Card Bingo

Time

Games

4 3 2 1 Early-Mid Stages

Benefits

Participants

Group Activity

What you need

2 sets of playing cards (1 x large-print or large and 1 x giant)
A small prize (optional)

Intro

Everyone loves a game of bingo! Well, this one is a little different, as we use playing cards and the objective it to get rid of them all. It’s a whole lot of fun, as eyes hurriedly dart across the card looking for one that’s been called. A quick fun game for a group in a care home or at a family gathering.

Top tip

If you have less than 6 people in the game, use only 2 suits of cards; otherwise each person may struggle to hold them all. Or if you have 2 sets snap cards, you could play the game with Relish Animal Snap instead

The Activity

Deal out the smaller set of cards to the group. You can either put them in front of each person or they can hold them in their hands
Tell everyone “You’re going to call out one card at a time. If you have that card, you need to let me know and I will take it. The winner is the first person to get rid of all their cards”
Shuffle the extra large set, then draw the first card
Tell everyone what the card is a few times, and move around the room showing it to each person. This is to make sure that everyone can see and hear what it is, as they might need to compare it to their hand
If someone has the card you’ve called, take it from them, reminding them that it’s a good thing
The game can be played again, if time permits
Give the prize to the winner, if you have one