Family Charades Fun Game

Turn an old game into something new and exciting for the kids. Grab the paper and the pens and get creative. Have a family fun night.

Number of players:

Not limited.

What you need:

A coin for flipping

Some slips of paper

A pencil or pen

A watch or stopwatch

Activity:

Divide everyone into two teams.

When younger children are playing, it can help to pair an adult with the littlest members.

Pick one team to go first by flipping a coin (to make it fair).

The team who is not picked first then comes up with a secret word or name for the other team to guess.

Favourite characters, movies or songs are best for younger players (and they have more fun acting them out, e.g. Mickey Mouse or Sophia the First).

The secret word is then written on a slip of paper. The piece of paper is then shown to one member of the other team. This member is the 'actor'. The rest of the team are the 'guessers' - but cannot be shown the secret word or name.

Start the stopwatch, and wait for the rowdiness to begin!

The actor will act out (almost miming) what is written on the piece of paper. They cannot say a word while doing so.They can act out, mimic, dance, even point - but they cannot speak or spell out with their hands the phrase. The group of guessers can yell out their answers.

Your younger kids will have particular fun doing so! They will quickly learn to listen to all the guesses, and modify their answers from them.

The actor can nod yes or no if they get one of the words right. Let them keep going until someone guesses it, or for about a minute.

Once the whole phrase is guessed, that round is won. Or if the stopwatch ran out - the team lost that round. The teams switch, so the other team has a chance to act or guess, and the team that went first gets to pick the secret word or phrase.

Whoever guesses the correct answer is the next actor when it's their teams turn. Make sure you keep a tally of which team guesses the most correct answers, and announce the winners at the end.

Photo Credit: Google images

Source: Kidspot Australia