Looking for a quick, fun activity to get your pupils thinking creatively? These emoji challenges are a brilliant way to practise inference skills, spark discussion and have a bit of light-hearted fun with language.
We had a blast coming up with these at Team Pobble, and now it’s your turn!
Can your pupils name the children’s storybooks shown below?
Each emoji sequence is a clue to a well-known book or character.
There are 25 to solve. How many can your class figure out?
These emoji clues represent common phrases and figures of speech.
There are 25 in total. How many can your pupils guess correctly?
Extra idea: Challenge your class to come up with their own emoji phrases for others to decode.
From fairy tales to classic rhymes, each line of emojis represents a familiar story.
Great for younger pupils or as a whole-class activity. Can they guess all 25?
If you’re not, stop here!
Scroll down when you’re ready to check, or hand the sheet over to your pupils and let them peer-mark each other’s guesses.
1. 🐷 👩🏼🌾 🕷🕸🎡🐀🐖🏆 = Charlotte’s Web
2. 👨👩👧👦 🚪❄️ 🧙🏼♀️🦁⚔️ = The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. 👧🏼✨😴🧪🎺👂🏽💭👑 = The BFG
4. 👦🏻👓⚡️🧙🏼♂️🦉🧹 = Harry Potter
5. 🐛🍃🍎🍐🍓🍦🍉🦋 = The Very Hungry Caterpillar
6. 🍑🍐👁🕵🏼♂️👍🏽🥧☀️ = Each Peach Pear Plum
7. 🙍🏼♂️🐧🛶⛱🌊 = Lost and Found
8. 🧙🏼♀️🧹🐸😸🦜🐶 = Room on the Broom
9. 📝📩🐘🦒🦁🐪🐍🐒🐸🐶 = Dear Zoo
10. 👨👩👧👧🔎🌿🌳🌪❄️🐻🏃♀️🏠 = We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
11. 🐻👕🧳🚂🏙👨👩👧👦 = Paddington Bear
12. 🌬🌿🛶🐸🏛🦡🐀 = The Wind in the Willows
13. 👧🏼🤫🚪🗝🌿🌼🌹🌺 = The Secret Garden
14. 🏠🌪👠✨🧙🏼♀️🦁💚 = The Wizard of Oz
15. 👦🏻🌴🐺🐍🐻🐒🦧📗 = The Jungle Book
16. 🐰👕🥕🌽🥦👨🏻🌾🥧 = Peter Rabbit
17. 👩👧🛎🚪🐯☕️🥪🍽 = The Tiger that Came to Tea
18. 👨🏻🌾👨🏻🌾👨🏻🌾🦊🌳🐓🕳 = Fantastic Mr Fox
19.🏝🗺❌🏴☠️💰 = Treasure Island
20. ❓🐉🌋⚔️🙋🏽♂️🐲 = How to Train Your Dragon
21. 👨👦⚽️🙎🏻♂️👗🏫 = The Boy in the Dress
22. 🤴🏽⛵️🏝🌝🌲👹 = Where the Wild Things Are
23.🌜✨🏠💀🦴💀🦴😆 = Funny Bones
24. 🐭🌳🌰🦊🦉🐍 = The Gruffalo
25. 👩🏼🐰🕳🧪🎩👑❤️ = Alice in Wonderland