Every word in this Easter bingo for kids is one a six year old can read: 73 of them, from the egg hunt, bunnies, treats, Sunday best and church. Squares hold words, not pictures, so seat a younger child beside a reader.
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Call a clue, not a word
Press Call the game, then Call the next one. With children who read well, call the clue that shows under each word: a young sheep for Lamb, a spiced bun with a cross on top for Hot cross bun. Some clues are small facts, such as the egg roll held on the White House lawn since 1878. A row, a column or a corner-to-corner line of four wins.
How long a game lasts
In our simulated games on 4 × 4 cards, a class of 25 reached the first line after about 18 calls, and a family of six after about 26. For a shorter game switch Grid to 3 × 3: the same class got there in about 7 calls.
Use paper scraps, crayons or large pom-poms as markers, nothing small enough to swallow. The printed card stays clean for another round.
Before the first call, have each child draw a picture in three squares. It slows the fast readers and helps the rest find those words.
No printer? Open this page on each phone. Every phone starts on the same set, so give each child a card number.
Questions and answers
Do the cards print in black and white?
Yes. This Easter bingo printable is black and white by design: plain line grids with words, no pictures and no color fills. It photocopies cleanly, and children can color a square as they mark it.
Can a public school class use this list?
Yes, with one edit by the teacher. The At church words are the last 13 lines of Word list, one per line, Church to Easter Sunday. Select them and press Delete: the 60 words left cover egg hunts, animals, treats and clothes.
What age is this Easter bingo for?
Readers of about six and up can play alone: the longest word has nine letters. For four and five year olds, switch Grid to 3 × 3, pair each child with a reader and call slowly. Bilby, Kit and Simnel cake come with a clue.
All 73 squares
The egg hunt 16
BasketYou carry it on the hunt and fill it with eggs.
Basket grassThe shredded paper that pads the basket.
Cracked shellIt happens on every hunt. The egg still counts as found.
Dyed eggBoiling eggs in onion skins turns the shells golden, an old custom in the north of England.
Egg and spoonA race: balance an egg on a spoon all the way to the finish line.
Egg cartonA dozen eggs ride home in one.
Egg dyeColor in a cup. The longer the egg sits in it, the darker the shell.
Egg huntA treasure hunt for hidden eggs, played at Easter.
Egg rollChildren have rolled eggs on the White House lawn at Easter since 1878.
Egg tapTwo players knock hard-boiled eggs together. Each tries to crack the other egg.
Golden eggThe one special egg of the hunt, if your family hides one.
Hiding spotUnder a bush, in a shoe, behind a flowerpot.
Painted eggIn Ukraine the patterns are written on with beeswax, and the egg is called a pysanka.
Plastic eggIt snaps open, and there is often candy inside.
Spotted eggDots of wax crayon keep the dye off the shell.
Striped eggWrap rubber bands around the egg before it goes in the dye.
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Bunnies and chicks 16
BilbyIn Australia a chocolate bilby stands in for the bunny. A bilby is a small animal with very long ears.
BunnyThe Easter Bunny story came from Germany. An Easter Hare that hides eggs was written about in 1682.
Bunny earsOn a headband, or two fingers held up behind a friend in a photo.
BurrowRabbits live in nests or burrows. A group of rabbits is called a colony.
CarrotAn orange root that grows under the ground.
CheepThe sound a chick makes.
ChickA chick breaks out of the shell with an egg tooth, a sharp bump on its beak that it keeps only for a short time.
Cotton tailThe white puff at the back of a rabbit.
DucklingA young duck, still in soft down feathers.
HareA hare is born with fur and open eyes. A hare younger than a year is a leveret.
HatchWhen a baby bird breaks out of its egg.
HenA hen bred for laying can lay more than 300 eggs a year.
HopHow a bunny gets around. Try it to the door and back.
KitA baby rabbit is called a kit.
LambA young sheep is called a lamb.
WhiskersDraw three on each cheek and you are a bunny.
Treats and the table 16
Bunny cookieCut out with a cutter shaped like a rabbit.
CandyAnything sweet from the basket.
Carrot cakeCake with grated carrot in the batter.
Chocolate bunnyMost are hollow inside.
Chocolate eggOften wrapped in colored foil.
CupcakeA small cake for one.
Deviled eggsHard-boiled eggs cut in half, with the yolk mixed and spooned back in. Also called stuffed eggs.
Easter breadA rich bread baked for Easter in many countries, often decorated on top.
Easter brunchBreakfast and lunch in one late-morning meal.
Egg saladWhere the hard-boiled eggs from the hunt go on Monday.
Foil wrapperThe shiny paper left over when the chocolate is gone.
Hot cross bunA spiced bun with a cross on top, eaten on Good Friday.
Jelly beansThey joined Easter in the United States around the 1930s, because they are shaped like eggs.
LemonadeLemon juice, water and sugar.
Simnel cakeA fruitcake topped with 11 balls of marzipan.
SprinklesTiny bits of colored sugar.
Sunday best and the parade 12
BonnetAn Easter bonnet is a new or fancy hat worn on Easter.
Bow tieA tie in the shape of a bow.
DaffodilA yellow flower with a trumpet in the middle. The wild daffodil is also called the Lent lily.
Easter cardFolded paper and crayons, or one from a shop.
Family photoEveryone squeezes in. Someone blinks.
Flower crownA ring of flowers worn on the head.
LilyThe Easter lily first grew wild on islands in Japan and in Taiwan.
New shoesWearing new clothes at Easter is an old custom.
ParadeThe best-known Easter parade walks along Fifth Avenue in New York City.
RibbonTied on a basket, a bonnet or a braid.
Sunday bestYour neatest clothes.
TulipA cup-shaped flower that grows from a bulb.
At church 13
AngelIn the Easter story, angels tell the women at the tomb that Jesus has risen.
BellRung from the church tower.
BibleThe book the Easter story is read from.
CandleWax with a wick, lit with a flame.
ChoirThe group that sings together.
ChurchWhere many families go on Easter morning.
CrossThe sign on top of a church, and on a hot cross bun.
DonkeyIn the Palm Sunday story, Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Easter SundayIn Western churches Easter is always a Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
Empty tombIn the Christian tradition, an Easter egg stands for the empty tomb of the Easter story.
HymnA song sung in church.
Palm branchPalm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, named for the palm branches a crowd waved.
SunriseSome churches hold an Easter service at sunrise.