Spring Bingo Printable: Free Printable Cards, 118 Squares

Mud, tulips and the first open window.

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Spring Bingo Printable: Free Printable Cards, 118 Squares: how it works

Press New set of 4 cards and the page deals four spring bingo cards, no two alike, from 118 squares: the garden, rain and mud, animals, things to do outside and what happens at home once the windows open. This spring bingo printable is free and carries no holiday, so it suits any week from the equinox to the last day of school.

Indoors: a called game with clues

Set How many cards to one per player and switch to Call the game. Every square on the list below has a clue or a fact, so the caller can read "a shovel for one hand" and wait for someone to say trowel. The game is unhurried: in our simulation of 4,000 games with 12 cards, the first line took about 38 calls on the 5 × 5 grid and about 15 on 3 × 3.

Outdoors: a card you mark on a walk

Spring is the season when the list is outside the window. The first three groups below (flowers, weather and animals, 74 squares) can all be found on a walk. Word list, one per line holds the squares in the same order, so delete every line from Flying a kite down and deal again. Players mark what they see, hear or smell: a robin, buds on a branch, rain on dry ground.

Tips

  • Walk the same route twice, a month apart. In March the card fills with mud and crocuses. By May it wants lilacs and ducklings.
  • Say before you start that hearing counts: birdsong at dawn, a spring peeper and the first thunderstorm are on the list.
  • Add what your own spring looks like: the creek behind the school, a neighbor's magnolia, the day the ice cream stand opens.

Questions and answers

How do you win spring bingo?

First to mark five in a row, across, down or corner to corner, calls bingo, and the free center square counts for everyone. On a walk that can take a while, so try four corners or a race to any ten squares. The list under Called so far checks a winner's card.

Is it really free to print?

Yes. Dealing, printing and sharing cost nothing and need no account. Print 4 cards opens the browser's print window; choose Save as PDF there to keep a file. Cards come two to a page unless you change Cards per printed page.

Why is there no Easter on the list?

Spring holidays have pages of their own, and a card without them works for any classroom, office or seniors' group in any week. To add them, type your own squares into Word list, one per line and deal again. Back to the spring list undoes it.

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Flowers and the garden 27

  • Apple blossom Pink-white petals now, fruit by fall.
  • Asparagus Green spears that come back on their own each spring.
  • Bird bath Scrubbed, filled and open for business.
  • Buds on a branch Tight knots where the leaves will be.
  • Cherry blossom In Japan, gathering under the blooming trees is a centuries-old custom called hanami.
  • Crocus One of the first flowers of late winter and early spring, grown from a corm. Saffron comes from a cousin that blooms in autumn.
  • Daffodil A yellow trumpet grown from a bulb, and the national flower of Wales.
  • Dandelion The name comes from the French for lion's tooth, after the jagged leaves.
  • Flower bed Raked, edged and waiting.
  • Forsythia A bush whose bright yellow flowers come out before its leaves do.
  • Garden gloves Stiff with last year's dirt.
  • Garden hose Uncoiled for the first time since fall.
  • Hyacinth A column of small flowers you can smell from across the room.
  • Lilac Purple clusters and the strongest scent on the block.
  • Magnolia Flowers the size of teacups.
  • New leaves The lightest green of the whole year.
  • Pussy willow Furry gray catkins that come out before the leaves, named for their likeness to tiny cats.
  • Rhubarb Sour pink stalks for pie. Only the stalks are eaten: the leaves are poisonous.
  • Seed packets A picture on the front, instructions on the back.
  • Seedlings Two small leaves on a thread of stem.
  • Snap peas Planted early, because they like it cool.
  • Trowel A shovel for one hand.
  • Tulip First grown as a garden flower in Persia about a thousand years ago. The Dutch craze for the bulbs ran from 1634 to 1637.
  • Violets Small purple flowers hiding in the lawn.
  • Watering can A spout, a handle and a sprinkle at the end.
  • Weeds First up, last wanted.
  • Wheelbarrow One wheel, two handles, a full load.

Rain, mud and sky 23

  • April showers They bring May flowers, or so the rhyme goes.
  • Dew on the grass Wet shoes before eight in the morning.
  • Drizzle Too light for an umbrella, too wet to ignore.
  • First thunderstorm The first rumble of the year.
  • Last patch of snow Gray, shrinking and hiding on the shady side of a building.
  • Light jacket The winter coat finally stays on its hook.
  • Longer evenings Light in the sky after dinner again.
  • Morning mist Gone by the time the bus comes.
  • Mud Where the snow used to be.
  • Pollen Yellow dust on every parked car.
  • Puddle A mirror in the driveway.
  • Puffy clouds White heaps that look like something, if you stare.
  • Rain boots Made for the middle of the puddle.
  • Rainbow Always in the part of the sky opposite the sun, with red on the outside of the arc.
  • Raincoat A hood, snaps and a drip line on the floor.
  • Rushing creek Snowmelt and rain, all headed downhill at once.
  • Smell of rain The earthy scent of rain on dry ground has a name, petrichor, coined in 1964.
  • Sneezing fit Three in a row. Blame the trees.
  • Spring equinox Usually March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere, and the start of astronomical spring.
  • Sun shower Rain and sunshine at the same moment.
  • Umbrella Opens with a snap, flips in a gust.
  • Warm breeze The first one that does not make you zip up.
  • Windy day Hold on to your hat, and your kite.

Animals and new arrivals 24

  • Anthill A small volcano of sand in a sidewalk crack.
  • Baby birds All beak, and always hungry.
  • Bee on a flower Busy, and not interested in you.
  • Birdsong at dawn The alarm clock nobody set.
  • Bumblebee Only young queens live through the winter. In early spring each comes out to start a new colony.
  • Calf A newborn in the pasture, staying close to its mother.
  • Caterpillar Eating its way toward wings.
  • Dewy spider web Invisible until the morning hangs drops on it.
  • Ducklings in a row One parent in front, everyone else in line.
  • Earthworm On the sidewalk after every rain. An American robin can find one underground by listening.
  • Fawn Spotted, and hidden in tall grass.
  • Fluffy chicks Yellow, peeping and small enough for one hand.
  • Foal A newborn horse, mostly legs.
  • Geese flying north Headed back the way they came last fall.
  • Ladybug Red, spotted and welcome in any garden.
  • Lamb Wobbly legs and a tail that never stops.
  • Monarch butterfly Eastern monarchs leave their winter roosts in Mexico in March. The trip north takes two to three generations.
  • Nest with eggs Look, never touch.
  • Rabbit on the lawn It freezes, hoping you have not seen it.
  • Robin The American robin lays three to five blue eggs and is among the first birds to sing at dawn.
  • Snail It carries its house and leaves a silver line.
  • Spring peeper A small chorus frog of eastern North America whose chirping call marks the start of spring.
  • Tadpoles Young frogs, all head and tail. The back legs grow first.
  • Turtle on a log Out of the mud and into the sun.

Out and about 23

  • Baseball practice Gloves that still smell like last summer.
  • Binoculars For the birds that just got back.
  • Blowing bubbles A wand, a breath and a breeze to carry them.
  • Car wash Goodbye, road salt.
  • Farmers market The first stalls of the year: greens, eggs and seedlings.
  • First bike ride Pump the tires, find the helmet, go.
  • Flying a kite A windy day, a long string and an open field.
  • Garden center Carts full of flowers and a very long checkout line.
  • Hopscotch Numbered squares and one small stone.
  • Ice cream stand opens The line forms on the first warm Saturday.
  • Jump rope Counting out loud is part of it.
  • Maple sap bucket Sap runs in late winter and early spring. It takes 20 to 50 parts of sap to boil down to one part of syrup.
  • Nature walk Same trail as winter, brand new.
  • Picnic blanket The ground is still a little damp. Nobody minds.
  • Planting a tree Dig wide, water well, check back in ten years.
  • Pothole What winter left in the road.
  • Puddle jumping Both feet, right in the middle.
  • Sidewalk chalk Gone with the next rain.
  • Soccer practice Cones, shin guards and a muddy field.
  • Spring break A week off, somewhere between March and April.
  • Street sweeper Brushing up a season of sand and grit.
  • Swing set The seats are finally dry.
  • Walk without a coat The first one of the year feels like a holiday.

Around the house 21

  • Closet cleanout One bag to keep, two to give away.
  • Coats packed away See you in November.
  • First cookout The grill comes out from under its cover.
  • First mow of the year The mower takes three pulls to believe it.
  • Flowers on the table Cut from the yard, in any jar that fits.
  • Laundry on the line Dried by the sun, for free.
  • Muddy paw prints From the back door to the couch.
  • Muddy shoes Left on the porch, by order.
  • Open windows The first fresh air in the house since fall.
  • Patio chairs out Wiped down and back on duty.
  • Sandals A little early, but who is counting.
  • Screen door It slams. It always slams.
  • Shedding dog Enough fur on the floor to build a second dog.
  • Short sleeves Arms that have not seen the sun in months.
  • Smell of cut grass Spring, in one breath.
  • Spring cleaning Every closet, one weekend.
  • Sunglasses Found in last year's jacket.
  • Sweeping the porch Leaves from fall, sand from winter.
  • Washing windows A winter of grime, inside and out.
  • Window left open overnight Cool air and birds for an alarm clock.
  • Yard sale Everything must go, mostly to the neighbors.

How this list was compiled: Written for this site by the editors on 2026-09-18; nothing was copied from another bingo card or word list. Five groups: flowers and the garden, weather, animals, things seen and done outdoors, and things that happen around the house when the season turns. Every square is 30 characters or fewer. The line beside each square is a clue in our own words that a caller can read aloud in place of the word, or a fact. No holiday appears (no Easter, Passover, St. Patrick's Day, Earth Day or Mother's Day squares), so the list does not repeat the holiday pages and the cards work in any week of the season. Plan2 asks for a kids set; it was left out on purpose, because the page is audience general and the family exemplar's rule is that a general page does not carry a children's set (plan2 audienceContentTest). No brand, film, song or character appears. The list was screened against the site's clean rule: nothing sexual, no alcohol or drugs, nothing unkind about a person or group. Facts in the clues were checked on Wikipedia on 2026-09-19: the March equinox usually falls on March 20 and may be taken to mark the beginning of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox); tulip cultivation dates to 10th-century Persia and the Dutch tulip mania ran 1634 to 1637 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip); the daffodil grows from a bulb and is the national flower of Wales (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(plant)); crocuses grow from corms and saffron comes from the autumn-blooming Crocus sativus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus); hanami (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom); forsythia flowers before its leaves (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsythia); dandelion from the French dent de lion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum); pussy willow catkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_willow); rhubarb stalks are eaten and the leaves are poisonous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb); rainbows appear opposite the sun with red on the outer part of the primary arc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow); petrichor, a term introduced in a 1964 paper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor); the American robin's clutch of three to five blue eggs, its dawn song and its finding earthworms by listening (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin); tadpoles grow their back legs first (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole); the spring peeper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper); bumblebee queens overwinter and found new colonies in early spring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee); eastern monarchs begin the northern migration in March and two to three generations complete it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly_migration); maple sap rises in late winter and early spring and 20 to 50 volumes of sap make 1 volume of syrup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup). Left out because it may change: the US daylight saving time dates, since the same check found a bill to change them had passed the House in 2026 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States). The usual ways to win at bingo (a row, column or diagonal, four corners, blackout) were checked at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(American_version) on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work