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Classroom & family printables

Word cards you can print, cut, and play.

A free English word-card maker for classroom charades and family guessing games. Pick a theme, preview the sheet, then print or save a PDF with dashed cut lines — ESL printable word cards, ready to cut and play.

  • 36 words a theme
  • 8 cards a sheet
  • A4 or Letter
  • No account

Fourteen ready-to-play themes

36 curated words each, sorted into three age bands. Bands are separate lists: choose Ages 7–9 and you get only the 7–9 words, not everything younger as well.

Animals

Farm, pets, and wild animals for charades and guessing games.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Classroom Verbs

Action words kids act out — verb charades for circle time and brain breaks.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Emotions

Feelings vocabulary for charades, check-ins, and family games.

36 words4–6: 207–9: 1010–12: 6

Food

Snacks, meals, and treats — easy to mime around the table.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Holidays

Seasonal words for parties, calendar time, and family nights.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Body Parts

Face and body words kids can point to, touch, and act out.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Clothes

Everyday clothes for “What are you wearing?” and put-it-on charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Community Helpers

Jobs kids know in town — act out the helper in classroom charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Transportation

Land, air, and water vehicles kids can mime — charades and “how do you go?”

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Weather

Sunny, rainy, seasons, and sky words kids can mime — “How’s the weather?”

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Family

Family members for tree-building, matching, and “This is my…” — not just charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Sports

Soccer, swim, kick, and throw — PE words kids mime in sports charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Toys

Teddy, doll, robot, puzzle — toy words kids mime in toy charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Musical Instruments

Piano, guitar, violin, flute — instrument words kids mime in charades.

36 words4–6: 247–9: 710–12: 5

Printable charades for the classroom

Print, cut, and act — same word packs teachers already use. Start with verb, instrument, toy, holiday, or feelings charades. No account.

Or Open the generator and pick any theme.

Free printables

New this season: Thanksgiving coloring pages (13 original designs) and paper squishy templates (12 food and animal shapes). For planning, try the 2027 calendar with holidays or the 2026–2027 school year calendar. Letter and A4 PDFs. All printables.

How it works

Pick a theme

Animals, body parts, clothes, community helpers, and more. Add an age band to swap in that band's list.

Check the sheet

The preview is laid out exactly as it prints, eight cards to a sheet. Shuffle for a fresh order.

Print or save

Print from the browser, or download an A4 or US Letter PDF, then cut along the dashed lines.