Printable Classroom Holiday Party Games: Bingo, I Spy and Puzzles

Class parties are fun, but they can get loud fast. The best party games keep everyone involved, need almost no prep and still practice something useful. Bingo and I Spy do all three, and they work for every holiday.

Bingo for every holiday

Each holiday has two bingo games. Clue bingo for grades 2-4 has 8 different word cards, a caller sheet and cut-out calling cards; the caller reads a kid-friendly clue and players find the word. Picture bingo for ages 4-6 uses big pictures instead of words.

• Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas Around the World, Winter, New Year and Valentine’s Day clue bingo

The bingo sets are part of each holiday’s Mega Pack, which is coming soon.

Free party games: dice, questions and hunts

No cards to cut for these: print one page per child (or per pair) and the game is ready. They are free and work well in small groups while other kids rotate through craft or snack stations.

• Roll and draw dice games: Roll a Santa, Roll a Christmas Tree, Roll a Gingerbread Man and Roll a Snowman. Each page has a dice key and a paper die to fold.
• Would you rather cards: 48 Christmas questions and 48 winter questions for a circle game or a morning meeting.
• Scavenger hunts: the Christmas lights hunt and the indoor scavenger hunt for a classroom search.
• Calm-down pages: Christmas dot to dot and winter dot to dot with cute characters to finish and color.

How to run a 20-minute party game

1. Hand out cards and something to mark with: cereal, buttons or crayons.
2. Read the calling cards in random order; tick each one on the caller sheet.
3. The first child with a full row reads back the words, and the round goes on until three winners.
4. Finish with a quiet page: I Spy or a free crossword while the room calms down.

Free quiet pages for after the game

• Halloween crosswords
• Thanksgiving crosswords
• Christmas crosswords
• Winter crosswords
• Valentine’s Day crosswords

Questions parents and teachers ask

How many kids can play one bingo set?

Each set has 8 different cards; for a bigger class, print the cards twice and let pairs share.

Do I need to prepare anything?

Only print the cards and cut out the calling cards. Print at 100% on US Letter paper; A4 works with “Fit to page”.

Stuck inside on a snowy day? Try these indoor recess games.