CHARADES


If you've never played Charades before, you've missed out on loads of fun. Fortunately, it is never to late to learn to play. It's a great fun game and easy to learn! If you are familiar with this awesome game, then we have loads of fun stuff for you along this page!

This hilariously funny team game that originated in France in the 16th Century is still an undoubted party favorite today! The perfect party word guessing game for 6 or more players of all ages.

There are a vast number of topics for this game and it's our happy task to provide you with charades ideas for as many of them as we can produce.

Adult charades is a sure way to fire up any fun night or dinner party with friends. Kids charades is a great game for birthday parties and any other time when you have to keep the kids busy. Charades is the ideal all-round party game. Also great to use as a fun teaching method!

On the following pages you will find Adult, Christmas, Kids, Silent, even Baby Shower Charades and more. Welcome to Charade World where you'll find a "host" of fun charades games for every occasion!



'You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.'

~ Plato




WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY CHARADES

  • A timer.
  • A score sheet and pencil.
  • Charade cards.
  • Snacks & drinks and you are ready to GO!

The goal is to act out a word or phrase or to pantomime similar sounding words to your team members within a specific time frame. Your team must guess the word or phrase correctly by means of the signals or clues that you provide, before time runs out!

The RULES OF CHARADES are informal and can be adapted to group preferences a few basic rules apply and are generally agreed upon.

If your guests are familiar with the game, GREAT! If not, it is a kind gesture to provide them with one of these printable sheets with the most commonly used CHARADE CLUES, SIGNALS or GESTURES.


CHARADES IDEAS

The following charades ideas will help you to plan fun games for any event.

  1. ADULT CHARADES - Liven up dinner parties or simply have a fun games night with friends that will be hard to forget. Free printable charade cards.
  2. KIDS CHARADES - The perfect fun game for kids parties, kids camps and keeping kids entertained at basically... any event. Free printable charade cards.
  3. SILENT CHARADES - The quick charades game, ideal for parties and groups. A game with an interesting twist to keep things FUN. Free printable charade cards.
  4. WATER CHARADES - A fun charades game played in water! Ideal for pool parties, large groups or just a few people. This game is seriously challenging, yet so much fun and will definitely have a few very tired! Free printable charade cards.
  5. CREATE CHARADES CARDS - Print the blanks and write your own words and/or use words and phrases from our Charades Ideas List.
  6. FREE PRINTABLE CHARADES CARDS - Print any of our charades cards for free from this complete list of charades topics.
  7. FISHBOWL aka SALAD BOWL - If you love playing charades you will enjoy this version so much. It basically combines the games: Charades, Taboo and Password + Bonus Rounds! All you need is strips of paper, a bowl and lots of friends.




CHARADES GAME NIGHT - A FUN MEAL


Spice up your Charade Night with a GREAT FAJITA RECIPE! There are literally hundreds, but this is my favorite!

Why? It's great in taste, allows me to work out exactly what I need to buy for the amount of guests PLUS guests create their own fajita's - more time to play fun games!
Don't forget the salsa, sour cream, freshly chopped lettuce and guacamole!



FUN CHARADES GAMES

Games to play while camping: Tent Charades, family and adult version

This fun family and adult version of charades is perfect for camping or a picnic during the holiday! Help yourself to an easy to download and print game by clicking on the image to the left now!  Oh and don't forget to check out all the other amazing printable games!








A 4in1 charades game featuring easy and challenging charades, and charades for different tastes and interests, the Family Charades In-A-Box Compendium is perfect for your next family game night. 200 cards, timer and score sheets! Gather around the family living room, slide the coffee table out of the way, and act your heart out! You'll be laughing, cheering, and groaning as teams battle their way to the charades hall of fame.



Reverse Charades is a hilarious twist on the classic game of charades. Instead of one person acting out a clue for a team to guess, in Reverse Charades, a team acts out clues for one person to guess. The goal is to guess as many words as possible in 60 seconds. It’s a fast-paced, fiercely fun team game that’s an absolute blast and will have everyone laughing. 756 Clue cards will keep parties going and provide endless fun for families.



FUN GAMES LIKE CHARADES


There are literally hundreds, these are recommended fun games that are based on this popular game, each with their own very unique twist.

  • GUESSTURES - High speed charade at its best. Get ready for hilarious family games nights. Ages: 8 yrs and UP.
  • CRANIUM - Cranium games are the most popular and best known charade games around, there are over 200 each with their own unique fun thermometer for every age.
  • TIME'S UP - Charade with optional 4th round rules, a cool electronic timer, rules for odd number of players.
  • HOOPLA - Charade with an extra 10-sided die and 3 wild tokens. A cross between party and card game. Ages: 13 and UP.
  • SNAPPLE - Fast-paced and refreshingly fun charades. Think of it as a bottomless bottle of snapple filled with facts instead of flavor.
  • ELECTRONIC CHARADES - Cranium's POP 5 and Cranium Turbo Edition as well as Electronic Guesstures are highly recommended.
  • FUN GAMES LIKE CHARADES - Amazon carries a huge number of charade games, check out all our top rated ones here.

Charades Ideas


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What Other Visitors Have Said

Click below to see other Charade ideas, questions, and answers.

Dads 70th Birthday write your own charades 
I would like for the guests to my dads surprise party to each write a memory or funny thing that he does on a sheet of paper and put them all in a bowl. …

Paris Theme - Charades Word List 
Charades words you would use for a Paris Theme please. Eiffel Tower? Chanel? Something tweens would like. From Fun Stuff: They may enjoy the …

Action Words For Charades 
I am needing new words and phrases for charades mostly words containing the topics of actions: From Fun Stuff To Do~ Here are some Difficult and …

Flying A Plane - Fast Cardless Charades 
Hi, A while ago I heard of a game where you act out one thing, but you answer, no, I'm flying a plane. The next person has to act out the plane flying …

Baby Shower Charades Words 
The most comprehensive list of baby shower charades words and free printable cards to entertain party guests and the new mom-to-be. You can download …

Titanic Theme Charades 
I am having a titanic themed evening. Want to play charades and looking for ideas! Can anyone help please? This is what our readers came up with: …

Adult Charades Clues 
I would like some ideas for charade clues for adults. Please help with some original ideas.

Christmas Charades Words 
Here's my list of Christmas charades card topics and ideas and it must to start with: Jesus and then Santa Clause, the rest is in alphabetical order: …

French Charades - Way Freaking Cool French Sayings 
Seeing that charades originated in France we've added a few of these French phrases that are commonly used in English to our charades night - it was freaking …

Idioms Make Super Funny Fun Charades Phrases 
Some are super funny charades words and phrases, we had an awesome time with these! These are great for adult charades! Don't waste your time praise …

Charades Words - Sayings from the Sailors  
We used these nautical phrases for our charades night - it was so much fun and everyone ended up looking what they really mean and where they originated …

animals 
Ideas for charade topics and words for: Animals Here are some of the easier ideas for charades animals: Turtle Elephant Giraffe Horse …

French Charades - Way Freakin Cool  
I thought Tash's post of French Charades was so cool, we tried it and it caused hysteria - the laughing type, so we've found some more funny French sayings …

Fun Charades Words 
payroll birthday cake playstation4 x-box Loony tunes rabbit's tail itunes laugh out loud laugh factory stage fright moon …

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Walking Running Kickboxing Mountain Biking Hiking Road Cycling Swimming Water Aerobics Dancing Zumba Weight Lifting Jumping Jacks Drink Water …

Difficult and Funny Charades Words and Phrases Not rated yet
Here's a list of charades words and phrases that I like to throw in to make things a bit more difficult and funny: Will Smith defect standing ovation …

Super Easy Charades Words For Little Kids Not rated yet
Read Draw Walk Jump Eat Sleep Run Pinch Laugh Bath Comb Hair Brush Teeth Build Blocks Playdough Paint Drink …

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anyone anonymous Power puff girl Tequila Sheila Lord of the Rings they say (starting a sentence) the fat lady (it's not over till the …

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