BINGO!

One of the Brownies created this Human Bingo game as a challenge for her Junior BP award. The girls had great fun playing and learning more about each other, although it took them much longer than I anticipated - almost 25 minutes!

Despite receiving the same instructions it was interesting to observe how each girl went about filling up her game card.

Most of the younger girls (7-8 years) found a partner, asked a question and if their answer was no, moved onto a new person. Whereas the older girls (9-10 years) would ask another question until they received a positive response. Some even teamed up to swap answers!

Human Bingo is a great ice-breaker to use at an event where you have a group of Girl Guides that do not know each other. Below is the game I have created to use at Guide events. Please let me know if you play this game or adapt it to suit your own unit!

Download as a PDF: Girl Guide Human Bingo

How to play:
1. Distribute a bingo card and pen to each player.
2. Players mingle with each other, asking other players if a particular box applies to them. eg. Girl A asks Girl B: Have you ever camped in a tent?
3. If the answer is yes, that girls signs her name inside the box. If no, ask a different question, until you receive a positive response.
4. Each player may only sign their name once on each bingo card. However, if your unit is small you may allow girls to assign their name to more than one answer.
5. Whoever completes their game with a different signature in each box must call out "Bingo!". This player has has won the game!