18 Christmas 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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The prompt cards use 3 sheets, with up to 8 cards on each. Sets with answers include extra pages for the key.

  1. Frozen (from the movies)

    easy

  2. Home Alone (film)

    easy

  3. Let It Go (song title)

    easy

  4. Elsa freezing the room with her hands

    easy

  5. Ebenezer Scrooge counting every coin twice

    medium

  6. Setting the table for dinner

    easy

  7. Opening a gift with great surprise

    easy

  8. Passing snacks around the room

    easy

  9. Singing into an imaginary microphone

    easy

  10. Skating around an ice rink

    easy

  11. Skiing downhill between flags

    easy

  12. Sledding down a snowy slope

    easy

  13. Snowboarding through a halfpipe

    medium

  14. Sliding a curling stone toward the target

    hard

  15. Zipping up a winter coat

    easy

  16. Cooking dinner for the family

    easy

  17. Greeting every guest at the door

    easy

  18. Choosing the next song

    easy

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.