Last week was Spring Break in Eau Claire, and we held two
sessions of BINGO!
 |
| Family bingo |
We had a school-age session on Thursday afternoon for an
hour, and then a family session on Saturday afternoon for an hour. Both were
super successful and totally fun! This was super low prep time. Supplies: I
bought reusable bingo cards and bingo chips (I got the ones for nursing homes
since the numbers are nice and big), and I had a bingo cage with balls that I
found at a garage sale. Prizes: I asked the staff to empty out their junk
drawers and bring me any small plastic rings, extra Happy Meal toys, small
notebooks, etc. and ended up with a very nice selection of “stuff” that
appealed to many ages. I also bought one bag of carnival prizes online with
things like parachuting guys, bouncy balls, etc. Payoff: we had over 60 people
total attend these two programs. School aged kids leaving were overheard
saying, “That was fun!” A ringing endorsement for a very easy program!
We will definitely be repeating
this in the future. This would be a great
multi-generational program or one to advertise as just “grandparent and
grandchild’s afternoon out” or something like that.
 |
| Intergenerational fun! |
