Bingo Ideas for Kids

• Making a basic game of bingo more lively and appealing to kids can be as simple as adding a few elements. Instead of just stamping or marking a numbered box, use fun and educational symbols in the box and stickers, mini toys or stamps to mark the box. A basic bingo square has at least nine boxes spread evenly in a grid across the paper. The older the children are, the more boxes you can add to the bingo squares.
  
  

Bee Bingo

• When it comes to bingo ideas for young kids, it's best to stick with pictures in the boxes that are easy to identify. Bee bingo uses simple flower pictures, such a daisy, rose, tulip, sunflower and dandelion. When the flower name is called and a picture is shown, the kids place a shiny bee sticker over the box. When someone gets a bingo, you can use a baggy of honey candy, bouncing bee antennas on a headband or a bee-shaped foam glider as the prize.
  
  

Dinosaur Bingo

• Dinosaur bingo ideas for kids may seem geared toward boys, but girls will enjoy the game, too. You can play dinosaur bingo with young kids by showing them a picture of the chosen animal instead of just calling out the name. Older kids can have pictures of the dinosaurs on their bingo cards, but you should not show them a picture and only call out the proper name.
  
  Use bingo cards with 9 to 16 boxes filled with simple pictures of different dinosaurs. When a dinosaur name is called, the kids can place a tiny, plastic dinosaur toy over the corresponding box. When a bingo is called, you can use shiny dinosaur stickers, plastic dinosaur toys, dinosaur egg candies or foam dinosaur sponges that grow in water as the prizes.
  
  

Princess Bingo

• If you're looking for bingo ideas that focus on girls, try playing some princess bingo. You can use pictures of a prince, princess, dragon, throne, castle, sword, scepter and crown to fill in a 16-box bingo card. Use glittering crown stickers to mark the boxes. When a bingo is called, you can use a sparkling toy crown, gem-studded royal scepter, jeweled plastic ring, beaded plastic necklace or princess-themed stickers as the prizes.
  
  

Ocean Bingo

• For an educational twist on basic bingo ideas for kids, try focusing the game on animals that live in the ocean. Fill a 12-box bingo card with pictures of dolphins, killer whales, starfish, clams, crabs and lobster for young kids. Fill a 25-box bingo card with pictures of dolphins, swordfish, blue-fin tuna, blue whales, killer whales, beluga whales, whale sharks, great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, bull sharks and tiger sharks for older kids.
  
  Have the kids place a tiny, plastic boat when an ocean animal name is called in the bingo game. When a bingo is called, use shiny whale stickers, plastic fish rings that squirt water, small plastic toy sharks, dolphin squirt guns, real seashells or beach towel cubes that expand in water as prizes.