2014 printable Oscar bingo and ballot | How About Orange

February 24, 2014

2014 printable Oscar bingo and ballot

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My 2014 Oscar ballot and bingo game are done! Get set to enjoy Sunday's Academy Awards with friends. It doesn't matter if they watch movies or know who the actors are; anyone can play bingo and it's a good excuse for a party.

Download the Oscar ballot PDF
Download the Oscar bingo PDF

Save the PDFs to your computer, open them in Adobe Reader, and print.

Printable Oscar ballot download
To use the ballot: print one for each guest and have them mark their predictions before the show starts. The person with the most correct guesses wins.

To use the bingo cards: 20 different game cards are included in the PDF. Print out the number of pages you need for your guests. Then fan out the sheets, close your eyes, wave your hands over them, and put your finger on a card. This one is meant to be yours. Your party guests can fight over the rest of the sheets, but they're not going to win. You are. As you all watch the telecast, the first person to mark off five squares in a line wins. It could be a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. (This year I removed the center "free" space to make you work a little harder.)

Movie theater gift cards, boxes of popcorn, candy, or little Oscar statuettes from a party store make good prizes.

Has anybody tried to play with friends long distance? You could each claim a page number to print out and then text or tweet each other when you get a bingo.

Like every year, a disclaimer: Maybe someone will get a bingo ten minutes into the telecast, or maybe your group won't have a winner at all because my psychic powers have failed this year. Best of luck!

P.S. If you like Oscar bingo, you might also like my Christmas Hallmark Movie Bingo.

Free Oscar bingo game

46 comments:

Grandma G said...

The long distance idea is a good one!

Mum

Cara said...

Love this. Have played several years in a row. Thank you so much!

Ken said...

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! It was a highlight of my Oscar party last year, and I had a calendar reminder to come to your website and print it this year. I hope you'll do it every year. I love it! Thank you again!

Jessica Jones said...

This is year number six; it's an annual tradition!

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! MUCH APPRECIATED. WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN WITH THIS!

Anonymous said...

You are awesome! I'm hosting my first Oscar Party this year and am thrilled to use your designs. Thanks!!

Nathalie said...

We loved playing with the kids last year and we're looking forward to doing it again this year! THANK YOU! (I pinned them too)

Deb Steubibg said...

Thank you! Our family has so much fun doing this!

Anonymous said...

Thank you! Our family loves playing along!!

Wendy said...

Hi Jessica, can you tell me what typeface you used for the headline? Love it! Thanks so much!

Keely said...

I'm hosting my first oscar party this year and looking forward to using these. Thanks so much for sharing!!

Keely

justanelf said...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Johanna said...

Thanks so much! Both were a big hit at my party last year. People are expecting them again this year.

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

You are still at the top of my favorite blogs to read...ya keep me smiling and giggling. Thanks for passing along the fun. If I ever close my blog and start another one...I would hope it would be like yours and bring so much joy to others.

Smiles,
Kelly

Jessica Jones said...

Thank you, guys!

Wendy, the typeface is Brothers Regular.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/emigre/brothers-ot/

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for making these! I use them every year- so happy to have stumbled upon them. Thank you for making me look like an incredible Oscar Party host!!

Nicole Maki said...

Thank you so much. We've been looking forward to this post.

We're having a family party this year and we're all contributing trivia. It's been fun getting everyone involved in the planning.

Katie said...

Thanks so much for doing this! My family has a lot of fun with them at our Oscar party.

KM said...

Thank you so much for doing these and continuing to do them! They are great and our Oscar parties would not be the same without them!

eeyorezsmile said...

I just have to say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your Oscar Bingo. It makes watching the Oscars even more fun!! Thank you SO, SO, SO, SO much!!!

Unknown said...

This is so great as usual!! My second year using your Oscar Bingo cards and can't thank you enough for taking the time to create them!!!!!

They were a big hit last year and I imagine they will be this year and every year going forward. Thanks!!

Anonymous said...

Third year to do this; yours is the cutest one out there! Thanks so much!!

Samantha said...

Thank you! I come searching for your printables every year. They are really great :)

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Eniko said...

Jessica, this is amazing! However, when I try to print out, the page is not centered on the paper, but more to the right & the bottom is cut off. Any suggestions?

Jessica Jones said...

In your print dialogue box try checking an option to "center" the page. And then if your printer is still cutting off part of the page because it needs really wide print margins, try checking the "fit to page" option. Are you printing from Reader?

Unknown said...

Thank you for these, I am doing a post on the Oscars and I am including a link here for my readers!

Unknown said...

Thanks again very much for another great bingo card!!D Can't wait for sunday :D

Ben said...

I'm here every year for this. You're the best.

Unknown said...

Really appreciate your Oscar bingo.
We've used them for some years now and it brings lots of fun to our Oscar night. Plus it helps to stay alert and awake at 4am, along with the fruit-salad which is one of the other traditions at our oscar nights.

Thanks
Lisbeth




Shannon said...

I completely forgot about the Oscars until my 13-year-old reminded me just now. I rushed to your site and was so happy to see that you've made the ballot again! Thank you!!

Unknown said...

Hey! I used your ballot last year and it was so much fun (and also I WON!!! YAY), so obviously I'm using this year's one as well! I'm from Spain and my parents don't speak English, so I made a translated version of your ballot (https://mega.co.nz/#!I8VGSQTJ!l98S8F8VuOZ1iAfdjLukx6TktlfpJQDMQpki65uoLAk). Thank you very much! x

Cat said...

I love this (and linked to it since I was writing a post about it anyway!). I'm going to play against some online friends via Twitter. Thanks for the fab idea!

monique said...

I want to thank you as our family looks forward to this every year. My teenaged kids want to spend an evening with me!! Thank you for putting this together and emailing us the link and providing us with a wonderful family night.

K is for Calligraphy said...

Jessica, thank you for making ballot again! You are a winner! And the Oscar goes to you! xo, Katy

Brigette said...

We used to have live Oscar parties but changed to an online one last year so that we could have overseas friends join us. And although we don't play the Bingo online, we do play it here at home while we watch. We also always put a link to it for anyone else who would like to do the same. The only thing I would suggest is to make the "commercial airs" more generic for those of us who don't live in the U.S.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for doing this again!!! Great :)

Unknown said...

Last night's Oscars were... boring. To say the least. Your Bingo and ballots were a god send! Kept the night exciting and upbeat. Thank you so much for all your efforts.

Flor said...

I was thinking that maybe I shouldn't be a quiet reader this year :) So thanks you, you've helped to make our Oscar night a success, third year in a row now. The only reason we in Europe are able to stay awake at six in the morning ;) Thanks :) -- Flor

destoo said...

You are a seer.. (or do you have inside information on the oscar's setup and organization?)
I was at an independant theater and gave out 15 our 20 sheets to strangers. It was fun! I liked how almost everyone yelled "bingo" during the Superhero segment!

destoo said...

For the "sprint advertisement", we substituted it for any generic canadian cellphone ads. (and there were none. haha)

Jessica Jones said...

Ha! I love your comments, guys! So interesting to hear what happens with these!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the bingo. We used it earlier this year and was a huge hit! I'm hosting an Oscar Party again in Feb. I'd hate to ask but are you planning on creating a 2015 version by any chance? Thanks. Your blog is awesome!

Jessica Jones said...

I am! You can sign up for an email announcement here:
http://eepurl.com/LHljr

Anonymous said...

I absolutely love & appreciate the details in your Oscar Bingo cards! I am hosting my 6th annual party this year and it wouldn't be complete without your bingo game. My guests are always looking forward to it and I am so excited for 2015! The oscar goes to...you!

Jessica Jones said...

Yay! Glad to hear it!