Charades is a timeless game for kids, and really the whole family. You can play it anytime, anywhere, and you don’t need any supplies. In our family, we like to do themed charades.
This is what inspired the Valentine’s Day charades game I created. You can make your own game just using the word list for kids below, or click the photo below to download Valentine’s Day charade cards in my shop.
Plus, you can use these cards for more than just charades. You can also use them for Valentine’s Day Pictionary.
What Is Valentine’s Day Charades?
Valentine’s Day charades is just like normal charades, except it’s Valentine’s Day-themed. It makes charades a little more interesting when you’re just words associated with Valentine’s Day. Kids get a kick out of these themed type games too.
Is Valentine’s Day Charades Appropriate For Kids?
This is the perfect game for kids! But, it’s also the perfect game for adults. I feel like it’s really just the best family game.
Charades is something that’s super easy to throw together, especially last minute. It can be fun and challenging for all ages.
What Do I Need To Play?
The great thing about charades is you hardly need any supplies. All you need is some paper, scissors, and a pencil or pen. You might also want a bowl or hat to put the papers in, if you want to draw them.
Additionally, you might want to set a timer for how long people have to do their clue. You can use your phone for this.
Use the paper and pencil to write down all the words and then cut them out into little slips of paper. Or if you download the cards, then you just need to cut them out. You can also use paper to keep score.
How To Play Charades
- Split up into teams.
- Choose a team to go first, and pick a person from that team to go first.
- That person draws a word from the hat or bowl and tries to act it out in front of their team to try and get them to guess the word.
- If you are timing it, start the timer and the team has that long to guess the word.
- The person acting is not allowed to use words or sounds or point to objects in the room.
- If the word or phrase is guessed right before the timer goes off, they get one point.
- Now it’s the other team’s turn. You only guess when your team is the one doing the acting.
- The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
- The game ends when each team has gone an equal amount of times. You can set a timer or go until your words run out, or until everyone has gone once or twice.
You can also let the person doing the acting try to act out as many words as they can before their timer is up. Another variation is to let the other team steal. If a team can’t guess the word by when the timer goes off, then the other team gets one guess to steal the point.
Valentine’s Day Charades Word List
Here is a list of words you can use to play Valentine’s Day-themed charades. You can write these words down or to make it more simple grab pre-made cards in my shop.
- heart
- Valentine’s Day
- candy
- turtle doves
- love
- party
- teddy bear
- cupid
- February
- cake
- brownies
- roses
- card
- chocolate
- poem
- popcorn
- flowers
- lips
- confetti
- friends
- family
- balloons
- celebrate
- dance
- arrow
- boyfriend
- girlfriend
- tulips
- kiss
- glitter
- decorate
- bouquet
- ring
- engaged
- invitation
- friendship
- mailbox
- jewelry
- stickers
- pictures
- wrapping paper
- tissue paper
- lace
- ribbon
- hug
- honey
- locket
- letter
- puppy
- diamond
- dinner
- sweethearts
- candles
- bow
- crush
- daisy
- snuggle
- treat
- bird
- baby
- moon
- cloud
- gift
- lady
- boy
- note
- smile
- bottle
- angel
- date
- pretty
- song
- envelope
- cookie
Valentine’s Day Charades Game Variations
One of the great things about charades is it doubles as Pictionary as well. You can use the same words to play Pictionary. You would just need something for the teams to draw on instead of acting them out.
Another variation is to not split up into teams. You just have each person take turns acting out (or drawing) and just have fun.
Add a little pizazz to Valentine’s Day this year with this fun charades game for both kids and adults!
Charades is a classic for kids and adults alike. We play it often in our family because it’s an easy go-to. In this case you can do it for Valentine’s day with Valentine’s day-themed words.
Plus, after you play charades you can do Pictionary with the same words. Charades and Pictionary are great games to play in the classroom or as a family game night. Don’t forget to download yours today!
More Valentine’s Day kids activities you might like:
- Last Minute Kids Valentine’s Day Box
- Heart Shaped Food For Valentine’s Day
- Unique & Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for All Ages
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