85 animal charades ideas
Choose a prompt and act it without speaking. Print the list for a host or use the shared word generator.
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Questions 1–20
Finding Nemo (film)
easy
The Lion King (film)
easy
Paddington 2 (film)
medium
Jurassic Park (film)
easy
The Muppet Movie (film)
medium
Jaws (a classic film)
easy
Baby Shark (from a song)
easy
Hakuna Matata (from a song)
easy
Under the Sea (song title)
easy
The Bare Necessities (song title)
medium
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (song title)
easy
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (from a book)
easy
The Gruffalo (from a book)
easy
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (from a book)
medium
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (from a book)
medium
The Wind in the Willows (from a book)
medium
Charlotte's Web (from a book)
easy
Because of Winn-Dixie (from a book)
medium
Moby-Dick (from a book)
medium
The Muppet Show (television show)
easy
Questions 21–40
Wild Kratts (television show)
medium
Planet Earth (television show)
medium
Scooby-Doo (television show)
easy
The Cat in the Hat balancing a tall stack
medium
Penguin waddling across slippery ice
easy
Elephant spraying water with its trunk
easy
Kangaroo bouncing with a joey
easy
Monkey peeling a banana
easy
Giraffe reaching for high leaves
easy
Turtle hiding inside its shell
easy
Rabbit twitching its nose
easy
Dolphin leaping through a wave
easy
Owl turning its head around
easy
Dog begging for a treat
easy
Cat squeezing into a tiny box
easy
Horse galloping across a field
easy
Duck leading ducklings to a pond
medium
Squirrel burying an acorn
easy
Goat chewing on a cardboard box
easy
Parrot copying the sound of a telephone
medium
Questions 41–60
Seal balancing a ball on its nose
easy
Crab scuttling sideways on the sand
easy
Bee gathering nectar from flowers
easy
Spider spinning a web
easy
Beaver building a dam
easy
Ant carrying one giant crumb overhead
easy
Chameleon changing color on a branch
medium
Bat hanging upside down in a cave
easy
Peacock spreading its tail feathers
easy
Woodpecker tapping on a tree
medium
Flamingo standing on one leg
easy
Sloth moving in slow motion
easy
Llama spitting at a fence
easy
Raccoon opening the lid of a trash can
easy
Ostrich burying its head
easy
Hamster running inside a wheel
easy
Frog catching a fly
easy
Rooster crowing at sunrise
medium
Octopus opening jars with many arms
medium
Hedgehog curling into a ball
easy
Questions 61–80
Camel crossing through a hot desert
easy
Wolf howling at the moon
easy
Salmon swimming upstream
medium
Lobster escaping from a kitchen pot
medium
Meerkat watching for danger
medium
Moth circling around the porch light
medium
Veterinarian calming the puppy before an exam
medium
Casting a fishing line into a lake
medium
Guiding a horse over a show jump
hard
Pelican scooping up a fish
easy
Snake slithering through tall grass
easy
Gorilla beating its chest
easy
Polar bear sliding on its belly
medium
Crocodile snapping its jaws
easy
Butterfly landing on a flower
easy
Mole digging a tunnel
medium
Koala hugging a tree trunk
easy
Skunk raising its tail in warning
medium
Chicken pecking at seeds
easy
Pig rolling in the mud
easy
Questions 81–85
Cow chewing grass slowly
easy
Swan gliding across a lake
medium
Fox pouncing into deep snow
hard
Jellyfish drifting in the current
hard
Eagle soaring and then diving
medium
Plan the round and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
These are adjustable house rules. Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team 1: 0
Team 2: 0
Use this set with a group
Read a prompt, allow thinking time, then invite an answer or a pass. For a timed round, choose a turn length before starting. A host can keep the printed answers out of view until the round ends.