Thanksgiving Find the Guest Bingo: a page from the printable

Thanksgiving Find the Guest Bingo: another page from the printable

Ice breakers

Thanksgiving Find the Guest Bingo

A fall ice breaker for Thanksgiving: Find the Guest Bingo with 16 different cards and 48 squares about food, family traditions and fall, so the table is talking before the turkey.

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Players: 6 or more
Time: a first BINGO in about 5 minutes; 10 to 15 for more lines
You need: a pen for every guest
Print: US Letter and A4, at 100% (Actual size); Ink Saver version in black ink
Print size: Large Print squares 25 pt, Classic squares 17 pt or larger

At the table

A guest needs initials for the square “calls it dressing” and goes looking. Whoever signs gets the Host List question: “Where did you learn to call it dressing?”

“has broken a wishbone” (then: “Who did you pull it with, and who won?”)

What you get4 PDF files

Game, US Letter (34 pages) and A4 (33 pages); Ink Saver, the same pages for black ink
16 different cards8 Large Print (4 x 4) and 8 Classic (5 x 5, with a free square)
A Host List with a question for each of the 48 squares
A welcome sign, write-your-own cards and 3 certificates

Why it works

A signature is only the start. Behind every square the Host List holds a second question, so the winning line turns into four or five short stories. Guests who would rather sit can play at their own table, or play Hands Up: the host reads the squares and nobody walks. Anyone may say “not me” or pass. Every square was read in several separate review rounds before release.

Made for: Family gatherings and fall potlucks first; church suppers, offices and senior living too.