Draw a Monster Game – Fun Activity about Describing Appearance
This fun “Draw a Monster” game for kids is a great way to teach and review vocabulary for describing appearance in English. Perfect for ESL/EFL learners, the activity helps students practice reading comprehension, descriptive adjectives, and creative thinking. In this game, students read sentences describing a monster’s physical features and then try to draw it. The results are often hilarious, surprising, and unique to each student’s imagination. This activity works well as a warm-up, review, or even a creative break between lessons.
Draw a Monster Game – How to Play
- Give each student paper and drawing materials.
- Play the video so students can read the monster descriptions on screen.
- Students draw the monster according to the sentences they read.
- Reveal the monster in the video so students can compare their drawings.
- Repeat with other monsters if you want to extend the activity.
Teacher Tip: Before revealing what the monster on the screen looks like, you can pin everyone’s monster drawings on the board. Then, when you do reveal, students can see which drawing looks most like the monster on the screen. This is also a great opportunity for students to have a good laugh at their silly pictures.
More Fun Adjective Resources
If you’re playing this game as part of a unit on adjectives, try using these adjective worksheets and these adjective flashcards. And if you need more inspiration, check out our complete ESL Adjectives Lesson Plan.