I love to have a few games organized that we can play when our extended family gets together for Christmas! And these free Christmas charades cards can be printed and played in several different ways!
This set of free printable cards comes with 27 different Christmas-related objects or phases. After you print the cards and cut them out (I like to use my scrapbook paper cutter for this), you can play the game in one of several ways:
Christmas Charades Game: Options for Play
Charades-Style:
Divide players into two teams. Each team takes turns having one team member (the actor) take a card from the face-down pile, and read what's on the card. The actor then has to act out the words on the card without speaking, using lip movements or pointing at objects in the room- until the rest of the team can guess the object or phrase.
Teams take turns acting out what is written on the cards- but within a team, the actor needs to change with each round, and all members need to have a turn to act.
You can play this Christmas game charades-style by timing how long it takes each team to guess what was on each card- and summing the accumulated time across all cards played. The fastest team in the winner! (You might want to set a limit of 2-3 minutes as the maximum time per card).
Heads Up! (also known as Head Bandz) Style:
This version of the game is best played in pairs. Players place an elastic headband on their heads (wearing it across the forehead and around the back of the head), and slip a game card into the headband facing out- without seeing what is printed on the card. (Print the cards on white cardstock so that you can't accidentally see thru the card when you pick it up).
Their partner has to either act out what is on the card (with no words or lip movements), or the game can be played where the partner has to describe what's on the card- only using words and without any gestures. You cannot use a rhyming word to describe the word on the card.
Once the partner guesses the word, the roles are reversed. If pairs are playing as teams against other teams, you can give each team a stack of cards and the team that completes their stack first wins!
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Laura says
December 14, 2021 at 1:46 pmI am logged in and can’t find the christmas headbandz/charades cards above. Help?
Sharon Rowley says
December 15, 2021 at 7:55 amOnce you subscribe (at the bottom of the post) you’ll be taken to a thank you page where you can print out the game.
Jill says
December 4, 2021 at 11:48 amHow do I sign up?
Sharon Rowley says
December 6, 2021 at 4:00 pmOnce you subscribe you’ll be taken to a thank you page where you can print out the game.
Myrt says
December 13, 2020 at 11:49 amI have subscribed and have the access code but for the life of me I can not find where to put the code in to access/print the Christmas Charades. So cute. Please advise.
Thanks
Sharon Rowley says
December 15, 2020 at 5:18 amYou can add your name and email to the subscribe box and you will be brought to the thank you page where you can download the game, and you will not be added to the list twice.
You can also find the link to my printables library in every email that I send.
Rosa says
December 11, 2020 at 8:11 pmI’m having trouble finding the printable for the charades game. I’m on the email list already
Sharon Rowley says
December 15, 2020 at 5:19 amYou can add your name and email to the subscribe box and you will be brought to the thank you page where you can download the game, and you will not be added to the list twice.
You can also find the link to my printables library in every email that I send.
Pauline says
December 11, 2020 at 6:15 pmWhere do you find the password in the newsletter? I am not seeing it. Thanks.
Sharon Rowley says
December 15, 2020 at 5:18 amRight in the header- up at the top!
Sharon Rowley says
December 23, 2019 at 3:11 pmI emailed you Cindy!
Anonymous says
December 13, 2019 at 9:31 pmI’m logged into the resource page with your password, but still can’t download the charades game. I keep getting routed back to the subscribe menu like stacey mentioned above. Help??
Sharon Rowley says
December 16, 2019 at 8:46 amMy apologies! I realized this morning that I forgot to add these two brand new Christmas printables to the resource library! They are there now!
Stacey says
December 13, 2019 at 12:57 pmI have signed up many times but I have to sign up every time I visit your website in order to download printables? WHY?
Sharon Rowley says
December 16, 2019 at 8:47 amHi Stacey! You don’t have to sign up every time- simply go to the Resource Page and enter the password that I provide in every single email newsletter that I send!