Playing a game of Charades isn’t too complex, but coming up with enough Charades ideas can be. There’s only so many movies, books, and activities one mind can come up with – and you probably don’t have long to write them all down. If you’re looking for Charades game ideas, we’ve put together a long list of words that’ll save you a heap of time.
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Here’s a list of great Charades ideas:
- Action Charades ideas
- Book Charades ideas
- Television Charades ideas
- Movies Charades ideas
- Songs Charades ideas
- Christmas Charades ideas
Action Charades ideas
Easy action Charades ideas:
- Cycling
- Mowing the lawn
- Basketball
- Falling asleep
- Praying
- Singing karaoke
- Archery
- Shopping
- Washing the car
- Making a sandwich
- Taking a shower
- Brushing your teeth
- Using a jump rope
- Doing karate
- Climbing a ladder
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Putting on makeup
- Rowing a boat
- Petting a cat
Difficult action Charades ideas:
- Drinking out-of-date milk
- Doing the laundry
- Eating spaghetti
- Taking the dog for a walk
- Taking an exam
- Playing Hide and Seek
- Making a cup of coffee
- Riding a roller coaster
- Watching a scary movie
- Climbing a mountain
- Catching a cold
- Buying shoes that are too small
- Cutting down a tree
- Forgetting your keys
- Ordering a pizza
- Playing a board game
- Eating spicy food
- Winning a race
- Solving a Rubik’s Cube
- Going camping
Book Charades ideas
Easy book Charades ideas:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Rapunzel
- The Secret Garden
- Dungeons and Dragons
- The Witches
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Little Women
- The Cat in the Hat
- Of Mice and Men
- Frankenstein
- Dracula
- The Lord of the Rings
- Holes
- War and Peace
- The Bell Jar
- The Shining
- The Turn of the Screw
- Goodnight Moon
- The Tiger Who Came To Tea
- The War of the Worlds
Challenging book Charades ideas:
- The Wind in the Willows
- Charlotte’s Web
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- The Wizard of Oz
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Macbeth
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Dune
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Through the Looking Glass
- The Gruffalo
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Pride and Prejudice
- A Tale of Two Cities
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Beloved
- The Catcher in the Rye
Television Charades ideas
Easy television Charades ideas:
- Friends
- Rugrats
- Peppa Pig
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Ben 10
- Sherlock
- Breaking Bad
- Game of Thrones
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Lost
- Doctor Who
- The X Files
- Star Trek
- The Walking Dead
- House
- Batman
- Firefly
- Archer
- The Office
- Mad Men
Difficult television Charades ideas:
- Cheers
- Succession
- Better Call Saul
- Battlestar Galactica
- The Simpsons
- The Last of Us
- Stranger Things
- Boardwalk Empire
- Band of Brothers
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Twin Peaks
- South Park
- The Queen’s Gambit
- The Sopranos
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Grey’s Anatomy
- The Good Place
- Survivor
- Saturday Night Live
Movies Charades ideas
Easy movies Charades ideas:
- Frozen
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Dark Knight
- Fight Club
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Babe
- Alien
- Toy Story
- Scarface
- Jurassic Park
- Gone with the Wind
- Kung Fu Panda
- Jaws
- Chicken Run
- Star Wars
- Psycho
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Up
- Taxi Driver
- Ghostbusters
Challenging movies Charades ideas:
- Pulp Fiction
- Reservoir Dogs
- Full Metal Jacket
- The Thing
- Finding Nemo
- Despicable Me
- Spider Man: Into the Spiderverse
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Back to the Future
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Exorcist
- Donnie Darko
- The Terminator
- Get Out
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Gladiator
- Trainspotting
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Apocalypse Now
- Avengers: Endgame
Songs Charades ideas
Easy songs Charades ideas:
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- London Bridge is Falling Down
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Running Up That Hill
- Rocket Man
- The Final Countdown
- Creep
- Bad Guy
- Jump
- Dancing Queen
- Lean on Me
- Ring of Fire
- Poison
- Umbrella
- Baby Shark
- Free Bird
- Bad Romance
- Over the Rainbow
- Flowers
Difficult song Charades ideas:
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Rolling in the Deep
- Stairway to Heaven
- Heart of Glass
- Vogue
- The Sound of Silence
- Wish You Were Here
- Single Ladies
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Ace of Spades
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Cruel Summer
- Circle of Life
- Uptown Funk
- Old Town Road
- Smoke on the Water
- Born to be Wild
- Dancing in the Dark
- Smooth Criminal
Christmas Charades ideas
Easy Christmas Charades ideas:
- Building a snowman
- Wrapping a present
- Elf
- Eating Christmas dinner
- A Christmas Carol
- Kissing under mistletoe
- Silent Night
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Santa Baby
- Decorating the Christmas tree
Challenging Christmas Charades ideas:
- Miracle on 34th Street
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Christmas Eve
- Advent calendar
- Love Actually
- The Grinch
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Away in a Manger
- Fairytale of New York
- Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
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