Chardz 122 Emotion Charades Ideas
Happiness, sadness, anger, excitement, and every feeling in between: confidence, curiosity, gratitude, nostalgia, relief. This deck has 122 emotions to act out.
Emotion charades is a favorite with teachers, because it builds empathy and emotional vocabulary while kids are having fun. It's just as good for drama warm-ups and adult game nights.
Emotion charades words (A–Z)
- Acceptance
- Admiration
- Adoration
- Affection
- Agitation
- Alienation
- Amusement
- Anger
- Anguish
- Annoyance
- Anticipation
- Anxiety
- Apprehension
- Astonishment
- Awe
- Awkwardness
- Belonging
- Bitterness
- Bliss
- Boredom
- Calm
- Cheerfulness
- Comfort
- Compassion
- Confidence
- Confusion
- Contempt
- Courage
- Curiosity
- Defensiveness
- Dejection
- Delight
- Desire
- Desperation
- Determination
- Disappointment
- Disbelief
- Discomfort
- Disgust
- Doubt
- Eagerness
- Ecstasy
- Embarrassment
- Empathy
- Emptiness
- Enthusiasm
- Envy
- Euphoria
- Exasperation
- Excitement
- Fascination
- Fear
- Fondness
- Fright
- Frustration
- Gratefulness
- Gratitude
- Grief
- Guilt
- Happiness
- Heartbreak
- Homesickness
- Hope
- Hostility
- Humiliation
- Impatience
- Indifference
- Insecurity
- Inspiration
- Irritation
- Jealousy
- Joy
- Kindness
- Loneliness
- Longing
- Love
- Melancholy
- Mistrust
- Mortification
- Motivation
- Nervousness
- Nostalgia
- Optimism
- Outrage
- Overwhelm
- Panic
- Passion
- Peace
- Perplexity
- Pessimism
- Playfulness
- Pleasure
- Powerlessness
- Pride
- Rage
- Regret
- Relief
- Reluctance
- Resentfulness
- Resentment
- Sadness
- Satisfaction
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity
- Shame
- Shock
- Surprise
- Suspicion
- Sympathy
- Tenderness
- Tension
- Triumph
- Trust
- Uncertainty
- Uneasiness
- Validation
- Vulnerability
- Warmth
- Wonder
- Worry
- Yearning
How to act out emotion charades
- Start with your face, then let your whole body show the feeling.
- Act out a situation that causes the emotion, like opening a gift or waiting for results.
- Show the difference between close feelings (worry vs. panic) with intensity.
Best for: Kids (6+), classrooms, drama groups and adults.
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