Free printable, no sign-up Baby Shower Bingo Cards

How to play baby shower gift bingo

Gift bingo works like regular bingo, but the gifts do the calling. Each guest gets a different 5x5 card with a FREE square in the center. As the parent-to-be opens each gift, they or a helper say what it is, and every guest with that item on their card marks it. The first guest with five marked squares in a row, across, down or corner to corner, calls "Bingo!" and wins.

1. 1Hand each guest a card and a pen before the gifts come out.
2. 2Everyone marks the FREE square in the center.
3. 3The parent-to-be opens a gift and names each item in it out loud.
4. 4Guests mark every item they have on their card. A gift basket with three things in it can mean three marks.
5. 5The first guest with five in a row calls "Bingo!" and reads the row back.
6. 6The host checks the row against the gifts opened so far. If it matches, that guest wins a prize.

Keep playing after the first winner if you like. Second place, or the first guest to fill the whole card, can win a smaller prize.

What's on the cards

The cards draw from 75 common baby shower gifts and nursery items, such as Onesie, Diapers, Swaddle Blanket, Car Seat, Teething Toy, Baby Monitor and Rubber Duck. There are no brand names, so a square counts no matter who made the gift.

Each card picks 24 of those items and mixes them in a random order, so no two cards in your set are the same. Guests don't need to fill in anything. The cards are ready to play as soon as they come off the printer.

Add your own title, such as "Baby Shower Bingo for Maya" or "Welcome Baby Garcia", and it prints on every card. Choose 1 big card per page or 2 smaller cards per page. Both fit US Letter paper.

Baby shower bingo variations

Gift bingo is the classic, but you can change it to fit your shower.

The guessing version is optional. Since our generator already mixes the cards, guests can start marking right away unless you choose to play it.

Tips for printing and playing

• Print on cardstock, or hand out clipboards, since guests often play from their laps.
• Put a card and a pen at each seat, or next to the guest book, so guests pick one up as they arrive.
• Ask a helper to write down each gift and who gave it. The list helps with thank-you notes and doubles as the list of called items.
• Choose 1 card per page for big, easy-to-read squares, or 2 per page to save paper and ink.
• Keep prizes small: a candle, a plant, a box of chocolates or first pick of the dessert table.
• For a shower over video, choose 1 card per page, save the cards as a PDF and send each guest a different page.

More shower games on one phone

Bingo covers the gift opening. For the rest of the shower, our games run in the browser on one phone, with no app and no sign-up. One person reads out loud and the whole room plays.

Try This or That, Would You Rather or Get to Know You questions, or see our icebreaker games. For bingo cards and card packs for other occasions, see all our free printables.

Who baby shower bingo is for

Baby shower bingo suits almost any shower: a big family party, a small get-together at home, a co-ed shower or an office shower in the break room. Guests only need to listen and mark a square, so they can play while they chat and eat. You can print up to 60 different cards at a time, enough for a large guest list.

Gift opening can run long, and bingo gives every guest a reason to watch each gift. For the host, there is no setup beyond printing the cards and setting out a few pens.

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