Youth Bingo

On my first day of fifth grade, we played bingo with our classmates. It was fun but only recently did I understand the point. The point was to get us to socialize. I probably would have never spoken to some of my classmates otherwise or it would have taken me a lot longer. It opened a door of friendship between us. My class got to be close... Or at least that’s how I remember it.

HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BINGO BORED.

1. Create a 6X6 (at least) grouping of squares.
2. Fill in the squares with things like:
1. Find someone who’s been skiing before
2. Find someone who’s read the entire bible
3. Find someone who loves to sing
4. Find someone who dyes their hair
5. Find someone with an older sibling
6. Find someone with a pet (something other than a cat or dog)
3. They have to find someone in the room who fits the description in each square and then have that person sign the square. (One person can’t sign more than one square.)
4. They have to have each square signed before they’re done.

Reasons to play this game:

1. You’re a new leader, trying to get to know the youth
2. You are a growing church with a lot of new members
3. You’re trying to encourage friendship among your youth
4. You’ve noticed some people being left out
5. You have shy kids that you're trying to help out of their shell
6. You think it sounds like fun :)