Melissa & Doug Picture BINGO

Melissa and Doug Picture Bingo

Picture Bingo is a fruit themed bingo game with a new twist. Press down on the top of the plastic spinner with your palm or fingers to make the spinner go. There are six fruit total (apple, orange, lemon, lime, blueberries, plum), and a single card will picture anywhere from two to four of the same fruit. This makes the game go fast when you are covering three or four squares in each turn.

 

The chips and cards are lightweight card stock and the cards are small, only four by four inches. Be the first person to cover four in a row, vertically, horizontally or diagonally, to win. Underwhelming when there are so many bingo games on the market.

Try this:

• identify all the fruit pieces before starting the game.
• Use different criteria to win - cover four corners, the whole card, all around the outside edge.
• Hold several of the chips in the hand as you play. Push one to the fingertips and place as needed.
  
• Choose a fruit and cover all of that fruit on your card. Place the remaining chips on a pile on the table. Spin the spinner to see if you get a match. If you matched, take the bingo markers and place them on your side. If you didn't match, return the markers to the pile. Take turns until all the markers are gone. Count your markers to see who has the most. 
• Work on visual discrimination, visual closure, spatial relations, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, process skills, executive functioning skills, socialization skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

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  In the box: Plastic spinner, 4 bingo cards, 48 marker chips
  Ages 3+, 2-4 players
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