Farm Lotto: 4 Boards and 36 Picture Cards to Match

Colorful lotto board “On the Meadow” with cow, pig, sheep, horse, goat, donkey, dog, cat and llama to print

Who has the tractor? In Farm Lotto, each child fills up their board one picture card at a time. This matching game works from age 3 – solo, with a grown-up, or with up to four kids.

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What's in the PDF

The color PDF has 8 pages: instructions, 4 lotto boards with 9 big squares each, and three pages with 36 cut-out picture cards. The boards are “In the Pasture,” “Baby Animals,” “Around the Farm,” and “Feathers & Little Critters.” A small numbered dot on each card shows which board it belongs to. The coloring PDF has the boards and cards in black and white.

At a Glance

Players
1–4 players
Age
ages 3+
Pages
8 × A4 + 8 × A4
Time
about 10–15 minutes

📄 What’s on the Pages

Page 1: How to play
Setup, how a round works, how to win, a solo game for little ones, and learning ideas.
Pages 2–5: Lotto boards 1–4
In the Pasture, Baby Animals, Around the Farm, and Feathers & Little Critters, 9 squares each.
Pages 6–8: Picture cards
36 cut-out cards, 12 per page, each with its board number in a small dot.

How to play

1
Print all pages at actual size and glue the 4 boards onto cardboard if you can.
2
Cut out the 36 picture cards along the dashed lines.
3
Each child gets one board, and all cards go face down in the middle.
4
Take turns flipping a card – if it's on your board, say what it is and place it on the matching square.
5
If the card doesn't belong to anyone, slide it back under the pile.

Rules and variations

1
When you place a card, say what it is out loud: “That's the tractor!”
2
The first player to fill all 9 squares shouts “Quitting time on the farm!” and wins.
3
Or keep playing until every board is full.
4
For the littlest ones: play solo with one board, lay its 9 cards face up next to it, and match them – making animal sounds along the way.

💡 Tips

  • The numbered dots make cleanup easy – just sort the cards by board 1 to 4.
  • For two-year-olds, start with one board and the cards face up instead of face down.
  • Laminated boards and cards survive sticky fingers.
  • On the coloring version, kids can outline each board and its cards in their own color.

What kids learn

Kids learn 36 farm words, from calf and gosling to farm stand and cornfield. Matching pictures trains careful looking, and naming each card builds vocabulary. The learning ideas in the instructions add counting (“How many animals have feathers?”) and color hunting to the game.

🔄 Variations & Ideas

Name the babies
Take board 2 and ask: what is a baby cow, pig or horse called?
Feather count
How many animals with feathers can you find on all the boards? Count them together.
Color hunt
What's yellow? What's red? Kids search the cards by color.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What's on the four boards?
In the Pasture: big farm animals like cow, horse, and llama. Baby Animals: calf, piglet, lamb, and friends. Around the Farm: tractor, hay bale, farm stand, and more. Feathers & Little Critters: hen, goose, hedgehog, frog, and others.

How does one child play alone?
Take one board, lay its 9 matching cards face up next to it, and place them one by one on the right square – animal sounds make it twice as fun.

What are the numbered dots on the cards for?
The number shows which board a card belongs to – on the color version the dot also matches the board's frame color. That makes sorting the cards after the game quick and easy.

Is the download free?
Yes, all templates on PureSketchy are 100% free for personal, preschool and classroom use – no sign-up needed.

Is there a German version?
Yes! You can find the German version here: Bauernhof-Lotto.