New Year Goals Bingo Card Generator

About New Year Goals bingo

All 44 New Year Goals bingo tasks

Every entry from Bake a layer cake to Write a will, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop “Learn 5 new recipes” if it does not suit your group, or add your own.

• B: Bake a layer cake
• C: Cook a family recipe
• D: Donate blood
• F: Finish a puzzle, Fly a kite
• G: Get a library card, Go camping, Go stargazing, Go to a concert, Go to a farmers market, Go to a museum, Grow tomatoes
• H: Have a picnic, Hike a new trail, Host a dinner party
• L: Learn 5 new recipes, Learn a card trick, Learn first aid, Learn to juggle
• M: Make a photo book, Make a quilt
• P: Paint a room, Plant a tree
• R: Read 12 books, Ride a bike trail
• S: See a meteor shower, See a play, Send 5 letters, Spend a day offline, Swim in the ocean
• T: Take a class, Take a solo trip, Thrift an outfit, Try a new cuisine, Try a new sport, Try a pottery class, Try rock climbing
• V: Visit a faraway friend, Visit a national park, Visit a new city, Volunteer 10 hours
• W: Watch a sunrise, Write a poem, Write a will

New Year Goals bingo at a glance

When to play New Year Goals bingo

New Year Goals bingo as a called game

For a one-session version, draw the 44 tasks at random like a classic game. 150 shuffled orders on this set's first 60 cards: with 30 players the first line comes after a median 13 calls (about 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call); a blackout needs 40.

How to play New Year Goals bingo

1. 1

   Print the New Year Goals cards

   Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with “Try a pottery class”, “Hike a new trail”, “Bake a layer cake”, “Paint a room” and “Learn to juggle”.

2. 2

   Agree on the time frame

   Each player marks a square once it is done, such as “Volunteer 10 hours” or “Grow tomatoes”. Set the period first (a week, a month, a season); a line needs 5 squares (4 on a line through the free center) and a full card all 24.

3. 3

   Generate one card, then swap out any square that does not fit your life before printing; 'Swim in the ocean' may be easy for some and a whole trip for others.

4. 4

   Mix effort levels on purpose: pair big squares like 'Take a solo trip' with quick wins such as 'Fly a kite' or 'Get a library card' so you mark something early.

5. 5

   Write the date and one word inside each square when you finish it, so 'Go to a concert' or 'Hike a new trail' becomes a small diary of the year.

6. 6

   Check the card

   Ask the winner what they did for each square on the line. A full card is 24 of the 44 tasks; card 1 of this set, for example, includes “Try a pottery class” and “Hike a new trail”.

New Year Goals bingo variations

• New Year Goals variation

  Family goal card: print one shared 5x5 card for the household, let each person claim five squares, and celebrate every completed line with a meal chosen by whoever finished the last square.

• Blackout round

  Card 1 needs all 24 tasks, “Try a pottery class” to “Visit a new city”; over a 30-day month that is about 5.6 tasks a week.

• Quick 4x4 round

  A 4x4 card has 16 squares and no free space, so a full card needs 16 tasks instead of 24; lines take 4.

First 15 entries on the New Year Goals caller sheet

Seed "new-year-goals" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints (use it as a checklist, or call from it). With these entries in this order, card 13 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top right (“Learn to juggle”, “Volunteer 10 hours”, “Thrift an outfit” and “Write a poem”) on entry 4, and card 12 is the first full card on entry 41.

Themes like New Year Goals bingo

Ranked by category, occasion and audience; none of them repeats an entry from this list, so pasting two into the Edit words box gives a longer game.

More New Year bingo cards

New Year Goals bingo is one of 8 New Year lists here, and the New Year bingo ideas page sets all 8 side by side. New Year bingo at the office is the closest fit for adults.