Animal Charades Free Printable

This free Animal Charades printable gives you ready-to-use prompt cards for fast, festive fun. silly acting. Print, cut, and play in minutes. Players draw a card and act like the animal without speaking while their team guesses before the timer runs out. Includes easy, medium, and hard prompts with a total of 80 cards. Keep score if you like, or just play for fun.

This printable works well for:

Family game nights
Office Christmas party activities
Classroom activities
After-dinner entertainment
Camping games

Print a set, cut the cards, grab a timer, and let the wild acting begin.

Sheets of animal name cards with paw print borders are spread out, perfect for a fun game of Charades; visible cards include Meerkat, Lemur, Komodo dragon, Chameleon, Platypus, Frog, Cat, and more.

How to play:

Charades is a classic party game where players act out words or phrases without speaking while others try to guess what they are. To play Charades, start by having one person (the actor) secretly look at a word or phrase that needs to be acted out.

The actor then uses only gestures, facial expressions, and body movements to act it out. No talking, sound effects, or writing allowed. The rest of the group watches and tries to guess the word or phrase (within a time limit if you want).

You can act out things like movies, books, songs, actions, animals, or famous people. The fun comes from being silly, over-the-top, and creative with your clues. When someone guesses correctly, they earn a point (or their team does), and a new person becomes the actor.

A printable charades sheet with animal cards featuring Jellyfish, Hippopotamus, Llama, Rhinoceros, Fox, Crocodile, Wolf, and Leopard—each card includes paw print graphics for fun gameplay.

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How to print at actual size

1. Open the Print dialog (Ctrl + P on Windows or ⌘ + P on Mac).
2. Under Page Sizing or Scale, select “Actual Size” or set Scale to 100 %.
3. Make sure “Fit to Page” or “Shrink to Fit” is turned off and Borderless printing is disabled.
4. Confirm the printer’s paper size matches your card (A5, US Letter, 5×7, etc.).
5. Click Print.