Printable Halloween Charades For Kids

Make some silly, movement memories with these printable Halloween Charades for kids. These 27 printable picture cards make it easy for all to participate in a Halloween family game night or classroom games.

When my oldest completely fell in love with a charades game I made before we went camping, I knew I had to make them for the next holiday.

With picture cards and words to make it easy for readers and non-readers alike to participate, these Printable Halloween Charades For Kids are a goofy way to have some big Halloween fun.

It might take a bit of explaining on how the game really works, especially if some participants have never played before, but I just adore seeing the little brains turning on how to demonstrate something without words.

The joy on their faces, the serious concentration, and the excitement at someone getting their actions right is what Halloween memories are made of.

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Skills Learned During Halloween Charades For Kids

While you might look at charades as just a movement and guessing game, there are so many skills going on. This is especially true in little bodies as they work to connect their thoughts and body actions so completely.

A few of the skills being practiced in these printable Halloween Charades For Kids cards include:

Body control
Body awareness
Reading skills
Picture power (an early reading skill)
Turn taking
Listening
Imaginative thinking
Prior learning and connections

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How To Set Up Your Printable Halloween Charades For Kids

The cards are very easy to set up, so rest easy in knowing you don’t need a lot of materials or time to be ready to play.

🎃 Print the Halloween Charades For Kids cards. There are 27 cards spread across 3 pages.

🎃 Cut out your cards.

🎃 Laminate them! While this is total optional, I highly recommend it so you can keep the cards clean and dry and play again and again (because it does get a little addictive for your more theatrical players). I love my lamintor!

How Play Halloween Charades

The game is very standard to your usual charades game, but instead of silently demonstrating movies, books, and TV shows, players are demonstrating various Halloween activities and themes.

In the video of the game, you will see the kids and I playing in the standard way: One person picks a card from the facedown pile and acts it out while others have to guess.

Since then, we all much prefer to play a bit differently. Afterall, we are trying to build vocabulary and give everyone some autonomy in the game here, so this different method works well for all and prevents frustration of not knowing certain words.

1. Lay all the cards out face up.

2. Player 1 silently chooses a card to act out.

3. Remaining players can reference the face up spread of cards and match the movements to one of them in their guesses.

For younger children and those still developing their Halloween vocabulary, we have found this is the best way to play.

Halloween Charades cards laid out with hand

What Is Included In This Printable?

Your printable Halloween Charades For Kids includes:

👻6 page total PDF. Just download it right away and you’re ready to print!

👻27 Halloween charades cards

👻1 directions page