🥧 Friendsgiving
Friendsgiving Bingo Cards
The potluck Thanksgiving with the people you chose: a store-bought pie, a dish nobody claims, folding chairs borrowed from next door, and a gratitude round somebody pretends to hate. Something to play between courses, when the table is too full to leave.
Start from the 30 words below, swap in your own, and download a print-ready PDF. Every card in the batch is guaranteed different, so nobody shares a winning square.
6 sample Friendsgiving cards
Every card below is built from the same word list and no two are the same. Each is on a different one of the background illustrations you can pick between in the designer.
The 30 Friendsgiving bingo words
Every card draws 24 of these at random around a free centre square. Delete any that don't fit your event and add your own — the list is fully editable.
- Potluck Dish
- Store-Bought Pie
- Mac and Cheese
- Wine Spill
- Board Game
- Group Photo
- Folding Chairs
- Leftovers
- Paper Plates
- Pumpkin Pie
- Stuffing
- Mashed Potatoes
- Cranberry Sauce
- Someone Is Late
- Plus-One
- A Toast
- Gratitude Round
- Kitchen Crowd
- Oven Timer
- Pie Debate
- Football on TV
- Dishwashing Crew
- Tupperware
- Too Many Desserts
- Group Chat
- Vegetarian Option
- Turkey Carving
- Sweater Weather
- Roommate
- Candlelight
When Friendsgiving bingo works
A potluck where nobody knows the whole guest list
Friendsgiving pulls together roommates, coworkers and partners who have never met. Cards on the table give strangers a shared joke from the first dish onwards, which beats three separate conversations at one long table.
The hour while the turkey rests
There is always a stretch where the food isn't ready and the drinks already are. Hand out cards at the door and that hour has a shape to it, with a winner by the time the carving starts.
Keeping the table together through cleanup
Save a few squares for after the meal — the dishwashing crew, the Tupperware negotiation, the leftovers split — and the game carries on into the part of the evening where people usually drift off to their phones.
How it works
- 1
Pick your words
Load the Friendsgiving list in one click, then edit it however you like.
- 2
Choose how many cards
Up to 100 in a batch, every one a different arrangement.
- 3
Print at home
Download the PDF and print one, two or four cards per page.
Save it for when you're planning
Not printing tonight? Pin the Friendsgiving set to your party board and it will be here when you are — the words, the artwork, and a fresh batch of unique cards whenever you need them.
Save to PinterestFriendsgiving bingo questions
How is Friendsgiving bingo different from Thanksgiving bingo?
Thanksgiving bingo is built around a family day — relatives, the parade, the kids' table. The Friendsgiving list is about a potluck among friends: who brought what, who arrived late, the plus-one nobody has met yet. Pick whichever matches your table, or mix the two lists.
Should guests see the squares before they arrive?
It's more fun if they don't. Half the squares are things guests do themselves — bring a store-bought pie, spill the wine — and people behave differently once they know they're on the card. Hand the cards out after everyone is through the door.
Are these Friendsgiving bingo cards really free?
Yes. Unlimited card downloads, no account, no subscription. Free cards carry a small printmybingocards.com watermark; a clean set without it is a one-off $5–$16.99 depending on how many cards are in the batch.
Will every card be different?
Yes. Generate up to 100 cards in one batch and every one gets its own arrangement of your words — checked card against card, so no two people in the room are playing the same grid.
How do I print them?
The download is a PDF, laid out for US Letter or A4, that you can print at home or at a copy shop. Choose one, two or four cards per page — four is the paper-saving option, one gives the biggest squares to mark. It ends with a caller's sheet and call slips to cut out, so the host has everything too. Ordinary paper is fine; cardstock holds up better if the cards get handled all evening.
Can I change the words?
All 30 of them. The Friendsgiving list is a starting point — delete anything that does not fit, paste in your own, and the cards are built from whatever you end up with.
How to actually run the game
You have the cards. These cover the rest of it — the rules, the hosting, and what separates a caller who keeps a room going from one reading out a list.