New Year's Bingo Cards

How to play New Year's bingo

1. Give each player a card and something to mark squares with.
2. The caller reads words from the caller's list in any order, ticking each one off.
3. Players mark a word when it's called. The middle square is free.
4. The first to complete a row, column or diagonal shouts "Bingo!" and the caller checks the card.

Print 2 cards to a page to save paper, cut them apart, and use candy, cereal or buttons as markers. The caller’s list on the last page makes calling easy.

Good to know

• In Spain, many people eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year's Eve, one for each stroke of the clock, for luck in each month ahead.
• "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish song, written down by poet Robert Burns, whose title roughly means "old long since," or days gone by.
• For a kid-friendly countdown, many families celebrate a "noon year" or an early countdown so younger children can join the fun before bedtime.

Words on these cards

new yearcountdownmidnightresolutionfireworksconfetticelebratepartyball droptoastcheerscalendarjanuaryfresh startgoalsnoisemakerparty hatstreamersballoonssparklerapple ciderauld lang syneclockhopetraditiondancemusicfriendsfamilytimes squarereflectplansdreamwishjournalhornglittersequinsgoldsilvertwelve grapesluckyfortunefirst dayplannermemoriesgoodbyehellofestivehooray

Want a quiet activity too? Print the New Year's word search with the same words.