What it is: A version of pictionary where you draw and get other players to guess song titles instead of just regular terms.
Best for: Any group of people, from 2 to more than 20. Pictionary is very adaptable.
What you need:
- A drawing surface, like a whiteboard and dry erase marker, or a chalkboard, or a big pad of paper and marker
How to play: You basically play just like pictionary (visit that post for in-depth instructions) but with song titles! So how does this change the game? First of all, they might be harder to draw than regular Pictionary terms. Let’s take an example. “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King. How would you draw that song title so that your friends would guess it? You could draw a singing lion cub with a speech bubble and a king’s crown inside it. You could draw a bunch of African animals all dancing around like in the scene from the movie. You could draw a clock with a slash through it (for “can’t wait”) and a king’s crown. However you want to! Possibilities are endless. The point is, it might be a little more involved than regular pictionary, and that’s all part of the fun.
Because phrases might be harder, it’s nice to allow a longer time limit, maybe a couple of minutes. Or maybe don’t play competitively and don’t have a time limit at all!
And then I think you should totally assign bonus points to someone who can not only guess the song, but starts singing it as well. 🙂
Variations: I have a free printable word list below with Disney song titles. But you could play any number of variations. 90’s music, oldies, country, musicals…there are all sorts of categories of music out there! You don’t need a list to play, either. Just have players think up their own song titles to illustrate.
As for variations on pictionary, there’s pictionary telephone, pictionary charades, and mixtionary. You can also play pictionary with any group of words. It’s a great game for holidays. On my printables page, I have free printable word lists in all sorts of categories, including for most major holidays. The word generator has even more word lists.
Printables: And here’s the list of Disney songs! I won’t say it’s comprehensive, but it’s pretty long. There are some obscure ones on there. So if you’re not a Disney song know-it-all, just skip the ones you don’t know. Enjoy!
I’m planning to try this for my high school afterschool music club. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome!