It’s Play Time!!
I’ve had a Your Story for about a year and I finally tried it out! You know what? It’s super cool AND easy to use. I used it to laminate these Family Bingo game cards that I created using my Father & Son and Mother & Daughter stamps. Let me show you how I made my game.
If you don’t have a Your Story and you’d like a laminator, this Scotch laminator is another great option!
First, I picked family and friends stamps from my Mother & Daughter and Father & Son stamp sets. You can mix and match words from those sets to make a lot of combinations too. I punched out the pieces for the Bingo board using a 1″ circle punch and I used a 1-1/2″ punch for the larger game pieces used to call the words for the game. The “I heart You” stamp is the “Free Space”.
Use the Your Story in a well ventilated area. It is smelly and probably best aired out.
It’s really that easy. You put your item inside a lamination pouch and when the Your Story is ready (after about 5 minutes) then you can push your item in through the front. It comes out the back all nicely laminated. I used pouches I bought on Amazon. Here’s a link to the ones I bought: 100 Clear Laminating Pouches. I’m really happy that I have a lot of those laminating pouches because now I want to laminate some more things!
I made this little holder for the Bingo pieces used by whoever calls the game. This was SO EASY. I just folded a piece of paper over, taped each side and then I used a circle punch to make that little opening so you can more easily pull out the pieces. It doesn’t need the twine, but I like it and felt compelled to wrap something with it. LOL!
Lastly, I forgot to take a photo of the dry erase markers I had for each person to use so they can mark off the words that they have on their Bingo card. Rest assured, those markers wipe right off of the laminated Bingo cards. I’m pretty happy with my fun little game. I hope you like it!
TIME FOR A GIVE AWAY!!!
On the 8th Day of Christmas Joy (that’s me!) Gave to one Winner….
a set of Father & Son stamps AND….
a set of Mother & Daughter stamps!!
FUN! To be eligible to win please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen by Random.org on December 13.
SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR THE 9th Day of Christmas and a Crafty Post & Give Away!!
What a great idea. I think I might have to come up with something like this for a baby shower for my sister in the spring! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win your great stamps!
What a cute project!! Thanks for sharing!
Sherrie K.
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The bingo game is awsome!! Loved the stamps they would be so useful!!
Love your ideas!
A great idea! I could make bingo cards for my classroom.
I love my YourStory but haven’t used it much! BINGO games are a great idea!
Glad Zippy is ok 🙂
That an awesome idea:)
Pauline
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Thanks for sharing your idea, I love seeing all your gift ideas, I am going to use some of them 😀
aw bing brings back tons of memories! FUn!
kacee
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What a great project. Will be trying to work on one of these with my daughter. TFS
I love playing bingo, what a terrific project! I’m glad Zippy perked back up and was able to help you finish! TFS Susan
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Cute game! so versatile! Thanks Joy!
Great game idea! Fun project!
Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win another set of your stamps, to go with the Lots Of Pun stamps I won last month!!
Very nice.. I have to make this.. TFS
Theresa
Great giveaway and tutorial.
great idea, i don’t use my your story enough. be great for helping my dtr learning reading words.
Such a great idea!!! LOVE it!!! Cute giveaway too! faithk08 at yahoo dot com
This is a great idea and your stamps are the perfect compliment.
Kim xXx
Those are some fun stamps. TFS a neat way to use them.
What a great idea. I got a Your Story with my Expression and haven’t even opened the box. Now I have a few ideas to try out.
very cool ! TFS
What a great idea.
Tracey J.
Great idea. I have the Your Story Photo, but I think I want the Your Story now. Thanks for sharing.
fun idea- thanks [email protected]
Cute idea! The possibilities are endless with this one. Thanks for sharing your great talent with us.
Lisa
http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Now that is a fantastic family fun time idea! TFS
what a cute little zhu zhu pet hehe. that cracked me up!
This looks like hours of fun! Thanks for sharing!
This would be great to make. My kids are so into board games right now
Love bingo and your creation is just wonderful!!
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What a cute Idea, Thanks, Karen
Great stamps and project, thanks for the chance to win!
Becky F
Cute idea!
Such a fun idea! Thanks for the chance to win!
We play BINGO at our family Christmas party every year! I LOVE THIS!
Love bingo, this would be great for our family game night on Christmas Eve at my parents, where we all (14 of us) stay the night. Thanks for this idea.
Great idea…. very nice… the my story look nice.. glad you got to used it… im thinking about getting the small one.. let see…
TFS…
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I really like this idea. It’s more personable than using just regular numbers.
Awesome!!! Just adorable!!!
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com
What a cute idea for a gift or to give to the school for their game night. I never thought of making my own Bingo set. Also thanks for the heads up on the laminating sheets at Amazon!
This is a great idea and would make Bingo games a blast!
WOW JOY!!! You are so very clever and FUNNY!!!!
Your stamps are GREAT!!!
hugs,
Sarah
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I look everywhere for an “Aunt” sticker and this is just what I need a stamp! tfs
What a great idea and fun for kids! Love the stamps! There aren’t enough of those types of stamps out there!
Natalie
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Very cute bingo game, nice project to do with kids too TFS
Fun idea! I think I will try this!
What a cool project. Zippy Hope your doing better chocolate cures all.
I never thought to use my stamps for anything but cards, scrapbooks and home dec. Way to think outside the box! TFS and for the great giveaway. Glad Zippy recovered, lol.
LOVE LOVE this idea. Hhhhmmm, do I have time to make these for all the nieces and nephews????? Thanks for the inspiration.