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Holiday Baking Bingo

Holiday Baking Bingo is a printable card of 25 things that go wrong and right during a December baking day: the butter is not softened, royal icing comes out runny, a gingerbread wall slides off, somebody eats raw dough. Use it on a cookie-decorating afternoon with kids, or run it as a side game at a cookie exchange so the people waiting on an oven have something to do. Nothing to pay and no login. Print a card for every baker in the kitchen.

All 28 board items

  • Flour on the floor
  • The butter is not softened
  • A recipe says chill for two hours and you chill it for twenty minutes
  • Royal icing comes out too runny
  • Sprinkles land everywhere except the cookie
  • The first tray burns
  • Somebody eats raw dough
  • You run out of powdered sugar mid-recipe
  • A cookie cutter shape nobody can identify
  • A gingerbread wall slides off
  • Parchment paper curls up in the pan
  • You substitute something and hope for the best
  • Sugar cookies spread into one giant cookie
  • Somebody licks the spatula
  • The timer goes off and gets ignored
  • A second grocery run, for vanilla
  • A piping bag splits open
  • Two trays go in and one comes out presentable
  • Someone decorates a single cookie for fifteen minutes
  • A dog waits under the counter the entire time
  • A recipe card in a relative's handwriting
  • You double a batch and regret it
  • Cookies get hidden from the household
  • A tin gets packed for a neighbor
  • Somebody says it tastes better than it looks
  • Chocolate chips get eaten straight from the bag
  • The oven runs hot and you find out the hard way
  • The last cookie on the tray goes unclaimed

How to use this bingo card

  1. Print the card or open it on your phone.
  2. Mark a square whenever that item happens.
  3. Get 5 in a row, across, down, or diagonal, to win.

FAQ

What is holiday baking bingo for?

It turns a long baking day into a game. The squares are the small disasters and rituals of holiday baking, so a card fills up on its own as you work.

Can kids play?

Yes, and it keeps them at the counter longer. The squares are easy to spot, like sprinkles landing everywhere except the cookie.

Does it work for a cookie exchange?

It does. Print a card for each person who brings a tin and mark squares while everyone trades.

Is it free?

Yes, free with no account required. Generate it, download the PDF, print as many as you need.

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