Kids

Symbol-O

Symbol-O is played like Bingo, but with Camp Fire symbols instead of the usual letters and numbers. Someone calls out one the symbols from the cards (e.g. tracks, bird, or hand), and the players put a marker over that symbol on their card. Then another symbol is called out and play continues. When someone gets four in a row (or four corners or whatever pattern you like), they call out "Symbol-O" and "win" (maybe a piece of candy). It's fun to play for second place, etc., since the goal is to learn the symbols, after all.

This idea can be modified for other purposes, too. Candy-O is a great way to drive home some of the important points of selling candy.

Part of the fun is to have the players make their own cards. However, if you want to print out Symbol-O cards ahead of time, we have created an automatic card generator. To generate a card, click on the "Generate" link below. When the card appears in your browser, you can print it out, and then select "Reload" or "Refresh" to create a fresh card. Each time you generate a new card, the symbol locations are chosen at random, so the chance of getting duplicate cards is small.

Generate a Symbol-O card

If you have trouble printing out a card, try clicking on the word "Symbol-O" in the card and then printing.