Describe your occasion and this bingo card maker writes the item list. Print up to 100 cards, and no two share a winning line. Words-only cards are free.
Quick answer: Type one sentence about your party or class in the box above, with no account needed. This bingo card maker writes up to 30 items for it, and you can edit every one before anything is drawn. Then pick one of 5 picture styles or words only, and your PDF comes with a call sheet for the host.
How to make bingo cards
To make a bingo card, you need a grid, a list of items to fill it and a call sheet for the host. It takes 5 steps to make your own bingo cards, and you can do it all on a phone.
- Describe the occasion. Write one sentence, up to 300 characters, in the box above, such as "A jungle baby shower for Emma, about 20 guests." Write in Spanish and your items come out in Spanish.
- Check your item list. You start with up to 30 items, and a list can hold up to 60. Rename, remove or add any item, or tap "Suggest 6 more items". No picture is drawn until you're happy with the list.
- Pick a style or words only. Choose Cartoon, Watercolor, Coloring page, Flat icons or Vintage, and that one style covers the whole set. You can leave the page while it draws, since your set waits in My sets, and words only is always free.
- Set up the deck. Your deck starts at 5×5 with a free space and 20 cards, 2 per page, on Letter or A4 depending on your region. In the preview, you can change the grid, free space, number of cards (1 to 100), cards per page and paper. To pick the grid and players first, start from the full form.
- Download and print. You get one PDF, with each card numbered "Card N of M" and the call sheet on the last page. On a phone, you can email the PDF to yourself.
What's in your PDF
You get a deck of different cards and a call sheet, ready for any home printer.
- Items written for your occasion, not a generic word list.
- Pictures in one style. Every item gets the same style and framing on a plain white background, so your picture bingo cards look like one set.
- Every card is different. No two cards in the deck share a complete winning line: row, column or diagonal. In a word processor, you fill and shuffle each card by hand, and nothing checks for that.
- A free space in the center of 3×3 and 5×5 cards, which you can turn off. 4×4 cards never have one, and 5×5 cards also get a BINGO header row.
- A call sheet on the last page. It lists every item, with its picture on illustrated sets. Its 3 short rules: one card per player, call items in any order (or cut out the squares and draw them from a bowl), and the first full line wins.
- Letter or A4 paper, with 1, 2 or 4 cards per page.
How many items you need for each grid size
A 5×5 card needs 24 items with a free space, or 25 without.
| Grid | Free space | Items per card |
|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | On | 24 |
| 5×5 | Off | 25 |
| 4×4 | Never | 16 |
| 3×3 | On | 8 |
| 3×3 | Off | 9 |
You need more items than squares to print many different cards. If your list is too short, the tool tells you how many different cards your items can make, so add items or print fewer cards.
Is bingo 4×4 or 5×5?
The most common bingo card is 5×5, with five columns labeled B, I, N, G and O and a free space in the middle. A typical number game uses 1 to 75, while this maker fills the squares with words or pictures. Here you can also pick 3×3 or 4×4, so choose by how long you want a game to run. A smaller grid means fewer calls before someone shouts bingo.
| Grid (20 players) | Calls to first bingo (median) | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| 3×3 with free space | 5 | 2 to 7 |
| 4×4 | 11 | 8 to 15 |
| 5×5 with free space | 13 | 9 to 16 |
These figures come from our simulation, run in October 2026: 10,000 decks per setup, 100 games each, built with our own card composer and a 40-item list. The run used a fixed seed, so it's reproducible. Each item was called once in random order, and the typical range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile.
So 3×3 suits quick, repeated rounds, while 5×5 suits one longer game, and 4×4 runs close to 5×5 without a free space. These are calls, not minutes: multiply them by your own calling pace to estimate the time.
How many cards to print
Print one card for each player, and take every card from the same deck so that no two share a winning line.
| Players (5×5, free space) | Calls to first bingo (median) | Games with 2+ winners on the same call |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 17 | 10.38% |
| 20 | 13 | 15.68% |
| 50 | 11 | 19.16% |
In the same simulation, putting more cards in play made the first bingo come sooner and made ties more likely.
Cards share no winning line inside one deck. Need more later? Raise the count, then hand out only the cards numbered after your first batch, such as cards 21 to 30. Your first cards stay the same if you keep the grid, free space and items. "Draw a new deck" starts over with different cards.
Can two players call bingo at the same time?
Yes, but not with the same set of items, since no two cards in a deck share a winning line.
They can still finish different lines on the same call, even both top rows if the items differ. In our simulation, that happened in 15.68% of 5×5 games with 20 players, so agree on a tie rule before the first call.
Can AI generate bingo cards?
Yes. One AI model writes your item list and an image model draws each picture.
The model can still get an item wrong, so check every picture in the preview before you print. You can redraw or rename up to 10 per set, and if a picture fails to draw, its item prints as text in its square.
We don't draw licensed characters. If you name one in your description, the whole set stays words only, which is still free. If you add one later, only that item stays as words.
What's free and what you pay for
Words-only cards are free, and you pay only to print the illustrated version.
- Free, $0: as many words-only decks as you want, with a small logo and up to 100 cards per PDF. You can also see one illustrated set in full in the preview, unless free pictures are paused for the day.
- Event pass, $4.99 once: unlocks one illustrated set with no logo, and you can print more cards or a new deck from it any time. For personal and classroom use.
- Pro, $9.99 a month or $59 a year: 8 new illustrated sets a month, every set unlocked with no logo, and commercial use included. Cancel in one click. See what Pro includes.
You don't need an account to create or preview a set, or to download words-only cards. When you pay, your account comes from your checkout email. See all plans.
Start from a ready-made theme
Want a head start? These sets are already written and illustrated.
- Family Christmas picture bingo
- Family Thanksgiving picture bingo
- Halloween picture bingo for kids
- Jungle baby shower bingo
- Classroom vocabulary bingo
Each theme's text version is free, and the illustrated PDF needs an Event pass ($4.99) or Pro.
Printing, signing in and downloading again
How can I print my own bingo cards?
Print the PDF on any home printer, on Letter or A4, with 1, 2 or 4 cards per page. Use plain paper if you'll play once, or cardstock if you want to reuse the cards. To play many rounds, laminate the cards and mark squares with a dry-erase marker. On a phone, email the PDF to yourself first. To fill cards by hand, print blank bingo cards.
How do I sign back in after paying?
We email you a sign-in link, so there's no password to remember. The link works for 24 hours, and you can request a new one if it expires. Unpaid sets without an account are deleted 30 days after the last edit.
Can I download the exact same deck again?
Yes. My sets keeps the last deck you downloaded or emailed. If you don't edit the items, it gives you back the same cards.