill.
You get the cards, a call sheet, a way to print and cut them without waste, and a guide to how many players the set covers.
Bingo fails at the printer and at the table, not in the rules.
If every card is different and the pages are only outlines, you print once, spend almost no ink and nobody shouts “I have the same card as her”.
Quick answer: Print the 24 black and white cards on plain paper, one card per player, and keep the call sheet for yourself. Pull a picture, call it, and tick it off on the sheet so nothing repeats. For a group bigger than 24, put children in pairs. If you need more different cards, a 30-card Christmas bingo set already has them laid out.
Christmas Bingo Printable Free: 24 Different Cards
Most christmas bingo cards you find are the same six pictures shuffled a few ways, so two children end up shouting at once. This set is 24 cards in which no two cards share the same square layout.
- On the sheet: a five by five grid with a free square in the middle, so 24 pictures per card.
- Cards: 24 different ones, one per player, plus a call sheet for the caller.
- Holds: about 10 minutes a round, three or four rounds before the interest drops.
- Sheets: 24 cards on 12 pages, two cards per page.
Print the pages once, cut each in half and keep the cards in an envelope. Next December you only need to find the envelope.
If you would rather not cut at all, a Christmas bingo PDF comes with the cards already one per page.
Of six pages that rank for this search, only one says anything about ink and only one says how many players its set covers.
The call sheet is named by five of them. That leaves the print cost and the player count, the two things you meet first, with no answer.
Black and White Cards That Print Without Eating Your Ink
A card with a coloured background uses the printer’s whole cartridge for a single sheet. A card drawn only in outline uses very little.
You get the same picture of a bell, a stocking or a tree, and children can colour it themselves if they want.
- Outlines only: no filled boxes, no coloured borders, no page background.
- Draft mode: choose “black and white” and “draft” in the print dialog and the pages come out light.
- Plain paper: no photo paper needed; the card is for one evening, not for the wall.
Printing the 24 cards on 12 pages in black and white leaves the colour cartridge alone, which matters when you print for a whole class.
If you do want full colour, there is a 20-card colour set for kids that you can print once and laminate.
How to Print and Cut the Cards Without Wasting Paper
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You can print this set in three steps and not waste a sheet.
- Print one test page first, to see that the grid sits inside the margins of your printer.
- Choose “actual size” and not “fit to page”, otherwise the squares shrink and the pictures stop being readable from across a table.
- Print double sided only if you have a spare; the back of a card with a faint grid showing through confuses small children.
Cut along the dotted line down the middle of each page. A paper trimmer does the whole stack at once, and scissors are fine for a class of twelve.
If you are short on time, the free printable Christmas games with no email wall are a quicker start than a set you have to cut.
The Call Sheet: Pull and Call Without Repeats
The call sheet is the page the caller keeps. It lists all 36 pictures in a single column with a small box beside each one, so you can tick every picture as you call it.
- Cut the pictures: one small slip per picture, folded and dropped into a bowl or a hat.
- Pull and call: take a slip, say the word out loud, show the picture, tick the box.
- Check a win: a player shouts bingo and you read their line back against the ticks, so nobody wins on a picture that was never called.
Without the ticks you cannot settle a dispute, and with children there is always one. A tick sheet ends it in ten seconds.
A second, handy set of caller slips is part of the Christmas bingo printable game PDF, if you want it ready.
How Many Players 24 Cards Cover
This is the question no list answers. One card per player means 24 players maximum, but the table below shows how the set stretches.
| Players | How to deal | Pages to print |
|---|---|---|
| 2 to 6 | One card each, play two rounds | 3 |
| 7 to 12 | One card each | 6 |
| 13 to 24 | One card each, all 24 used | 12 |
| 25 to 48 | Pairs share a card | 12 |
| Over 48 | Print the set twice, or use a larger set | 24 |
Notice that a class of 25 already needs a different approach: pairs share, which also suits younger children who cannot yet keep their eyes on a grid.
For a bigger room where you want every child to hold a unique card, a larger Christmas bingo bundle is the shorter route.
What to Use as Markers When You Have No Chips
You do not need to buy bingo chips. Almost every house has something that works.
- Dry cereal or small sweets: a handful per child, and the winner eats the markers.
- Buttons, coins or dried beans: they stay put on a flat card.
- Paper scraps: torn from the edge of the pages you just cut.
- A crayon: children cross out each picture, and the card becomes a colouring sheet at the end.
Keep the markers small so a card with 24 squares does not slide around. A crayon is the cheapest of them all, and it turns the used card into the thing the children take home.
Blank Christmas Bingo Card for Your Own Words
A blank card is where a set stops being a download and becomes yours. Put in family names, school words, songs or anything else you want to play with.
- Family version: fill the squares with names of relatives, pets and favourite presents.
- Song version: write one line of a carol in each square and play from a playlist.
- Movie version: write things you spot in a Christmas film, and tick them as it plays.
You can draw a grid by hand on any page, but the blank sheet already has even squares and a free space.
There is a pack of 30 different cards with an empty template inside, for when you want the same layout again.
Playing With a Class or a Large Group
Bingo for a large group goes wrong when the caller is slow. Fix the speed and the group follows.
- Let a child call: the caller can be a different child each round, and the adult only ticks the sheet.
- Win in a pattern: first a line, then four corners, then a full card, so a round does not end after a minute.
- Small prize or a choice: the winner picks the next song or the next round, nothing to buy.
With 25 children, sit them in pairs and give each pair one card; the call sheet stays with you. For other things to do with a whole class, see classroom Christmas games that work with 25 kids.
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Get downloadsThirty different cards in one download, so a larger group gets a card each without repeats. Pick it when 24 is not enough.
A ready PDF with cards and caller pages. Pick it when you want the call sheet and the cards in one file.
Twenty picture cards for small children, made for a class or a party table. Pick it when the players are very young.
Ready-Made Bingo Sets When 24 Is Not Enough
Twenty-four cards cover one family gathering and most classrooms in pairs. They do not cover a school hall or a party of forty, where cards start to repeat.
Then the numbers decide, not the pictures. A set with more different cards is the only way to stop repeats, and you can pick it by the number in its name.
If you are looking for more to play after bingo, the same table also works with charades and board games, and ten Christmas party games with no prep fill the rest of the evening.
The five-minute set of easy Christmas games is a good last page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I print bingo cards for free?
Print the 24 black and white cards on plain paper in “actual size”, two cards to a page, and cut along the middle. A christmas bingo printable free pdf prints on any home printer. For a file with the cards and the call sheet together, a ready bingo PDF is the quickest route.
How do you make Christmas bingo fun for kids?
Let a child be the caller, win in patterns (a line, four corners, a full card) and give winners a choice instead of a prize, such as picking the next song.
Can I print the cards in black and white?
Yes, that is the point of this set. The cards are outlines with no filled boxes, so a black and white printer is enough and very little ink is used.
How many players can use 24 cards?
Twenty-four players with one card each, or up to 48 if pairs share a card. Beyond that, print the set twice or use a set with more different cards.
What can we use instead of bingo chips?
Dry cereal, buttons, small sweets, paper scraps or a crayon. A crayon turns the used card into a colouring page at the end of the game.
Key Takeaways
- The set is 24 different black and white cards with a call sheet, printed on 12 pages of plain paper.
- Outline cards with no fill barely touch the cartridge, which is what a class print run needs.
- One card per player covers 24 children, and pairs sharing a card stretch the set to 48.
- Tick each call on the call sheet, so every dispute ends in ten seconds.
- Need more different cards: a 30-card Christmas bingo set already has them.
About the author: Hi, I’m Tess. I taught preschool for nine years and now make the printables I used to photocopy at 7am. Every game here has been played with a real group of kids before it goes up, and I tell you how long it actually held their attention, not how long it should have.
