I am so excited about this free printable nativity bingo game. I hope these Christian bingo boards will help you keep the true meaning of Christmas in your holiday activities.
Are you all ready for Thanksgiving break? I love working while my kids sleep. Should I let them keep sleeping and enjoy the quiet? I should probably wake them up so that they can have a productive day, too, right? Such a tough decision! I'm hurrying to get this adorable Nativity Bingo game up for you before I take a little Thanksgiving blog break.
Nativity Bingo for Christmas
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Ever since I posted Christmas Bingo, I've been wanting to create a game that was about the real meaning of Christmas. (And my readers have been asking for it, too!) Nativity Bingo will never be allowed in a school classroom, but families can enjoy it. Spending so much time and energy on Santa Claus, magic Elves, and finding the perfect Christmas gifts leaves us little time for rest. It's nice to sit back and think about the real meaning of Christmas, too.
Who says Christmas games should only focus on Santa Claus and snowmen? Play Nativity Bingo after teaching the kids the Christmas story. It's a good way to remember the story and have a little bit of fun. I even used a game board with the children at church the other day as we learned a Christmas song (Picture a Christmas).
Download Here
So, for all those people who have been asking for a Nativity Bingo game (and for those who haven't been asking but still want it), it's finally here! Click the link below to download a family set (6 bingo boards, 2 pages of calling cards, and 1 instruction page) of Nativity Bingo.
If you would like a higher-resolution game with more unique boards, you can purchase the full game in my Etsy store. Click the download link below to see and download the full Nativity Bingo game.
*Update 2023: There are now two nativity bingo games with new graphics in my Etsy shop. One game is similar to the free version -- every card contains every image -- and has 30 game boards (with up to 60 available by special order). The other game has more images and contains 60 game boards (with up to 120 available by special order).
How to Play
This game is a little different than traditional bingo, so check out the instructions before you play (also included with the download):
Cut the two pages of calling cards into individual cards and put them into a bag or hat. To play, pull a card out of the hat, and call out what is on the card (or just show the card). Players look for that picture on their card and cover it up. Continue pulling cards from the bag one at a time until someone gets five in a row. (You cannot play Blackout Bingo because every card has every picture on it. This game is meant to be played for traditional five-in-a-row bingo only.)
The adorable graphics in this game were mostly created by The Happy Graphics with a few created by me.
Speaking of nativities, I have to show you my absolute favorite nativity set. (I'm still waiting for some store to have a going-out-of-business sale so I can sweep in and buy the whole set for cheap!) *Affiliate links.
I don't think I'll ever own the whole set, but a girl can dream, can't she? Isn't it beautiful? What's your favorite nativity set?
More ideas you might like -- Images below are linked
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you stick around to see what other fun ideas One Creative Mommy has to offer. You won't want to miss my Christmas Finger Puppets or Adorable Paper Cone Santas! The images below are linked to posts, so click on them to pay a visit and get more ideas.
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Heidi
Hi, Ellen. I resent it to you. Please let me know if you did not get it.
Heidi
Hi, JoAnn. I'll look into this right now. While I'm looking, please check your junk email. I'll email you back through Etsy.
Heidi
Hi, Chris. I just resent it to the email address you used to sign up. If you don't get it, let me know. Maybe there is a typo in your email address.
Lori
Never mind. The welcome email came in my primary folder while the freebie showed up in my promotions folder. Thanks.
Heidi
Glad you found it. I hope you saw that I sent you an email response earlier today.
Kathy
Hello Heidi. My name is Kathy and I am a missionary in Ukraine. I love to create games that whole families can enjoy and that have a good content and message. We loved your free Bingo Christmas Game, but found there were not enough cards for us and, also, we needed to change some of the images. For example, we changed "Free space" to a present to represent the free gift of salvation that Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection provides us. (The red ribbon around the box looks like a cross.) Images that were in English, we translated to Ukrainian. We also wrote "Bingo" in Ukrainian and put the letters on each column of the cards and on each of the calling cards so they would be easier to find. We would like to make this game available to others in Ukraine. We ask people to give money to cover the printing of the materials, but we never ask for anything to help us with our time and energy in producing - so this is definitely a non-profit activity. Do we have your permission to do this? To use many of your images? We would greatly appreciate it!