Make your own charades

Create your own set of charades. Quick to make and ideal for playing with younger children.

How to try it:

• Each player makes three charade cards, with both a word and a picture. Your children can make their own if they’d like (or not).

• Keep the ideas child-friendly – objects, animals, or characters they’ll recognise.

• Put all the cards in a bowl or hat.

• Option 1: Split into teams and take turns acting out as many cards as possible in one minute.

• Option 2: Take turns acting out one card at a time. The first person to shout the correct answer keeps the card as a point.

• Once all the cards are used, either put them back in for another round or count the points to declare a winner.

Once you’ve got the basics down, try “crazy charades” by mixing things up. For example, a weasel walking on water or a beaver biting a bear’s bottom.