Movie-themed Charades

Instructions for Kids' Movie Charades:

1. Gather the Participants:

- Assemble the kids who will be playing charades.

- Ensure that there is enough space for them to act out their charades.

2. Explain the Rules:

- Explain that charades is a game where participants act out movie titles without speaking.

- Instruct the kids that they need to use gestures, facial expressions, and body movements to convey the movie title to their teammates.

- Emphasize that they should not use any words, sounds, or props during their performance.

3. Create Teams:

- Divide the kids into teams of equal size.

- If the number of participants is small, they can take turns acting out the movie titles individually.

4. Prepare the Movie Titles:

- Write down a list of movie titles on small pieces of paper or index cards.

- Fold or mix the cards and place them in a container or bowl.

Or print the below and cut them up

Movie Cherades .pdf

Download PDF • 59KB

5. Start the Game:

- The first player from Team A selects a movie title from the container without revealing it to others.

- They begin acting out the movie title while their teammates try to guess it.

6. Guessing the Movie Title:

- Teammates of the player acting out the charade observe the performance and try to guess the movie title.

- They can discuss and suggest their guesses silently.

- Once they have reached a consensus, one player from the team shouts out the guess.

7. Correct Guess:

- If the guess is correct, Team A earns a point, and it becomes Team B's turn to act out a movie title.

8. Incorrect Guess:

- If the guess is incorrect, Team B gets a chance to steal the point by making a correct guess based on the same charade.

9. Rotate Turns:

- Rotate turns between the teams, allowing each player to act out a movie title.

10. Keep Score:

- Keep track of the points earned by each team on a scorecard or whiteboard.

11. Play Multiple Rounds:

- Continue playing multiple rounds until all movie titles have been used, or until a certain number of rounds or time limit is reached.

12. Declare a Winner:

- At the end of the game, tally the points earned by each team.

- The team with the highest score is declared the winner.

Movie Suggestions for Kids' Charades: (same as what is on the PDF printable above)

1. Frozen

2. Toy Story

3. The Incredibles

4. Moana

5. The Lion King

6. Finding Nemo

7. Beauty and the Beast

8. Aladdin

9. Cinderella

10. The Little Mermaid

11. Tangled

12. Shrek

13. Cars

14. Zootopia

15. Mulan

16. The Jungle Book

17. Peter Pan

18. The Princess and the Frog

19. Ratatouille

20. Wall-E

21. Despicable Me

22. Up

23. Brave

24. Inside Out

25. Coco

26. Harry Potter series

27. The Wizard of Oz

28. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

29. Home Alone

30. The Secret Life of Pets

31. The Lego Movie

32. The Karate Kid

33. The Avengers

34. Spider-Man

35. Wonder Woman

36. The Princess Bride

37. Jumanji

38. The Mask

39. Matilda

40. The Goonies

41. Back to the Future

42. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

43. Jurassic Park