Old Advertisements Bingo
A ready-made old advertisements bingo game: this page shows all 24 words on the cards, explains the rules, and links straight to the card maker for a printable 5×5 set with a FREE centre square.
About this bingo theme
Jingles, slogans, trading stamps and the corner drugstore soda fountain — advertising shaped the everyday language of the mid-century. This bingo theme collects the words of the newspaper pages, billboards and early television spots.
Each printed set uses twenty-four of the collection's thirty words, arranged in a different order on every card around the FREE centre square. Print one to six cards, read from the caller list, and enjoy the slogans the room recites back at you.
Make and print cards
- Open the bingo card maker and choose Old Advertisements from the theme list.
- Generate 1, 2, 4 or 6 cards — every card uses a different random layout.
- Press Word caller list to read and tick the words off as you call.
- Cards print in clean black ink; choose Save as PDF to keep a copy.
The 30 words in this theme
This collection holds 30 words. Every printed set draws twenty-four of them, so a freshly drawn game can be made whenever you like — and all the cards in one set share the same twenty-four words, just in different places. Words appear on the cards as single strings of capital letters with spaces removed, and each card holds 24 of them around the FREE centre square.
- SOAPFLAKES
- TOOTHPASTE
- CIGARETTE
- CEREALBOX
- BILLBOARD
- NEONSIGN
- JINGLE
- SLOGAN
- COUPON
- TRADINGSTAMPS
- MAILORDER
- CATALOGUE
- SEARSROEBUCK
- WOOLWORTH
- FIVANDDIME
- DRUGSTORE
- SODAFOUNTAIN
- RADIOSPOT
- TVAD
- SPONSOR
- BRANDMASCOT
- CEREALPRIZE
- MAILINOFFER
- PRICETAG
- BLUEPLATE
- ENDORSEMENT
- SANDWICHBOARD
- CLEANINGPOWDER
- HAIRTONIC
- SOAPOPERA
How to play bingo
- Each player takes a card — the same words appear in a different place on every card.
- One person reads words from the caller list, one at a time.
- Players mark any word they have. The middle square is FREE.
- First to mark a full line — across, down or diagonal — calls “Bingo!” For a longer game, play for a full house.
Hints for running this theme
- Challenge the room to finish a slogan after you read the first word aloud.
- Keep a caller list for yourself and a second copy for a co-host.
- Ask which advert from the list everybody still remembers word for word.
- Print a fresh set for the next gathering — the word draw changes each time.
- No timer and no entry fee — bingo suits any group and any pace.
More bingo themes
Every theme page lists the words before you print.