St. Patrick’s Day Bingo Cards (free printable, 30 cards)
Thirty-four St. Patrick’s Day words, from shamrocks and leprechauns to rainbows, Ireland and the Irish harp, on unique printable cards for March 17.
34 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
Showing 4 of 31 pages. (Print always prints every page.)
To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.
30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17, the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and it is celebrated with parades, green clothes and stories of leprechauns far beyond Ireland. The list mixes the playful side (leprechaun, pot of gold, rainbow, lucky, mischief, treasure) with real culture and geography (Ireland, Dublin, the Emerald Isle, Gaelic, the Irish harp, Irish dance, a Celtic knot, the Irish blessing) and the legends (the shamrock, the four-leaf clover, and the story that Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland). It suits a class party, a geography lesson or an indoor-recess day in mid-March.
Grades: Pre-K to 5th grade. Best in: March.
The words on the cards
Shamrock · Leprechaun · Pot of gold · Rainbow · Clover · Four-leaf clover · Ireland · Irish · Green · Gold coins · Saint Patrick · Parade · Luck · Lucky · Harp · Celtic knot · Emerald Isle · Irish dance · Fiddle · Gaelic · March 17 · Dublin · Snakes · Top hat · Buckle · Irish blessing · Mischief · Treasure · Rain · Cloud · Jig · Wishes · Hidden gold · Blarney Stone
How to play, and five ideas
Luck of the draw: let students pick the next item from a green hat instead of calling it yourself.
Map Ireland: when “Ireland” or “Dublin” is called, find it on a map or globe and name one thing students know.
Rainbow count: when “rainbow” is called, the class names the seven colors in order.
Four-leaf clover math: use the clover squares to count by fours, since each has four leaves.
Blessing writing: after the game, students write their own two-line blessing, like an Irish blessing, for a classmate.
It is a playground custom, not part of the holiday, and many schools discourage it. The cards do not use it.
Is the snake story true?
It is a legend. Ireland had no native snakes after the last ice age, and the story says Saint Patrick drove them away. The cards list it as a legend.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 34 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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