200+ Charades Ideas for Kids: Movies, Books, and More
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Over 200 family-friendly charades ideas!
Charades for Kids and Families
Charades is an all-inclusive game that is suitable for all ages, including children.
The rules are simple: One person must choose a topic and act it out without speaking! The other players must guess what the topic is before the time runs out. Each round can last from 30 seconds to one minute, though if you're playing with younger children, it might be easier to not use a timer at all.
One of the biggest challenges of playing charades is thinking of topics to act out. Your topic could be a book, movie, song, celebrity, fictional character, TV show, fairy tale, object, action, or whatever else tickles your fancy! Keep in mind that the thing you choose cannot be too obscure; otherwise, no one will know the answer.
Below is a list of some suggestions of topics for playing charades, specially thought up for kids. Have fun, and remember, no talking!
Like Shrek or Ice Age!
Kids' Movies for Charades
Toy Story | Howl's Moving Castle | Despicable Me |
Pirates of the Caribbean | Inside Out | Frozen |
A Bug's Life | Ratatoullie | Encanto |
Spy Kids | Bend It Like Beckham | Mrs. Doubtfire |
Bambi | Alice in Wonderland | The Parent Trap |
The Polar Express | The Incredibles | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead |
Mouse Hunt | High School Musical | Up |
Spiderman | Chicken Run | Beauty and the Beast |
Robots | Meet the Robinsons | The Pink Panther |
Dumbo | Brave | Peter Pan |
Mr. Popper's Penguins | The Nightmare Before Christmas | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
Mama Mia! | The Little Mermaid | Home Alone |
Shrek | Monsters, Inc. | Wall-E |
Aladdin | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Tarzan |
The Croods | Trolls | Kung Fu Panda |
Ghostbusters | Hairspray | The Wizard of Oz |
The Mummy | Finding Nemo | The Simpsons Movie |
Treasure Planet | Sing | Boss Baby |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Chicken Little | Megamind |
Spirit | Lady and the Tramp | How to Train Your Dragon |
Happy Feet | Jumanji | Zootopia |
Big Hero 6 | Spirited Away | Coco |
Cars | Bee Movie | Lilo and Stitch |
The Fox and the Hound | Freaky Friday | Luca |
The Princess and the Frog | Ice Age | Coraline |
Like Charlotte's Web or Curious George!
Book Ideas for Charades for Kids
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | Where the Wild Things Are | Specky Magee |
Where's Wally | Charlotte's Web | The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Ella Enchanted | The Lorax | The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe |
Pippi Longstocking | Horton Hears a Who | Holes |
Green Eggs and Ham | The Secret Garden | Madeline |
The Princess Diaries | Matilda | Curious George |
The Giving Tree | No, David! | Goodnight Moon |
Corduroy | The Little Engine That Could | Harry Potter |
Where the Sidewalk Ends | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Harold and the Purple Crayon |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Amelia Bedelia | The Boxcar Children |
Little House on the Prarie | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | A Wrinkle in Time |
The Lightning Thief | The Little Prince | Inkheart |
The Cat in the Hat | Winnie the Pooh | The Hobbit |
Like Rapunzel and The Gingerbread Man!
Fairy Tale Charades Ideas
Sleeping Beauty | Hansel and Gretel | The Gingerbread Man |
Rapunzel | Little Red Riding Hood | Snow White |
Thumbelina | Beauty and the Beast | Jack and the Beanstalk |
Tom Thumb | Cinderella | The Pied Piper |
The Little Mermaid | The Frog Prince | The Three Little Pigs |
Puss in Boots | Rumpelstiltskin | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
Like Paw Patrol, Arthur, and Hannah Montana!
TV Show Charades Ideas for Kids
Rugrats | Spongebob Squarepants | Paw Patrol |
The Wizards of Waverly Place | Scooby Doo | Thomas the Tank Engine |
The Wiggles | Yo Gabba Gabba | Dora the Explorer |
Go, Diego, Go! | Noddy | Bob the Builder |
Glee | Playschool | Cyberchase |
Hannah Montana | Sesame Street | Arthur |
Hi-5 | The Simpsons | Malcolm in the Middle |
Wild Kratts | The Muppet Show | Suite Life of Zack and Cody |
Lassie | Huge | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood |
Peppa Pig | My Little Pony | Fairly Odd Parents |
Phineas and Ferb | Adventure Time | Dinosaur Train |
Garfield and Friends | PJ Masks | Doc McStuffins |
Johnny Bravo | Postman Pat | The Flintstones |
Kim Possible | Animaniacs | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
CatDog | iCarly | The Magic School Bus |
Like a cat, dog, or alligator!
Animal Charades Ideas for Kids
Giraffe | Lion | Cat |
Elephant | Cow | Rhinoceros |
Gorilla | Horse | Rabbit |
Monkey | Dog | Fish |
Alligator | Snake | Lizard |
Panda | Wolf | Koala |
Hippopotamus | Mouse | Cheetah |
Peacock | Ostrich | Penguin |
Fox | Fish | Raccoon |
Platypus | Whale | Shark |
Beaver | Chipmunk | Naked mole rat |
Crab | Skunk | Zebra |
Like painting, cleaning, or grocery shopping!
Action Charades Ideas for Kids
Driving a car | Walking a dog | Eating ice cream |
Studying | Drinking water | Reading |
Taking a shower | Skydiving | Painting |
Lifting weights | Giving a speech | Jump roping |
Sleeping | Gardening | Flying a plane |
Packing a suitcase | Eating too much | Cleaning |
Underwater | Grocery shopping | Making a bed |
Ordering food | Tying your shoes | Texting |
Blowing your nose | Tanning | Rock climbing |
Changing a diaper | Taking out the trash | Mailing a letter |
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Comments
13_Raccoon on April 09, 2020:
i feel that movies would be hard for children and there is not much you can do for it
studed on November 18, 2019:
monkey with a banana
Jack on February 18, 2019:
Epic website
Scarlet on January 01, 2019:
Good ( ok)
Amy on December 25, 2018:
Love them my family and I loved them
Someone on December 23, 2018:
Good
Holly on December 21, 2018:
Amazing it gave me so many ideas you guys are so hard to please
Bob on September 26, 2018:
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Cy on June 12, 2018:
It’s not the best
someone on June 09, 2018:
it's okayish
Cool on May 03, 2018:
Cool
Somone on April 08, 2018:
Did not work :(
Pala niaannahe on March 18, 2018:
Weirdest thing ever. It's ok
Eva on February 17, 2018:
Love it! Thanks!
Altia on February 04, 2018:
Very good
Annabel on December 25, 2017:
I'm was terribly rubbish at charades now I'm fab
Thanks
lauren on December 25, 2017:
very helpful for Christmas
Lee on December 14, 2017:
Glee is not for kids
stella on February 26, 2017:
good website
sawg on February 10, 2017:
more ideas
Both on January 11, 2017:
Love you marissa love kevin
emmie on September 08, 2016:
This website is amazing i love it ;)
Katei on September 08, 2016:
Lol nice pickyy
FESDRFh on June 15, 2016:
wow i love this!!!!
andrew on May 05, 2016:
these ideas are not very good charade ideas i dont like them
Lydia on April 16, 2016:
Thanks for the ideas I couldn't find the link to your other ideas
unknown on February 05, 2016:
this really helped when i was playing
Chloe on January 10, 2016:
This site helped
ukown person on April 15, 2015:
Not the right stuff looking for other charad ideaS
Unknown on November 18, 2014:
I play charades with my family like every night, and I always need better ideas. This site helped so much! thanks!
Shaylyn on August 07, 2014:
This is great for my daycare the are always intertwined
Ellie on February 21, 2014:
That was really good help thanks xxx
Cris on February 21, 2014:
Awesome
lisa on March 23, 2013:
Thanks a lot! this helped me real good.
Carly on January 04, 2013:
Those are really good ideas
anonymous on November 04, 2012:
amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing it really help me entertain my kids thanks a lot
unknow on July 27, 2012:
cool
Kristy Callan (author) from Australia on July 20, 2012:
Added another category just for you. :) There's also links to more pages of ideas in the article.
unknown on July 20, 2012:
these were okay you need to have waaaayyyyy more!!!
alex on June 06, 2012:
These are amazing, thank you :)
ella on April 08, 2012:
thx so much your ze best of ze west
Katelyn on February 23, 2012:
I love these ideas for kids
Kristy Callan (author) from Australia on January 29, 2012:
Thanks for your comment, Theo! Glad you enjoyed them. If you want more ideas, I linked to other lists in the articles.
Try going to https://hobbylark.com/party-games/Charades-Ideas... . There are more kid charades ideas included there.
have fun!
Theo on January 29, 2012:
Great ideas! Fun for the whole family! We want more!