Picture Bingo

Bingo with a twist!  Great for residents with poor verbal ability.

This is a particularly good game for elderly people with loss of verbal skills as it uses pictures only.  Of course, you can buy Picture Lotto for kids which works well, but it's far more interesting to make your own with landmarks and pictures relevant to the residents or location of your care home.

How to Make Picture Bingo 

Draw a table on your pc programme with 9 evenly distributed squares (3 x 3).

Look through the web for pictures 100 x 100.  This is a common picture size, so it's very easy just to go to Google - images - then type in, say "car 100 x 100".  Save to a folder in your pc.  20 will be enough.

Fit the pictures on your table.  Save.  Now Save As and give a different name, eg., "Bingo 2"  This time a few different pictures on your table. Keep saving as until you have about 10 of these bingo cards.

Next, make a table with all twenty cards.  These will be your Bingo "Balls"

Print and spray glue to a piece of card.  Your bingo cards are ready.  Your Bingo "Ball" cards just need to be cut up into squares after you've glued them to a piece of card.

Put the small cards inside a drawstring bag and you're ready to go!