Last week was Spring Break in Eau Claire, and we held two sessions of BINGO!

Family bingo

We had a school-age session on Thursday afternoon for an hour, and then a family session on Saturday afternoon for an hour. Both were super successful and totally fun! This was super low prep time. Supplies: I bought reusable bingo cards and bingo chips (I got the ones for nursing homes since the numbers are nice and big), and I had a bingo cage with balls that I found at a garage sale. Prizes: I asked the staff to empty out their junk drawers and bring me any small plastic rings, extra Happy Meal toys, small notebooks, etc. and ended up with a very nice selection of “stuff” that appealed to many ages. I also bought one bag of carnival prizes online with things like parachuting guys, bouncy balls, etc. Payoff: we had over 60 people total attend these two programs. School aged kids leaving were overheard saying, “That was fun!” A ringing endorsement for a very easy program!  We will definitely be repeating this in the future. This would be a great multi-generational program or one to advertise as just “grandparent and grandchild’s afternoon out” or something like that.

Intergenerational fun!