50+ Easy Picture Charades Ideas [Perfect for Non-Readers]

Last Updated on May 9, 2023 by Michele Tripple

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Picture charades is an all-inclusive game that even your youngest kids can enjoy playing because there is no reading required!  During their turn, they choose a card, look at the picture and start acting! You will want to grab these game cards for instant fun for everyone. 

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Picture Charades

Charades is one of those games that everyone loves playing together! Whether it is verb charades or reverse charades, everyone always has a good time! But when you have kids that can’t read quite yet, they usually need a little bit of help figuring out what the word is. That is until now! That’s right, with these fun picture charade cards younger kids can now do it completely on their own because all the clues are fun pictures!

So if you are looking for easy charade ideas for kids, then you are in the perfect place because we have a whole collection of printable charades just for you! 

Playing charades is so fun. It is simple and gets kids and adults giggling and laughing! They are the perfect activity to do as an icebreaker or party or for family game night. 

We created these picture charade cards with younger kids in mind. Not only are these words easy to act out and easy to guess, but rather than the words on the cards they will look at a picture to get their clue. Kids of all ages are going to love this game! 

When it comes to charades sometimes the hardest thing is coming up with the charades word list, but have no fear we took care of it for you! All you need to do is download, print, and play! 

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Why I Love Charade Games! 

I love that charade games have a way of bringing the whole family together and that there are pretty much charades ideas for every occasion like fall charades and Christmas charades!

Family charades is always a family favorite! Recently, my teenagers have been challenging us in Charades for Teens parents vs. teenagers. I love that time we get to spend time with our kids even if they beat us every single time and make fun of our activating ability! 

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How To Play Picture Charades

Picture charades is really easy to play. Prior to playing you will want to divide up into at least two teams. Once the teams have been chosen, you will choose which team will go first. They then pick an actor to go first. 

The actor will go and select the top card off the deck and they have a predetermined amount of time to act it out. If their team guesses it within that time, the team gets a point. It is now the other team’s turn. 

Remember you can not move your lips or make any noise as you are acting it out. 

The one thing you can do is tell everyone how many words the phrase is by holding up that many fingers. 

What Do I Need? 

  • Have a timer or hourglass to make keeping time easier. 
  • Our deck of picture charade cards! You can download those below!
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Picture Charades Idea List

Helpful Tools We Love When Downloading Printables

  • Printer– I love my HP+ printer that uses Instant Ink. I love it because we can use as much color ink as you want for one low cost starting at $.99/ month for ink. Try it out for free here!
  • Cardstock- I always recommend printing on cardstock. This makes it way more durable so you don’t have to worry about printing it time and time again.
  • Laminator / Laminating Sheets- Again, for added durability, grab a laminator and laminating sheets so that you can use this again and again!
  • Scissors (I seriously love these ones)
  • Dry Erase Pens- Use dry erase pens so that you can wipe your laminated printable clean over and over again for endless use!
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  • Chicken
  • Monkey
  • Bee
  • Frog
  • Dog
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  • Turtle
  • Lion
  • Cat
  • Snake
  • Bird
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  • Spider
  • Cow
  • Pig
  • Duck
  • Horse
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  • Kangaroo
  • Swimming
  • Jumping
  • Brushing teeth
  • Taking a bath
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  • Cleaning the house
  • Robot
  • Ice cream
  • X-ray
  • Eye
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  • Ear
  • Rocket
  • Rainbow
  • Sun
  • Tree
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  • Doctor
  • Police
  • Teacher
  • Astronaut
  • Fireman
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  • Driver
  • Money
  • House
  • Sad
  • Car
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  • Helicopter
  • Bike
  • Balloons
  • Console
  • Basketball
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  • Tennis ball
  • Soccer ball
  • Giraffe
  • Cookies
  • Pizza
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  • phone
  • Pancakes
  • Christmas tree
  • Present
  • Flowers
  • Raining
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Love Charades? Try these other great charade games!

 
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