Animal charades
The easiest way to get kids playing — and a surprising challenge for adults once you reach “a moth flying into a lamp” and “an owl turning its head all the way around”.
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Animal charades game
Split into teams, pass one phone around. The phone times every turn and keeps the score.
All 113 animal charades
Easy41
- dog
- cow
- pig
- horse
- sheep
- chicken
- duck
- rabbit
- mouse
- frog
- fish
- bird
- snake
- lion
- tiger
- elephant
- monkey
- giraffe
- bear
- zebra
- kangaroo
- bee
- butterfly
- spider
- crab
- turtle
- shark
- whale
- octopus
- snail
- goat
- deer
- camel
- crocodile
- gorilla
- bat
- worm
- ladybug
- squirrel
- dolphin
- parrot
Medium41
- flamingo
- peacock
- porcupine
- hedgehog
- skunk
- raccoon
- beaver
- woodpecker
- hummingbird
- jellyfish
- seahorse
- lobster
- starfish
- walrus
- seal
- koala
- panda
- sloth
- hippo
- rhino
- cheetah
- wolf
- fox
- moose
- eagle
- ostrich
- chameleon
- scorpion
- grasshopper
- mosquito
- caterpillar
- donkey
- turkey
- swan
- pelican
- otter
- bison
- dragonfly
- mole
- vulture
- toucan
Hard31
- a cat chasing a laser pointer
- a penguin sliding on ice
- a hamster running on a wheel
- an angry goose chasing someone
- a groundhog peeking out of its hole
- platypus
- narwhal
- anteater
- an armadillo rolling into a ball
- a pufferfish puffing up
- praying mantis
- electric eel
- a chipmunk stuffing its cheeks
- a moth flying into a lamp
- a squid squirting ink
- a meerkat standing guard
- a gecko climbing a wall
- a salmon swimming upstream
- a stork delivering a baby
- a firefly blinking in the dark
- a laughing hyena
- a leaping gazelle
- a stingray gliding
- a seagull stealing fries
- a dung beetle rolling a ball
- a roadrunner sprinting
- a llama spitting
- Komodo dragon
- a pigeon bobbing its head
- an owl turning its head all the way around
- a stampede of wildebeest
Making animal charades harder (or easier)
- Easier: allow animal sounds. Toddlers can play this way.
- Harder: no sounds, and only the Hard level — animals doing something specific.
- Classroom twist: after each guess, the class says one fact about the animal.
Animal charades questions
Can you make animal noises in charades?
In strict rules, no. For young kids most families allow it — decide before the first turn.
What are hard animals to act out?
Narwhal, platypus, anteater, electric eel, a squid squirting ink, a dung beetle rolling a ball.
More decks to play
- Classic Charades 184 words Everyday actions, objects and jobs — the all-round deck.
- Movie Charades 181 words Film titles from the 70s to today, from Jaws to Wicked.
- Charades for Kids 127 words Animals, toys and simple actions for ages 5 to 10.
- Charades for Adults 142 words Office life, dating, parenting — grown-up but clean.
- Drawing Game Words 199 words Words picked to be drawn with a finger in a minute.
- Christmas Charades 151 words Santa, songs, movies and holiday chaos.
- Christmas Drawing Words 97 words Holiday words that are fun to draw.
- Thanksgiving Charades 121 words Turkey, football and the kids’ table.
- Halloween Charades 119 words Costumes, monsters and trick-or-treat — not gory.
- New Year’s Eve Charades 89 words Countdown, resolutions and midnight.
- Disney Charades 165 words Characters and films from Disney and Pixar.
- Action Charades 131 words Verbs and activities — great for classrooms.
- Emotion Charades 90 words Feelings and moods to act out, for teachers and families.
- Funny Charades 122 words Everyday disasters that are hilarious to act out.
- Hard Charades 143 words Idioms, abstract ideas and long phrases.