Charades Generator
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Running out of charades ideas? Instantly generate fun prompts for kids, teens, or adults. Just pick a category and get playing!
Charades Category Ideas
While you’re generating individual charades prompts, here are a few category ideas to give you some direction. You can tailor categories to your own interests or have a healthy mix of just about everything—your choice!
Animals: This category includes all members of the animal kingdom, from cows to crocodiles and everything in between. Animals tend to be a little easier for young charades players to guess and act out, making this a perfect category for games with kids (as well as any animal lovers, of course). Example charades prompts include:
- Mouse
- Cat
- Bee
- Snake
- Elephant
- Kangaroo
- Bull
- Crocodile
- Fish
Sports: Even if you’re not a sports mega-fan, sports-themed prompts are usually pretty easy to act out in charades—so they’re perfect for players of all ages. And, if course, you can get creative with the sports (or athletic activities) chosen if you don’t want to go for the obvious choices! For example:
- Diving (into a pool from a diving board)
- Jogging
- Playing basketball
- Skiing
- Playing tennis
- Playing frisbee
- Golfing
- Skateboarding
- Jumping rope
Hobbies: Hobbies are an obvious choice for charades categories—there are so many to choose from, some that are easier to act out than others. For example:
- Cross-stitching
- Doing yoga
- Ballet dancing
- Playing corn hole
- Bowling
- Shooting a bow and arrow
- Painting
- Doing photography
Everyday activities and actions: You can also find plenty of charades inspiration in things many people do every day, in some cases as part of their routine. Because these activities are so ordinary and universal, they make for excellent prompts. For example:
- Buttoning a shirt
- Applying makeup
- Washing hair
- Buckling a seatbelt
- Cutting food
- Washing dishes
- Fluffing pillows
- Grocery shopping
- Sneezing
- Opening presents
Jobs: You don’t have to know the inner workings of a job to be able to act it out in a game of charades (most of the time, anyway). Here are some job-themed charades prompts:
- Astronaut
- Farmer
- Lumberjack
- Hairstylist
- Computer programmer
- Bartender
- Firefighter
Movies and TV shows: Explore some movies and shows in your game of charades—the ones most of your players have probably seen (or at least heard of). You can act out iconic scenes or act out the titles word by word; either way, here are a few ideas:
- Back to the Future
- Game of Thrones
- Lord of the Rings
- Star Wars
- Jurassic Park
- Jaws
- Lost
- Grey’s Anatomy
Fictional characters: You can also add a charades category for iconic characters in books, movies, shows, and beyond! Take a look at a few options:
- Spider-Man
- Katniss Everdeen
- Frankenstein’s Monster
- Superman
- Homer Simpson
- Ellen Ripley
Musical instruments: Why not pantomime playing an epic solo on a musical instrument during charades? Here are a few instrument prompts to get you started:
- Guitar
- Drums
- Saxophone
- Violin
- Cello
- Trumpet
- Piano
Food: Food-themed prompts can be fun in charades—you can act out making the food or eating it to give other players their clues! And food-themed charades prompts are usually kid-friendly, so you can use them in games for all ages. Here are a few examples:
- Ice cream
- Bubblegum
- Corn on the cob
- Pizza
- Spaghetti
- Bananas
- Tacos
