200+ Charades Ideas for Kids: Movies, Books, and More

Kristy Callan enjoys coming up with fun listicles on topics ranging from charades to party games to username 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!

Kids' Movies for Charades

Book Ideas for Charades for Kids

Fairy Tale Charades Ideas

TV Show Charades Ideas for Kids

Animal Charades Ideas for Kids

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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:

Good websire

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!