Christmas Charades Wheel: Act Out Something Festive

Christmas charades wheel with 30 festive things to act out, from building a snowman to Santa stuck in the chimney. Spin one in secret and let your team guess.

Class parties
Family gatherings
Office parties

On this wheel

Building a snowman
Wrapping a present
Decorating the tree
Making a snow angel
A reindeer learning to fly
Santa stuck in the chimney
An elf making toys
Ice skating
Sledding down a hill
Hanging a stocking
Singing carols
Baking cookies

Why use a Christmas charades wheel

Thirty Christmas charades ideas are on the wheel: easy ones for kids, a few famous films and songs for grown-ups, and all of them fine for a classroom. The actor spins where nobody else can see, acts it out with no words, and the team has a minute to guess.

Act out the last afternoon before the break
Split the class into two teams, and let each actor spin on a tablet the others can’t see.
Get grandparents and cousins acting together
Pass a phone round the room so each actor spins in secret, and keep the score on a napkin.
Run a festive round at the office party
Hosts can show each actor a spin on their phone, then run a one-minute timer on the big screen.

This wheel wears the Jingle Wheels theme: christmas only: candy canes, fairy lights and snow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the Christmas charades wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own Christmas charade picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 30 entries on the Christmas charades wheel

Building a snowman
Wrapping a present
Decorating the tree
Making a snow angel
A reindeer learning to fly
Santa stuck in the chimney
An elf making toys
Ice skating
Sledding down a hill
Hanging a stocking
Singing carols
Baking cookies
Sipping hot cocoa
Throwing snowballs
A snowman melting
Shaking a present
A penguin on the ice
Shoveling snow
Untangling the lights
Writing to Santa
Putting the star on top
Catching snowflakes
A gingerbread house
Riding in a sleigh
A toy soldier marching
Rudolph’s glowing nose
Frosty the Snowman
Jingle Bells
Home Alone
The Polar Express

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find more Christmas charades ideas?

We keep 100 Christmas charades ideas in groups, from easy ones for kids to films, songs and hard ones for adults, with how to play.

How do I keep the guessers from seeing the wheel?

Spin on a phone and show only the actor. On a shared screen, have the guessers close their eyes until the actor has read it.

Can I add my own Christmas charades?

Yes. Click “Create your own Christmas charade picker” and type your own, such as family in-jokes or this year’s films.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own Christmas charade picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.