As you have probably found out, printing out hundreds of picture cards can be a nightmare, especially if your school or board of education puts a strict limit on how much ink you can use. One option is to print at home where you can take advantage of cheap ink replacement cartridges.

One other idea is to print out smaller versions of the picture cards. Naron from the forum has very kindly edited up 5 sets of A5 cards with each page having two pictures. They’re great for games where the minicards would be too small, and they only use half the ink!

Here are the cards saved as “pdf” format:

A5 Parts of the Face ( 300 KB)
A5 Animals 1 & 2 ( 1.2 MB)
A5 Under the Sea ( 500 KB)
A5 Food ( 930 KB)
A5 Vegetables ( 500 KB)

If you like them, let us know and we might be able to do some more. And if you really hate printing A4 cards yourself, ask your school to buy the Printed Pack, if they do the maths it often works out cheaper than printing individual cards, and if they give us a ring ( 0898-48-0256 in Japanese), we can help with the paperwork!