Home › Classroom games › Halloween › Draw My Monster
Draw My Monster: A Halloween listening game for kids and teens
You describe a monster one sentence at a time. Students listen and draw. Everyone holds up their monster, and the closest one wins a point for their team.
Free, no sign-in. A4 and US Letter. Answer keys included.
The how-to-teach video comes out on Tue 13 Oct.
- Ages 6 to 16: Kids and teens
- Beginner +: About pre-A1 to A2
- 10 minutes: Two or three monsters
- Paper and pencils: Or our drawing sheet
- It has…: Body parts, sizes, colours
Free printables
Everything you need for the game, ready to print in black and white.
- Monster scripts and reveal pictures (4 pages, PDF): Three ready monsters to read out (Starter, Core, Harder) and a big picture of each to hold up or project. A4 · US Letter
- Drawing sheets (2 pages, PDF): Two monster frames with a word bank, and a fold-in-half sheet for the teens partner version. A4 · US Letter
- Worksheet: Support, Core, Challenge (4 pages, PDF): Label, read and draw, describe, and find the mistakes, with a QR code for home practice and an answer key. A4 · US Letter
Draw My Monster in four steps
- Check the words. Body, head, eyes, hair, arms, legs, teeth, and the key sentence "It has…".
- Describe it. Read one sentence at a time and say each one twice: "It has a big round body. It has three eyes."
- Students draw. Everyone listens and draws. Keep going until the monster is finished.
- Hold them up. Everyone holds up their monster. Show the reveal picture. The closest one wins a point for their team.
Tip: Say each sentence twice, then move on. Use the freeze signal (hand up, count down from three) to get quiet before the reveal.
Easier: Draw each part on the board as you say it. Harder: Add where things are: "Its eyes are on its feet!" Teens design their own monster and describe it to a partner who can't see it.
A monster you can describe right now
Monster 1, the one from the video
Read one sentence at a time and say each one twice:
- It has a big round body.
- It has three eyes.
- It has long green hair.
- It has four arms.
- It has big sharp teeth.
- It has two short legs.
Two more monsters (Core, and a harder one that says where things are) are in the teacher scripts, each with a big reveal picture.
The reveal
Hold it up after everyone has drawn.
Why it works
Students listen for a reason: the only way to draw the right monster is to catch every word. In the teens version the speaker has to be understood by a partner who can't see the picture, so the description is real communication, not a drill.
What you need
Paper and pencils, or the drawing sheet. About 10 minutes for two or three monsters. The free printables above cover everything else.
Practise at home
The worksheet QR code opens the Body parts crossword, free, no sign-in.
Make a body parts Spin the Wheel
Spin, then describe or draw a monster part. Free, no AI needed. Make it free
More Halloween classroom games
- Who Stole the Pumpkin?: A Halloween mystery speaking game for teens
- Ghost Story Chain: A Halloween speaking game for teens
Draw My Monster FAQ
What do I need for Draw My Monster?
Paper and pencils. The free drawing sheet has two frames and a word bank, and the teacher sheet has three ready monsters with reveal pictures.
Does it work with very young learners?
Yes, from about age 6. Use Monster 1, say each sentence twice, and draw each part on the board as you go if they need it.
How do I make it harder for teens?
Use Monster 3, which says where things are ("Its eyes are on its feet!"), or have teens design a monster and describe it to a partner who can't see it.
What language does it practise?
"It has…", body parts, size and shape words, colours and numbers. Monster 3 adds "on its head" and other places.
A new classroom game every week. See all classroom games