The UK celebrates several major holidays throughout the year. Christmas – and complementary festivals of light held around the new year – is the biggest event, but much is made of Valentine’s Day, Easter and autumn’s scary special Hallowe’en, too.
These holidays affect everything from the food we eat and the clothes we wear to our social plans, and embracing them in your leisure activities is a great way to get into the spirit of the seasons. Consider holiday craft projects like making wreaths and organising treasure hunts to supplement your time playing games.
Planning festive bingo games
Explore the themes
Begin your quest to craft festive bingo games by exploring the themes of each holiday and identifying the most important elements. For example, Christmas celebrates light and joy, Valentine’s Day is all about love and Easter denotes renewal and signifies the start of spring. Sticking rigidly to the stereotypes of each holiday season will give your event more impact.
Create bingo cards
Go the extra mile and showcase seasonal themes in your bingo card designs too. You can find templates for bingo cards online and use simple software to add relevant pictures, photographs and illustrations. Christmas cards could have reindeer flying across the top, and skeletons could lurk in the corner of your Hallowe’en edition.
Alternatively, find themed online bingo games and invite guests to play group sessions together via computers and smartphones. This will save a lot of time and trouble if your friends and family are tech-savvy!
Make it a party
Once you’ve found the main themes, pick out images that inspire these feelings and incorporate them into all elements of your game night.
Start by putting up festive decorations. Banners of streamers and ribbons echo the brightness of spring while glittering fairy lights are the perfect complement to dark nights when it’s cold outside. At Hallowe’en, get into the spooky spirit of the occasion with fake cobwebs and candle-lit pumpkins in the windows.
You can also run the theme into your prizes. These could range from colourful keyrings in fun festive designs to tickets to holiday-specific events. You’ll find a lot of retailers and attractions offer one-off activities relevant to each season.
Remember that your companions will need sustenance for a few rounds of bingo, and take the opportunity to really hammer home your holiday theme! Whether it’s mini hotdogs with ketchup masquerading as severed fingers, classic Christmas party food like cookies, or limited-edition chocolate eggs from various confectionery companies, there are endless ways to specialise the cuisine to your theme.
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