Food charades ideas
Thirty-six food things to act out, from easy enough for a five-year-old to hard enough for adults. Write them on slips of paper or read one quietly to whoever's up.
- Impasta3-10 · Pack
If your group likes guessing food from clues, Impasta is the same idea with a twist: one person has a different food and doesn't know it.
Easy
- Eating spaghetti
- Licking an ice cream cone
- Peeling a banana
- Flipping pancakes
- Biting a lemon
- Blowing on hot soup
- Cracking an egg
- Eating corn on the cob
- Drinking through a straw
- Making a sandwich
- Popping popcorn
- Chewing gum
Medium
- Ordering at a drive-through
- Carving a turkey
- Tossing pizza dough
- Eating with chopsticks
- Brain freeze
- Burning the toast
- Opening a jar that won't open
- Waiting for the microwave
- Sushi chef
- Sneaking a cookie
- Food truck line
- Spilling coffee
Hard
- Food critic
- Farmers market
- Making fresh pasta
- Dropping your ice cream
- Barista on a busy morning
- Dinner party for the in-laws
- Picnic with ants
- Too-spicy wing challenge
- Potluck with five desserts
- Splitting the check
- Lunch lady
- Thanksgiving leftovers
Rules that keep it moving
- Split into two teams. One person acts, their team guesses.
- One minute per turn. No talking, no pointing at real food in the room.
- A point for each one guessed. Pass if you're stuck, and it goes back in the bowl.
Questions
- What are good charades ideas for kids?
- The easy list: eating spaghetti, peeling a banana, licking an ice cream cone.
- Can I print these?
- Yes. Print the page and cut the words into slips.