Summer Reading Bingo 2026 Cards - Print Free or Customize

Print free Summer Reading bingo 2026 cards or customize, limitless cards! Choose from 33,500+ templates or use our bingo card generator. Add numbers, phrases, photos, or any combination. Play using PDF prints, virtual bingo cards, and our virtual bingo caller, or mix physical and digital.

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Genre new to you	Author from another continent	Bookstore / Library suggestion	2nd book in a series	Less than 5k goodreads reviews
Involves a sporting event	Epistolary or short story collection	Published this year	Published before 2000	Book with multiple POVs
Plot occurs over longer than 1 year	Not a novel	Set in or featuring WI	Authors debut novel	Book picked for you by someone else
Buddy read	Main character is an animal	Book cover is your favourite color	Book with food on the cover	Book written by a celeb
Book written by your favorite author	Has been adapted to TV/Movie	Retelling of a classic	Book with a single-word title

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Template Name This is shown at the top of the template and game pages.
Your Name Optional. If this template makes to the front page, you will be credited for creating it.
Card Title Title is shown on top of each bingo card. It can be text or an image. If the image is >50kb, then it will be compressed and may lose transparency.
Quiz Separator If words on a line are separated by this text, then: Bingo card will only show the text on the right side of the separator. The PDF call list will show the full text. To disable this feature, clear this field.	Quiz Mode ON
Quiz Board Demo Lets you select which side of the quiz separator to show on the calling card just on this page for demo. When printing or playing, calling cards always show the right side only.
Audio Separator If words on a line are separated by this text, then: The text on the right side of the separator will be spoken by the online game play. Bingo card will only show the text on the left side of the separator. The PDF call list will show the full text. To disable this feature, clear this field.	Audio Mode ON
Grid Items AI Helper Enter numbers, words or phrases, each one on a new line. Up to 255 items are supported. Column Mode: To specify word lists per column, separate each word list by -c- in a line by itself. Example Genre new to you Author from another continent Bookstore / Library suggestion 2nd book in a series Less than 5k goodreads reviews Involves a sporting event Epistolary or short story collection Published this year Published before 2000 Book with multiple POVs Plot occurs over longer than 1 year Not a novel Set in or featuring WI Authors debut novel Book picked for you by someone else Buddy read Main character is an animal Book cover is your favourite color Book with food on the cover Book written by a celeb Book written by your favorite author Has been adapted to TV/Movie Retelling of a classic Book with a single-word title Sort \| No Dups
Grid Images Support for- Up to 99 images. Multiple or Single image upload. Up to 5 MB file size per image. You can specify both Grid Items & Grid Images. Click on the image or label to edit label or delete image. If background of an image changes to white, either remove the transparency or reduce the image size < 10KB.
Show Image Labels Show Image labels or not on the bingo cards. Image labels are always shown on the calling card.
Grid Size (Cols x Rows) Grid size in Columns x Rows format.
Free Space Cell Free space is usually the center square of the card. It is like a joker or a wild square, and counts towards the winning pattern.
Free Space Content Shows text or image in the Free Space Cell. Make sure Free Space Cell is not set to "None". To show text, enter text. To show an image instead, click on the button on the right to select an image. If background of the image changes to white, either remove the transparency or reduce the image size to < 10KB.
Randomize? Select Yes to generate unique random cards. If No is selected, all cards will have the same text in the same order, which might be useful in educational or quiz settings.
Max. Font Size Font size is automatically downsized to fit text in each cell. This may make font size for shorter texts very large. If you don't like that look, then pick a smaller max. font size to prevent that.
Title Text Color Title text color. * Applicable when Card Title is text.
Title Back Shape Title background shape. * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.
Title Back Opacity Title background opacity. * Requires Title Back Shape.
Title Back Color Title background shape color. * Requires Title Back Shape. * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.
Title Border Color Title background border color. * Requires Title Back Shape. * Requires Title Back Opacity to be > 0%.
Cell Text Color Grid Text color.
Cell Back Color Grid background color.
Cell Border Color Grid line color.
Cell Back Shape Background shape for cells. Select a stock image or upload your own custom image. You can use Cell Transparency setting to change how prominently the background shape shows. If you select a shape other than Grid, you may have to increase Cell Padding if you want to fit the text inside the shape. Don't see the selected image? Set Cell Transparency <50.
Cell Padding Empty space inside each cell between border and text.
Cell Spacing Space between any 2 cells.
Cell Transparency 0% makes grid background opaque. Higher setting makes grid background transparent allowing card background image or card background color to show.
Card Border Width Outside border width.
Card Border Color Card outside border color. * Requires Card Border Width > 0%
Card Border Style Yes makes the card corners rounded.
Card Padding Empty space between card border and card contents.
Card Back Color Card background color.
Card Back Image Background image for the whole card. Select a stock image or upload your own custom image. You can use Grid Transparency setting to change how prominently the image shows behind the grid. Don't see the selected image? Set Card Transparency >50. Set Card Border Width >0 or Card Padding >0. Set Cell Transparency >50.
Card Image Fill Select how the background image covers the whole card. You can also choose to repeat the image.
Card Transparency Card image transparency.
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Number of Cards Number of cards to generate and include in the Full PDF. The Preview button will always generate only 1 card.
Print Call List Select Yes to include call list in the Full PDF.
Paper Size Printer paper size.
Paper Orientation How to print on paper, ie paper orientation. Printed cards might look better one way or the other.
Cards Per Page (Cols x Rows) Arrangement of cards on each page of paper.
Card Hor. Margin Horizontal margin on left and right sides of each card.
Card Ver. Margin Vertical margin on top and bottom sides of each card.
Ink Saver Colors: Removes background to save ink for printing. B&W: Removes background & changes colors to black & white to save ink for printing.
Empty Space Select amount of empty space to keep in each cell for participants to write something. This feature is also called human bingo, people bingo, social bingo, get-to-know bingo or ice breaker bingo.
Starting Card Number Starting card number. Change if you need to reprint a set of cards starting with a specific card number. Note: If this is not 1, then call list (index card) will not be printed.
Card Header Height Header height. Header is shown only when there is 1 or more characters.
Card Header Text Instructions or any other message(s) at the top of each card.
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Card Footer Text Instructions or any other message(s) at the bottom of each card.
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About: This bingo card is perfect for book lovers looking to diversify their reading habits and spark new conversations. With prompts that encourage trying unfamiliar genres, picking books suggested by others, and exploring works from different times and places, it’s a great fit for book clubs, reading challenges, or literary events aiming to make reading more interactive and fun.

How To: To download a PDF to print, click the Print button. You can change the number of cards and other print preferences on the Print tab. Grid items and free space text can be added on the Basic tab. Appearance can be highly customized on the relevant tabs, or you can easily find any setting on the 🔍 tab.

How to play Summer Reading Bingo 2026 Cards?

Digital Caller: Click on the Play button above.
Digital Players: Click on the Play button above, and then click on the 🎫 button.
Paper Players: Print PDF bingo cards and physically cross off the cards.
Paper Caller: Print PDF calling list & calling slips and physically pick the slips.
Mixed Mode: Choose any combination above. For example, caller can be either Offline or Digital. And players can be Offline or Digital or a combo of both.

Step-By-Step:

Start by getting the Summer Reading Bingo 2026 PDF by clicking on the "Print" button above.
Open the PDF and print it.
For random drawing, you can print another copy of the call list, cut, fold and then pick them randomly at play time.
Cut the bingo cards at the cut lines if there are more than 1 bingo cards per page.
Distribute one card per player. For marking, you can use markers. Crayons cost the least.
Choose one person to be the caller. If you are playing in a small group, the caller can as well play along with their own Bingo card.
The caller starts the game by randomly pulling an item from the call list and announcing it to all players.
The players scan their cards to see if they have the announced word. If they do, they mark that word.
The first player to complete a horizontal, vertical, or a diagonal line of marked items yells "Bingo!" and wins the play.
The caller validates that the items crossed off form a proper line according to the Bingo card and call list.
You can play for varied patterns or a full card blackout for a longer play.

This Summer Reading Bingo 2026 Cards Game contains following Words or Phrases: Genre new to you, Author from another continent, Bookstore / Library suggestion, 2nd book in a series, Less than 5k goodreads reviews, Involves a sporting event, Epistolary or short story collection, Published this year, Published before 2000, Book with multiple POVs, Plot occurs over longer than 1 year, Not a novel, Set in or featuring WI, Authors debut novel, Book picked for you by someone else, Buddy read, Main character is an animal, Book cover is your favourite color, Book with food on the cover, Book written by a celeb, Book written by your favorite author, Has been adapted to TV/Movie, Retelling of a classic, Book with a single-word title.