Are you looking for a new Halloween game for your family and friends or for your next Halloween party? Halloween charades is the perfect game for you!
Halloween Charades
Charades is a great game to play as a family or even as an activity for your kid’s class during the Halloween party! Princess charades, Picture Charades, Famous People Charades and Superhero Charades are favorites in our family, as well as our holiday themed charades like Christmas charades or Thanksgiving Charades. We are excited to have Halloween Charades to add to our family game night!
If you are looking for some other fun Halloween ideas for your next family game night or Halloween party, check out our Halloween Minute to Win It Games list, or our printable Halloween Scattergories game. Add some funny jokes like our Skeleton Puns and you’re ready for a party!
What Is Charades?
Charades are a combination of acting and guessing games. That makes it the perfect game for all ages (even adults!)
While one person acts out an assigned word or phrase, the other players try to guess what the word or phrase is.
The actor can’t talk or make any sounds but must use their acting ability to convey to the other players what the word or phrase is on their Halloween charade card.
Charades Rules
- You can work together or divide your group into teams.
- Choose one person to pick a printed Halloween charade card with a word or phrase on it.
- Only the actor can look at the card.
- Use a game timer or set a digital timer for one minute or however long you decide prior to starting.
- The actor then has one minute to act out the word or phrase while the other players try to guess it.
- When the correct guess is made within the time, you get a point for your team.
- It will then be the other team’s turn!
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How Do You Play Charades?
Charades can be as competitive and as loud and exciting as you want.
You can use our pre-printed Halloween charade cards and a simple game timer to get started. You can work together or divide into teams. Any way you do it, you will have lots of fun!
If you have a competitive group, divide everyone into teams.
Then have the person acting out the charade from each team come to the front of the room. Let them pick a card with the topic, set a timer for one minute, and let the fun and the noise begin!
Just remember, the person acting is not allowed to make noise or say words.
If your team guesses the correct answer within the time limit, they will get the point, if they do not guess correctly, the other team gets one guess to see if they get it right. If they do, they will get the point.
If you are not as competitive or playing with younger kids, skip the teams and work together to guess the word. This works well for families with different age groups or smaller children.
Tips And Tricks For Playing Charades
If you are playing with younger players, you may want to allow them to use sounds or no time limit.
Remember you want it to be fun and not stressful for them. Sometimes games can be overwhelming when they may not understand how or are not getting the right answer.
A good tip is to print these Halloween Charade cards on cardstock. You may even want to laminate them. This will help your game cards last longer.
Give away prizes
Halloween Charades is always fun when you win a prize.
When playing Halloween Charades, you can have small prizes for those that participate if you are playing at a festival or holiday school party, or you can have a huge prize for a team that wins.
I suggest buying a pack of these Spooky LED Light Up Rings or bouncy balls. Kids of all ages love holiday rings or brightly colored bouncy balls. Prizes make the game fun for the younger kids and the young at heart!
100 Halloween Charade Ideas
Print your Halloween charade cards, grab some friends, and have some Halloween fun!!
- Black cat
- Witch
- Ghost
- Moon
- Pumpkin
- Jack-O-lantern
- Mask
- Stirring a cauldron
- Witch riding a broom
- Casting a spell
- Mummy
- Spider
- Frankenstein
- Werewolf
- Zombie
- Spider web
- Mad scientist
- Candy
- Vampire
- Trick-or-treating
- Bobbing for apples
- Face painting
- Howl
- Haunted house
- Scared
- Ballerina
- Football player
- Firefighter
- Policeman
- Carving a pumpkin
- Ninja
- Princess
- Candy corn
- Spider ring
- Vampire teeth
- Fake blood
- Dracula
- Tombstone
- Walking through a graveyard
- Dancing to “Thriller”
- Skeleton
- Walking into a spider web
- Squeaky door
- Ninja Turtle
- Pirate
- Scarecrow
- One-eyed Monster
- Hunchback
- Minion
- Wonder Woman
- Superman
- Spiderman
- Captain America
- Thor
- Clown
- The color black
- The color orange
- Batman
- Princess Leia
- Darth Vader
- Chewbacca
- Yoda
- Han Solo
- Groot
- Hulk
- Wolverine
- The Flash
- Eating a caramel apple
- Jumping into a pile of leaves
- Dinosaur
- Monkey
- Cow
- Cowboy
- Midnight
- Eyeballs
- Skull
- Wand
- Harry Potter
- Hermione
- Potion
- Candles
- Pumpkin seeds
- Wind
- Coffin
- Scythe
- Cornstalks
- Shadow
- October
- Pitchfork
- Scream
- Boo
- Doorbell
- Chocolate
- Glow in the dark
- Night
- Wart
- Party
- Headless Horseman
- Lollipop
- Laboratory
Love Charades? Try these other great charade games!
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- Bible Charades
- Disney Charades
- Animal Charades
- Fall Charades
- Halloween Charades
- Thanksgiving Charades
- Christmas Charades
- Winter Charades
- Valentine’s Day Charades
- Easter Charades
- Space Charades
- Camping Charades
- Reverse Charades
- Verb Charades
- Adjective Charades
- Famous People Charades
- Picture Charades
- Zoo Charades
- Princess Charades
- 4th of July Charades
- Olympic Charades
- Emotion Charades
- Summer Charades
- Song Charades
- Superhero Charades
- Emoji Charades
- Marriage Charades for Couples
- Christmas Song Charades
- Birthday Charades
- Book of Mormon Charades
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My kids love charades so much! This may become a new Halloween tradition/party game for our family!