Baby shower bingo cards
Guests fill in what they think will be unwrapped, then mark it as it happens. 40 squares are loaded below — enough for more different cards than anybody will ever print — and you can replace any of them with your own.
The cards
Baby shower bingo
Card 1 of 2 B I N G O Hooded towel Cot sheets Something from a grandparent Muslin squares Sun hat White noise machine Baby bath Night light Swaddle Handmade knitting Sleeping bag A present for the older sibling FREE Card that makes someone cry Snowsuit Baby carrier Nappies Pram toy Blanket Baby monitor Teething ring Babygrow Something for later Bath toys Rattle Baby shower bingo
Card 2 of 2 B I N G O Soft toy Board book Card that makes someone cry Swaddle Changing bag Play mat Something from a grandparent Gift receipt included Snowsuit Cot sheets Sun hat Cardigan FREE Nappies Dummy Muslin squares Something in the wrong size Bottles Mobile Sleeping bag Babygrow White noise machine Booties A present for the older sibling Baby monitor
Call sheet
Already shuffled — call them in this order, top to bottom, and tick as you go.
- Baby monitor
- Pram toy
- Bibs
- Handmade knitting
- Babygrow
- Bottles
- Nappy cream
- Hooded towel
- Sun hat
- Teething ring
- Nappies
- Play mat
- Mobile
- A present for the older sibling
- Cardigan
- Swaddle
- Soft toy
- Bath toys
- Dummy
- Changing bag
- Muslin squares
- Steriliser
- White noise machine
- Baby bath
- Something in the wrong size
- Baby carrier
- Blanket
- Breast pump
- Gift receipt included
- Board book
- Card that makes someone cry
- Sleeping bag
- Booties
- Something from a grandparent
- Night light
- Cot sheets
- Snowsuit
- Rattle
- Something for later
- Tiny socks
How gift bingo actually works
Every guest gets a card of things they expect to be unwrapped. As each present is opened, anybody holding that square marks it. First line, or first full card, wins — and the game runs entirely inside the part of a shower that is otherwise thirty minutes of watching somebody else open parcels.
That is the whole appeal, and it is why the list matters more than the cards. A list of only obvious items means everybody marks the same squares at the same time and the game is a tie. This one mixes the certain (babygrows, muslins, nappies) with the likely (a carrier, a monitor) and the things that happen rather than arrive: a gift receipt, something in the wrong size, a card that sets somebody off.
Making the cards for a specific shower
If there is a gift list, use it. Type the actual items into the box, one per line, and the cards become a game about this shower rather than a generic one — which is noticeably better, and takes about three minutes.
Keep at least thirty items whatever you do. Twenty-four squares from a list of twenty-six produces cards that are near-identical, and the winner is then whoever happens to be sitting closest to the pile.
Nothing typed into the box leaves your browser. A gift list is a guest list by another name, and it stays on your own machine.
Printing baby shower bingo for a group
A five by five card takes 24 of the 40 squares here, so no two cards draw the same set — more different cards than anybody will ever print in all. Set the number to the number of players and print once, and "Babygrow" will land in a different square on every card, or not appear on it at all.
Every card is checked against the ones already made, so thirty baby shower cards means thirty different ones. If the list were ever too short for the number requested, the generator would say so and name both figures rather than quietly repeat itself.
The print stylesheet drops the page furniture entirely, so what comes out of the printer is baby shower bingo cards and nothing else — no header, no navigation, no advertisement — two cards to a sheet unless you ask for one or four, and the call sheet last.
Common questions
How many baby shower bingo cards do I need?
One per guest, and it is worth printing three or four spare — somebody always brings a partner nobody counted. Set the number and every card comes out different.
Should guests fill in their own squares?
Both versions are played. Pre-filled cards start immediately and are fairer; blank cards that guests fill in themselves are funnier and take ten minutes at the start. The blank card page prints grids for the second version.
What do you win at baby shower bingo?
Usually a small prize per line and something better for a full card. Nobody is playing for money and nothing is at risk — a candle and a bar of chocolate is the standard.