Winter Bingo Printable: 118 Squares and Not One Holiday
Snow, mittens and things to do before the thaw.
Winter Bingo Printable: 118 Squares and Not One Holiday: how it works
Press New set of 4 cards and this winter bingo card generator deals four cards, no two alike, from 118 squares: snow and ice, winter clothes, the warm indoors, animals and things to do. No holiday is on the list, so one winter bingo printable works from the first snow to the last week of February.
A called game for a class or a party
Set How many cards to one per player, up to 60, then switch to Call the game : the page draws each square once. Every square on the list below carries a clue, so the caller can read "all the fingers share one room" and let the room work out mittens. In our simulation of 4,000 games with 25 cards on the 5 × 5 grid, the first line came after about 32 calls; on 3 × 3, about 19.
A card to fill in over the season
The last group is 31 things to do, from Build a snowman to Bake bread. To deal a card you mark by doing, copy that group, press Empty the list , paste it into Word list, one per line and deal again. Tape a card to the fridge in December and see who has a line by the thaw. Where it never snows, keep the indoor half: paper snowflakes, a blanket fort, a jigsaw puzzle.
Tips
Make Snow day the wild card: when the caller draws it, every player marks any one square they like.
For adults, read only the clue: "a sleeping bag with sleeves" takes a second longer than puffy coat.
Add squares only your street knows: the hill behind the school, the neighbor's snowblower, the corner that always ices over.
Questions and answers
How do you win winter bingo?
The usual rule is the first full line: across, down or corner to corner, with the free centre square counting for everyone. For a longer game play on to four corners, then blackout, every square on the card. The list under Called so far settles any argument.
Can I make cards from my own winter words?
Yes. Press Empty the list and type or paste your words into Word list, one per line . A 5 × 5 card with a free centre needs 24 different words, and the page says how many are missing. Back to the winter list brings the 118 squares back.
Is there anything about Christmas on these cards?
No. The list has no tree, no Santa, no New Year and no valentines, on purpose, so one set of cards suits a classroom, a senior center or an office in any week of the season. The Christmas bingo cards page has its own list.
All 118 squares
Snow, ice and sky
Bundled up
Warm indoors
Animals and trees
Things to do this winter
Snow, ice and sky 24
Below freezing Under 32 °F, which is 0 °C. Blizzard In US forecasts: winds of 35 mph or more and blowing snow that cuts the view to a quarter mile, for about three hours. Dark morning Breakfast with the lights on. Early sunset Dark before dinner. Freezing rain Rain that turns to ice on whatever it lands on. Fresh snowfall No footprints yet. Frost Ice crystals on the grass after a clear, cold night. Frosty window Feathers of ice on the glass. Frozen pond Still water with a lid on it. Icicle A spike of ice that forms where dripping water freezes. Icy sidewalk Small steps, arms out. Melting snow Dripping gutters and a shrinking snowman. North wind It finds the gap between your scarf and your collar. Seeing your breath A small cloud every time you breathe out. Sleet In the US, small hard balls of ice. In most Commonwealth countries the same word means rain and snow mixed. Slush Half snow, half water, and over the top of your shoe. Snow day School is closed and the sledding hill is open. Snow flurries A few flakes that never add up to much. Snow on the branches Every twig with a white line drawn along the top. Snowdrift Snow the wind has piled against a fence or a door. Snowflake An ice crystal with six arms, because ice builds itself in hexagons. Snowstorm Heavy snow that keeps falling for hours. Wind chill How cold the wind makes the air feel on bare skin. Winter solstice The shortest day and longest night of the year: December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 or 21 in the Southern.
Bundled up 22
Boots by the door Lined up in a puddle of their own. Earmuffs A headband with two warm cups on it. Gloves A room for every finger. Hand warmers Small packets that heat up in a pocket. Hat hair Flat on top, static at the sides. Knit hat Pulled down over the ears. Also called a beanie or a toque. Lip balm In every coat pocket by February. Long underwear The layer nobody sees. Mittens All the fingers share one room. Mittens drying Laid on the heater until tomorrow. One lost mitten Its partner made it home. Parka A long hooded coat made for real cold. Puffy coat A sleeping bag with sleeves. Rosy cheeks Ten minutes outside will do it. Scarf Wrapped twice and tucked in. Ski goggles A window strapped to your face. Snow boots Tall, lined, and heavy enough to slow you down. Snow pants They swish when you walk. Snowsuit One piece, one zipper, one very round toddler. Stuck zipper Halfway up and going nowhere. Turtleneck A sweater with a scarf built in. Wool socks Thick enough that your shoes feel a size smaller.
Warm indoors 22
Bowl of chili Beans, spice and a spoon standing up. Bowl of oranges Peel one and the whole room knows. Cat in a sunny spot It moves across the floor with the afternoon. Cinnamon toast Butter, sugar and one spice, under the broiler. Draft under the door A cold stripe across the floor. Fireplace Everyone ends up sitting near it. Flannel pajamas Soft, plaid and on by seven. Foggy glasses What happens when you walk in from the cold. Grilled cheese Two slices, a hot pan and something to dunk it in. Hot cocoa Chocolate, milk and a mug too hot to hold. Indoor recess Too cold or too wet for the playground. Library books A tall stack for a long weekend. Marshmallows They float, then melt. Pot of soup On the stove since noon. Radiator It clanks and hisses, and the cat loves it. Slippers Shoes that never leave the house. Space heater A small box that warms one corner of one room. Stack of firewood Split, dried and piled by the back door. Static shock A wool sweater, a dry day and a metal doorknob. Tea kettle It whistles when it is ready. Wet boots on the mat A small flood by the front door. Wool blanket One per person, or a fair fight.
Animals and trees 19
Animal tracks A line of prints that tells you who came by last night. Arctic fox Most are brown in summer and turn entirely white for winter. Bare branches Every nest from last summer is suddenly in plain view. Birds at the feeder Busiest just after a snowfall. Cardinal The male northern cardinal is bright red all year, and the species is the state bird of seven US states. Caribou The North American name for the reindeer. Females can grow antlers too. Chickadee The black-capped chickadee does not migrate. It hides food for winter and can lower its body temperature on cold nights. Emperor penguin The only penguin that breeds in the Antarctic winter. The males huddle and take turns in the middle. Evergreen tree It keeps its needles all winter. Groundhog February 2 in the US and Canada: if it sees its shadow, the story goes, winter lasts six more weeks. Moose The largest deer. Bulls drop their antlers after the fall mating season and grow a new set in spring. Polar bear Lives in the Arctic. The fur has no pigment and the skin under it is black. Red fox A rust-colored coat against a white field. Sled dog One of a team, in harness, pulling across the snow. Sleeping bear American black bears enter their dens in October and November and stay three to eight months, depending on the climate. Snowshoe hare Brown in summer and white in winter, with large hind feet that keep it from sinking into soft snow. Snowy owl Nests on the Arctic tundra. Many move south for the winter, and it is often active by day. Squirrel nest A ball of leaves and twigs in the fork of a tall tree, called a drey. Winter berries Red fruit left on a bare bush until the birds find it.
Things to do this winter 31
Bake bread The oven warms the kitchen as a bonus. Blow frozen bubbles Below about 5 °F, a soap bubble freezes when it lands. Build a blanket fort Couch cushions for walls, a sheet for the roof. Build a snow fort Walls first. A roof is for experts. Build a snowman Three balls of snow, two sticks and whatever is handy for a nose. Catch a snowflake On a tongue or on a dark mitten, where you can see its shape. Cut paper snowflakes Fold, snip, unfold. Fold in sixths for six arms, like the real thing. Do a jigsaw puzzle Edges first, sky last. Draw in the snow A stick and a clean patch are all it takes. Fill the bird feeder Then watch from the window for who turns up. Follow animal tracks See where they lead, then guess who made them. Go ice fishing A hole in the ice, a short rod and a long wait. Go ice skating Rink or pond, wobbling counts. Go skiing Downhill or cross-country. Go sledding One hill, many trips. Go snow tubing A sled you cannot steer at all. Go stargazing The long nights give you an early start. Have a movie night Popcorn, blankets and a vote on what to watch. Have a snowball fight Agree on the rules first: below the shoulders, no ice. Knock snow off a branch Best done while someone else stands under it. Make a snow angel Lie back, sweep your arms and legs, stand up carefully. Make the first footprints Get out before anyone else crosses the yard. Measure the snow Push a ruler in where nobody has walked. Play pond hockey Boots for goalposts. Pour maple syrup on snow Boiled syrup poured on clean snow sets into taffy: a tradition in Quebec and northern New England. Pull the sled back up The price of every ride down. Read under a blanket One chapter turns into four. Scrape the windshield Counts even if you only clear a porthole. Shovel a path From the door to the street, or just to the mailbox. Take a winter hike The same trail looks new without its leaves. Try snowshoes Walk with your feet a little wider than usual.
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. Four groups hold winter words (weather, clothes, things found indoors, animals and trees) and the fifth is a list of things to do, outdoors and in. 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 on the list (no Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year or Valentine's Day squares), so the cards work from the first snow to the last; Groundhog Day appears only inside the clue for the groundhog. 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: six-fold symmetry from the hexagonal crystal structure of ice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake ); the US National Weather Service blizzard criteria of 35 mph winds, visibility of a quarter mile or less and about three hours (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard ); ice pellets are called sleet in the United States, while in most Commonwealth countries sleet means a mix of rain and snow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_pellets ); the winter solstice falls on December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and June 20 or 21 in the Southern (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice ); wind chill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_chill ); icicles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icicle ); the northern cardinal is the state bird of seven US states and its range map is year-round (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cardinal ); the black-capped chickadee is non-migratory, caches food and lowers its body temperature on cold winter nights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_chickadee ); the snowy owl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl ); the snowshoe hare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_hare ); the white morph of the Arctic fox, about 90 percent of the population, is brown in summer and entirely white in winter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox ); polar bear fur and skin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear ); the emperor penguin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin ); the moose (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose ); reindeer and caribou, and antlers on females (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer ); American black bear denning in October and November for 3 to 8 months (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_bear ); Groundhog Day on February 2 in the United States and Canada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day ); the drey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drey ); soap bubbles freeze on touching a surface in air below -15 °C, 5 °F (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_bubble ); maple taffy, also called sugar on snow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_taffy ). 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