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You’ll need

• Bingo cards1 per player, used up
• Pens or markers1 per player, reusable
• Small prize1–3 total, used up (host's own, never cash)

How to play

1. Hand each guest a card and a pen as they sit down.
2. Play it one of two ways: either the host reads words from the caller sheet at random, or guests mark a square whenever the parent-to-be unwraps a gift that matches it.
3. Guests cross off each square that comes up.
4. The first guest to complete a full line in any direction calls out "Bingo" and reads their squares back for checking.
5. Keep playing for a second prize with four corners or a full card if time allows.

Who wins

First guest with a checked line (or full card in the longer round).

Variations

Gift bingo with blank cards: guests fill the 24 squares with gifts they expect to see. Picture bingo for younger guests. Tambola-style numbered card for a godh bharai crowd. Virtual: share cards as links and call words on video.