| If you want to play bingo, of course you need bingo | | | | "Silent Night" for Christmas. |
| cards - one for each player. However, as far as | | | | Themed versions of bingo are also popular in |
| traditional bingo (the game played using bingo cards | | | | educational environments, especially K-12 and English |
| printed with numbers) is concerned, there is probably | | | | as Second Language. In this situation, the teacher picks |
| no desperate need to create the cards yourself. | | | | a theme based on the subject and lesson plan, and |
| However these days, the traditional game is not the be | | | | students play bingo in class. Game play can also be |
| all and end all of bingo. More and more people are | | | | varied to enhance the educational content of the |
| taking to playing themed versions of the game, and | | | | game, so in a math class, the bingo cards might be |
| these versions of bingo require custom cards printed | | | | printed with math problems and the students required |
| with words or phrases relating to the particular theme, | | | | to write in the answers rather than simply mark off |
| rather than the traditional numbered cards. | | | | squares, and in a foreign language class, these could |
| Perhaps the most popular themed versions of bingo | | | | be made in one language which students must match |
| are those based around holidays and seasonal events. | | | | against cards printed in another language. |
| For example, you could play versions of bingo tying in | | | | Regardless of the theme or the reason for playing, the |
| with any secular or religious occasion, be it Christmas, | | | | main thing that is needed to play is of course the |
| July 4th, President's Day, Columbus Day, Easter, | | | | custom bingo cards. The best way to prepare custom |
| Halloween, St. Valentine's Day, or for that matter, any | | | | ones is to get your computer to do the work - using |
| other day too. Whatever the occasion, all you need is | | | | bingo card maker software, you can print an unlimited |
| bingo cards printed with items relating to the theme, so | | | | quantity of cards, on any topic you like, with |
| things like "Egg" and "Resurrection" for Easter, "Black | | | | consummate ease. |
| Cat" and "Witch" for Halloween, and "Nativity" and | | | | |