The list
Every object on the wheel
The random object generator holds 191 things you can find in a home, a classroom or a park. Each one is easy to recognize and safe for kids, so the wheel works for a class of 7-year-olds as well as an adult drawing group.
- 191Everyday objectsEvery one is printed on this page
- 9Groups to filterFrom kitchen to music
- 136With emoji picturesTurn them off for a word-only wheel
Around the house 30
- ⏰ Alarm clock
- 🧼 Bar of soap
- 🧺 Basket
- 🛁 Bathtub
- 🛏️ Bed
- Blanket
- 🧹 Broom
- 🪣 Bucket
- 🕯️ Candle
- 🪑 Chair
- Clothes hanger
- 🛋️ Couch
- 🚪 Door
- Doormat
- 🔑 Key
- Lamp
- Laundry basket
- 💡 Light bulb
- 🔒 Lock
- 🪞 Mirror
- Picture frame
- Pillow
- 🪴 Potted plant
- Rug
- 🧽 Sponge
- 🧻 Toilet paper roll
- 🪥 Toothbrush
- ☂️ Umbrella
- Vase
- 🪟 Window
Kitchen 20
- 🥣 Bowl
- 🥢 Chopsticks
- 🥤 Cup with a straw
- Cutting board
- Fork
- Frying pan
- Ice cube tray
- 🫙 Jar
- Kettle
- Lunch box
- Mug
- Oven mitt
- Plate
- Rolling pin
- 🧂 Salt shaker
- 🥄 Spoon
- 🫖 Teapot
- Toaster
- Water bottle
- Whisk
School and office 22
- 🧮 Abacus
- 🎒 Backpack
- 📕 Book
- Calculator
- 📅 Calendar
- 🖍️ Crayon
- ✉️ Envelope
- Eraser
- Globe
- Glue stick
- Highlighter
- 📓 Notebook
- 🖌️ Paintbrush
- 📎 Paper clip
- 🖊️ Pen
- ✏️ Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- 📌 Pushpin
- 📏 Ruler
- ✂️ Scissors
- Stapler
- Sticky note
Tools 22
- 🧶 Ball of yarn
- 🧯 Fire extinguisher
- 🔦 Flashlight
- ⚙️ Gear
- 🔨 Hammer
- 🪝 Hook
- 🪜 Ladder
- 🧲 Magnet
- 🔍 Magnifying glass
- Measuring tape
- 🔩 Nut and bolt
- Paint roller
- 🪢 Rope
- 🧷 Safety pin
- 🪚 Saw
- 🪛 Screwdriver
- 🪡 Sewing needle
- Shovel
- 🧵 Spool of thread
- 🧰 Toolbox
- Watering can
- 🔧 Wrench
Clothes and accessories 19
- 🧢 Baseball cap
- Belt
- 👢 Boot
- 💼 Briefcase
- Button
- 👓 Glasses
- 🧤 Gloves
- 👜 Handbag
- 👔 Necktie
- Raincoat
- 🎀 Ribbon
- 💍 Ring
- 🧣 Scarf
- 👟 Sneaker
- 🧦 Socks
- 🧳 Suitcase
- 🕶️ Sunglasses
- 🎩 Top hat
- ⌚ Watch
Tech and gadgets 21
- 🔋 Battery
- 📷 Camera
- ⌨️ Computer keyboard
- 🖱️ Computer mouse
- 🔌 Electric plug
- 💾 Floppy disk
- 🎮 Game controller
- 🎧 Headphones
- 🕹️ Joystick
- 💻 Laptop
- 🎤 Microphone
- 🔬 Microscope
- 📱 Phone
- 🖨️ Printer
- 📻 Radio
- Remote control
- Tablet
- 🔭 Telescope
- 📺 Television
- USB stick
- 📼 Video cassette
Toys and games 20
- 🎈 Balloon
- 🪃 Boomerang
- Building blocks
- ♟️ Chess pawn
- 🎲 Dice
- 🎁 Gift box
- Jump rope
- 🪁 Kite
- 🪄 Magic wand
- Marbles
- 🪆 Nesting dolls
- 🪅 Piñata
- Playing cards
- 🧩 Puzzle piece
- Rubber duck
- Spinning top
- 🧸 Teddy bear
- Toy car
- 🏆 Trophy
- 🪀 Yo-yo
Sports and outdoors 23
- ⚓ Anchor
- ⚾ Baseball
- 🏀 Basketball
- Bench
- 🚲 Bicycle
- 🛶 Canoe
- 🧭 Compass
- 🎣 Fishing pole
- 🏈 Football
- ⛸️ Ice skate
- 🛴 Kick scooter
- 🛟 Life ring
- Mailbox
- 🗺️ Map
- 🛼 Roller skate
- 🛒 Shopping cart
- 🛹 Skateboard
- ⚽ Soccer ball
- Swing
- 🎾 Tennis ball
- ⛺ Tent
- 🏐 Volleyball
- Wheelbarrow
Music 14
- 🪗 Accordion
- 🪕 Banjo
- 🔔 Bell
- 🥁 Drum
- 🪈 Flute
- 🎸 Guitar
- Harmonica
- 🪇 Maracas
- Piano
- 🎷 Saxophone
- Tambourine
- 🎺 Trumpet
- 🎻 Violin
- Xylophone
Press a group in the options next to the wheel to add or remove its objects. Anything you type in Entries stays on the wheel when you change groups.
Quick start
How to use the random object generator
Pick what goes on the wheel, choose a game, then spin. It runs in the browser on a phone, a laptop or a classroom board.
Choose the groups
All 9 groups start on. Press a group to take it off, for example to keep only kitchen objects for a cooking class.
Pick a game
Just spin shows the object and its group. Draw it, Describe it and Find it turn the result into a challenge.
Set a countdown
Choose 30, 60 or 90 seconds. The timer starts when you close the result, so everyone hears the rules first.
Spin
Press Spin, tap the wheel or hit Space. Spin again for the next player.
Drawing practice
Random objects to draw
A random object takes the "what should I draw?" decision off your plate. You get something specific and ordinary, which is the point: a mug or a sneaker tests if you can draw what is really there.
Try the same object three times. Draw it from memory first, then find the real thing, or a photo, and draw it again from life. The gap between the two sketches shows what your memory skipped, such as the thickness of a mug's rim or the way laces cross.
Turn on the emoji pictures when you want a quick reference, or turn them off to work from memory. For bigger scenes and characters, the what to draw wheel mixes subjects, styles and settings.
| Round | Timer | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shape | 30 s | Outline only: get the size and main shapes right |
| 2. Detail | 60 s | Add handles, buttons, laces and other parts |
| 3. Light | 90 s | Shade one side as if a lamp were next to it |
Set the countdown in the options to match each round.
Games
Three games for a random item generator
Each game mode writes the challenge into the result, so the player who spun knows exactly what to do.
Draw it
One player sketches the object while the others guess. No letters or numbers on the paper. First correct guess spins next.
Describe it
Explain the object without saying its name: what it is made of, where it lives, what you do with it. Great for building vocabulary.
Find it
Bring back the object, or the closest thing you can find, before the countdown ends. Works at home, in a classroom or at a party.
Random game
Each spin picks draw, describe or find at random, so nobody knows which challenge is coming.
For word-only rounds, the random word generator has Pictionary and charades word sets. For animals, the random animal generator has its own draw and act-it-out modes.
Classroom
Using an object generator in class
Everyday objects make low-pressure prompts, because every student already knows them. Put the wheel on the board in full screen and spin once per round.
Vocabulary and ESL
Describe it mode practices adjectives and "it is used for…" sentences without a word list to memorize.
Writing prompts
Spin two objects and write a short story where both matter. A teapot and a compass make a strange adventure.
Art warm-ups
Run the three-round drawing warm-up at the start of a lesson. Each round takes 3 minutes or less.
Fair picks
How often will the same object come up?
Each spin gives every object on the wheel the same chance: 1 in 191 with all groups on. Spins don't remember each other, so the same object can turn up twice in a row.
Repeats come sooner than most people expect, for the same reason two people in a class often share a birthday. With fewer objects on the wheel, repeats come faster still. If repeats spoil the game, turn on "Remove the winner automatically" in the Customize tab, and each object leaves the wheel once it is picked.
The pick is drawn by your browser's secure random generator the moment you press Spin. See how the picks are tested.
- 5 spins, all 191 objects5.1%
- 10 spins, all 191 objects21.3%
- 20 spins, all 191 objects64.3%
- 10 spins, music only (14)98.7%
Objects or items?
Random item generator: what this one covers
This wheel picks real-world objects, the kind you can hold, draw or find. People also search "random item generator" for things inside video games, such as Minecraft blocks or tabletop treasure. Those aren't on this list.
Need different items?
Type your own list in Entries, one item per line, and it stays on the wheel next to the objects. For a fully custom wheel, use the main spin the wheel page, and for pictures only, try the random emoji generator.
FAQ
Random object generator FAQ
How many objects are on the random object generator?
191. They are split into 9 groups, and the full list is printed on this page.
Can I add my own objects?
Yes. Open Edit entries & settings and type them in Entries, one per line. Your own entries stay when you switch groups on or off.
Does it show pictures?
Yes, as emoji. 136 objects have a matching emoji, and the rest show their name. Emoji look slightly different on each device.
Can I use it for Pictionary?
Yes. Choose Draw it and a 60-second countdown. The result tells the player what to sketch, and the timer starts when they close it.
Will the same object come up twice?
It can. Every spin is independent. Turn on "Remove the winner automatically" in the Customize tab if each object should come up only once.
Is the random object generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, and it works in any current browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
Last updated · Written and tested by Melissa T. Brown