Why are would-you-rather questions so effective for kids? If you've ever tried to help children open up and communicate more, you probably agree with me that it can be a challenge.
Kids are focused on the things they enjoy, and, more than anything, they love playing and spending time with their friends.
However, people of all ages love to answer questions about themselves, and “Would you rather” questions are perfect for this! Plus, they can be downloaded as a printable to make it even more convenient.
What Are Would You Rather Questions for Kids?
“Would you rather” questions allow your child to choose between two different scenarios. In short, the questioner asks the child, “Would you rather do X or Y?”? Once the child has answered the question, it can open up a whole new conversation.
The key to “would you rather” questions is that they are open-ended rather than closed-ended questions. An open-ended question encourages more conversation, whereas a closed-ended question usually offers one-word answers or “yes/no” responses.
“Would you rather” questions are effective ways to get children to communicate and open up more. The “would you rather” game is tons of fun for kids, and it's a great tool that can be used by families, parents, teachers, or even at parties.
Here are some ideas for how to use “would you rather” questions:
And you don’t need to worry about printing this page out… we’ll put together a tidy free printable for you at the end. Ready to dive in? Let's go!
Animal Would You Rather Questions for Kids
1. Would you rather pet a tiger or ride an elephant?
2. Would you rather be an expert horseback rider or an expert bird watcher?
3. Would you rather hold your breath as long as a dolphin or jump as far as a kangaroo?
4. Would you rather have a panda or a koala as a pet?
5. Would you rather ride a camel or an ostrich?
6. Would you rather stroke a snake or a tarantula?
7. Would you rather have a rattlesnake or an alligator as a pet?
8. Would you rather be as quiet as a mouse or as loud as an elephant?
9. Would you rather have a dolphin or a dinosaur for a pet?
10. Would you rather be able to talk to animals or control the weather?
11. Would you rather swim in a shark tank or put your head in a lion's mouth?
12. Would you rather be able to dig like a mole or climb a tree like a squirrel?
13. Would you rather have only cats or dogs for the rest of your life?
14. Would you rather have the ability to be invisible or understand what animals say?
15. Would you rather be a dog or a cat?
16. Would you rather be a bird or a fish?
17. Would you rather be woken up by a rooster crowing or kept away by coyotes howling?
18. Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?
19. Would you rather be able to read people's minds or talk to animals?
Body Would You Rather Questions for Kids
20. Would you rather have two noses or one eye right in the middle of your forehead?
21. Would you rather have wings that can help you fly or a tail that can grab anything you want?
22. Would you rather be tickled every day or feel itchy every day?
23. Would you rather have an extra toe or an extra finger?
24. Would you rather have four legs or four arms?
25. Would you rather sleep on the couch or on the floor?
26. Would you rather brush your teeth with hot water or take a cold bath?
27. Would you rather write with your eyes closed or with your non-dominant hand?
28. Would you rather give up a finger or a toe?
29. Would you rather have an extra nose or an extra ear?
30. Would you rather have webbed hands or webbed feet?
31. Would you rather never have to clip your toenails again or never have to take a bath again?
32. Would you rather have to eat everything from your ears or drink everything from your belly button?
33. Would you rather shrink to the size of an aunt or explode?
34. Would you rather have neon green hair or purple hair?
35. Would you rather live without a hand or live without a foot?
36. Would you rather give up the sense of taste or the sense of smell?
37. Would you rather have to wear clown face paint or a clown nose for the rest of your life?
38. Would you rather have a permanently squeaky voice or rainbow-colored skin?
39. Would you rather fall and land on your stomach or fall and land on your bottom?
40. Would you rather be able to change the length of your hair whenever you want or the color of your hair whenever you want?
41. Would you rather have red eyes or a red nose?
Thought-Provoking Would You Rather Questions for Kids
42. Would you rather have your own personal robot or a magic carpet?
43. Would you rather wear your clothes inside out or backward?
44. Would you rather work for a toy company or a movie company?
45. Would you rather touch the deepest part of the ocean or the top of the sky?
46. Would you rather be the first person on Mars or the first person on Jupiter?
47. Would you rather be a chef or a farmer?
48. Would you rather meet someone famous from history or meet someone famous from a book?
49. Would you rather visit outer space or discover a new place on Earth?
50. Would you rather every day be Valentine's Day or Halloween?
51. Would you rather give up Halloween or give up Christmas?
52. Would you rather be able to read people's thoughts or win a million dollars?
53. Would you rather wake up early every morning or stay up late every night?
54. Would you rather be very athletic or very smart?
55. Would you rather travel by bicycle or by bus?
56. Would you rather be a wizard or a superhero?
57. Would you rather meet a superhero in real life or a dinosaur in real life?
58. Would you rather see into the future or read minds?
59. Would you rather create a new sport or a new holiday?
60. Would you rather swim in the ocean or in a lake?
61. Would you rather sleep outside under the stars or sleep in a tent?
62. Would you rather live in Harry Potter's world or Percy Jackson's world?
63. Would you rather be able to control water or fire?
64. Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?
65. Would you rather be able to fly or have the power to heal sick people?
66. Would you rather be a famous singer or an Olympian?
67. Would you rather be an auto racer or a marathon runner?
68. Would you rather be a helicopter pilot or a detective?
69. Would you rather be a doctor for humans or a veterinarian?
70. Would you rather run a marathon or ride a bike in the Tour de France?
71. Would you rather be able to talk to aliens or know every language on Earth?
72. Would you rather be an airplane pilot or a scuba diver?
73. Would you rather never play or play all the time but lose?
74. Would you rather be the President of the United States or the richest person in the world?
75. Would you rather be an artist or a scientist?
76. Would you rather ride in a helicopter or a hot air balloon?
77. Would you rather be a police officer or a firefighter?
78. Would you rather be a teacher or a CEO?
79. Would you rather be a professional athlete or an actor?
80. Would you rather be super smart or super funny?
81. Would you rather be a rock star or a famous artist?
82. Would you rather be a famous best-selling writer or a famous inventor?
83. Would you rather own a private jet or a cruise ship?
84. Would you rather explore the ocean or explore space?
85. Would you rather sleep without a pillow or without a blanket?
86. Would you rather cheat on a test and have nobody suspect or be falsely accused of cheating on a test?
87. Would you rather feed every hungry child in the world for a year or go without food for a week?
88. Would you rather be the weakest member of your family or the weirdest member of your family?
89. Would you rather be blind or deaf?
90. Would you rather live in a world without hunger or without hate?
91. Would you rather be bored or sad all the time?
92. Would you rather spend all of your money on fun experiences or on cool things?
93. Would you rather be richer right now or happier?
94. Would you rather be the star of a hit movie or be the makeup person for your favorite movie star?
95. Would you rather not know anything for the rest of your life or know everything there is to know right now?
96. Would you rather have $1,000 per month for the rest of your life or a million dollars right now?
97. Would you rather never experience sadness again or never experience hunger again?
98. Would you rather be laughing for five hours or sneezing for five hours?
99. Would you rather have a boring life for 100 years or an exciting life for 50 years?
Toys and Activities Would You Rather Questions for Kids
100. Would you rather go to a music concert or watch a huge fireworks display?
101. Would you rather learn to snow ski or water ski?
102. Would you rather live without your phone or without video games?
103. Would you rather give up social media or video games?
104. Would you rather give up YouTube or Netflix?
105. Would you rather give up your computer or your TV?
106. Would you rather have one expensive toy or 100 cheap toys?
107. Would you rather read all the books you want forever or watch all the movies you want?
108. Would you rather play the guitar or the piano really well?
109. Would you rather only be able to celebrate your birthday or only celebrate Christmas?
110. Would you rather look at art all day or read books all day?
111. Would you rather live without a TV or without a phone?
112. Would you rather play all games alone or always play games with a friend?
113. Would you rather go skydiving or go on the world's tallest roller coaster?
114. Would you rather be a singer or a dancer?
115. Would you rather it be a snowy day or a rainy day today?
116. Would you rather be a fast runner like Usain Bolt or a fast runner like Michael Phelps?
117. Would you rather be really good at math or really good at sports?
118. Would you rather have eyes that are like a microscope and can see things close up or eyes like a telescope that can see things far away?
Food Would You Rather Questions for Kids
119. Would you rather have candy or donuts for breakfast?
120. Would you rather have all the pizza you want for the rest of your life or all the donuts you want for the rest of your life?
121. Would you rather eat frozen watermelon or melted ice cream?
122. Would you rather eat with 50 people or eat alone?
123. Would you rather eat a whole lemon or a whole raw potato?
124. Would you rather eat plain bread or plain noodles for the rest of your life?
125. Would you rather eat only fruit or only vegetables for the rest of your life?
126. Would you rather have unlimited potato chips or unlimited candy?
127. Would you rather eat rotten eggs or raw eggs?
128. Would you rather swim in strawberry ice cream or chocolate pudding?
129. Would you rather smell like broccoli or like cheese?
130. Would you rather be allowed to eat only red food or only green food?
131. Would you rather eat cat food or dog food for a month?
132. Would you rather eat melted ice cream or cold pizza for a month?
133. Would you rather everything be super spicy or completely without taste?
134. Would you rather give up ice cream forever or cookies forever?
135. Would you rather eat broccoli ice cream or a piece of cat litter?
136. Would you rather eat a raw snail while it's still alive or take a bite of the world's most stinky cheese?
137. Would you rather eat five tiny meals every day or one huge meal?
138. Would you rather eat only pink foods for a year or only blue foods for a year?
139. Would you rather eat just foods that smell disgusting or foods that taste disgusting?
140. Would you rather wear t-shirts covered with candy or hamburgers?
141. Would you rather eat uncooked rice or raw potatoes?
142. Would you rather have bacon-flavored cookies or broccoli-flavored ice cream?
143. Would you rather have a piece of cake or a cupcake?
144. Would you rather eat tacos without cheese or without meat?
145. Would you rather swim in ketchup or stand up to your knees in mustard?
Places Would You Rather Questions
146. Would you rather live in a colony under the sea or in the sky?
147. Would you rather live in the dessert or at the North Pole?
148. Would you rather be lost in an Amazon rainforest or lost on a deserted island?
149. Would you rather live in an art museum or a science museum?
150. Would you rather live in a zoo or in the jungle?
151. Would you rather spend a day at your favorite store or your favorite museum?
152. Would you rather only visit amusement parks or only visit National Parks?
153. Would you rather spend a month in Egypt or China?
154. Would you rather live somewhere very hot or somewhere very cold?
155. Would you rather live in the country or in the city?
156. Would you rather live on Mars or on the moon?
157. Would you rather go to your favorite place once a year or travel to every continent in the world?
158. Would you rather live in an aquarium or a zoo?
159. Would you rather go on one vacation a year that is just OK or go on one ultimate vacation only once?
160. Would you rather live without heat or without air conditioning?
161. Would you rather be the leader of a country on Earth or start a new colony on Mars?
162. Would you rather live in a house by the ocean or a house in a forest?
163. Would you rather live in a house shaped like a triangle or a house shaped like a circle?
164. Would you rather live on a farm with animals or in a mansion in a big city?
Friends and Family Would You Rather Questions for Kids
165. Would you rather be the best player on a sports team that loses a lot or the worst player on a team that wins a lot?
166. Would you rather have one best friend or 100 acquaintances?
167. Would you rather be the best-looking person in your class or the funniest person in your class?
168. Would you rather have no children or have 10 children?
169. Would you rather never have dinner with friends again or never have dinner with your family again?
170. Would you rather go back in time to meet your great-great-grandfather or go to the future to meet your great-great-grandchild?
171. Would you rather have 11 pets or 11 siblings?
172. Would you rather your ancestor be a famous king or a famous scientist?
173. Would you rather have five sisters or five brothers?
174. Would you rather turn into your mom or your dad for one day?
175. Would you rather make other people's dreams come true or your own dreams come true?
Gross Would You Rather Questions for Kids
176. Would you rather lick the bathroom floor or a dirty trash can?
177. Would you rather kiss a slug or a spider?
178. Would you rather brush your teeth with sour milk or soap?
179. Would you rather have giant feet or a giant tongue?
180. Would you rather burp or fart every five minutes?
181. Would you rather chew old gum or lick a used toothbrush?
182. Would you rather eat snails or sardines?
183. Would you rather sweat honey or gross slime?
184. Would you rather smell like a skunk or look like a porcupine?
185. Would you rather kiss a farting dog or a burping horse?
186. Would you rather smell farts or vomit?
187. Would you rather have hair made from caterpillars or snakes?
188. Would you rather rub mustard or ketchup all over your body?
189. Would you rather roll in a pile of bugs or mud?
190. Would you rather have bad breath or smelly body odor?
191. Would you rather cuddle with a skunk or sleep with a bunch of pigs?
192. Would you rather jump into a vat of snot or a vat of sour cream?
193. Would you rather have the neck of a giraffe or the teeth of a shark?
194. Would you rather have to eat onions with every meal or smell like onions every day?
195. Would you rather have to walk by leaping like a ballerina or jumping like a kangaroo?
196. Would you rather have a tree growing out of the top of your head or make funny sounds every time you talk?
197. Would you rather burp up worms or bubbles?
198. Would you rather stick your hands in a bowl of brains or a bowl of eyeballs?
199. Would you rather be licked by a werewolf or tickled by a vampire?
200. Would you rather see the world in glow-in-the-dark or black and white?
201. Would you rather sleep in a garbage can or sleep hanging upside down?
202. Would you rather eat garbage or drink sewer water?
203. Would you rather eat rotten eggs or drink sour milk?
204. Would you rather have stinky feet or stinky hair?
205. Would you rather get caught picking your nose or farting?
206. Would you rather have a body shaped like an ice cream cone or shaped like a candy cane?
Would You Rather Questions for Teens
207. Would you rather have only a desktop computer or carry an old-fashioned flip phone?
208. Would you rather never use your favorite app again or never play video games ever again?
209. Would you rather live without a toaster or live without a microwave?
210. Would you rather only use Hulu or only use Netflix?
211. Would you rather live with only Instagram or only Tiktok?
212. Would you rather never watch YouTube again or never watch TikTok again?
213. Would you rather be a famous songwriter or a famous singer?
214. Would you rather plan as a football player in the Super Bowl or be the Super Bowl halftime entertainment?
215. Would you rather sleep on the living room couch or share a bedroom with your younger sibling?
216. Would you rather go camping in a tent or spend the night in a hotel room?
217. Would you rather go to a high school football game or a high school band concert?
218. Would you rather have to drive only a stick-shift car for the rest of your life or never use GPS again?
219. Would you rather never wear deodorant again or never use a blow dryer again?
220. Would you rather wear summer clothes all year long or winter clothes all year long?
221. Would you rather smell rotten eggs or sour milk?
222. Would you rather kiss your grandfather or kiss your dog?
223. Would you rather be the youngest child or the oldest child?
224. Would you rather travel back in time or forward in time?
225. Would you rather star in a family reality TV show or a family musical group?
226. Would you rather have no pets at all or be responsible for taking care of all the pets all the time?
227. Would you rather have stinky burps or stinky farts?
228. Would you rather have to do all the family's laundry or cook all the family's meals?
229. Would you rather be in a spelling bee in front of the entire school or sing a song in front of the entire school?
230. Would you rather ride the bus or walk to school?
231. Would you rather be valedictorian or prom queen/king?
232. Would you rather be your school's star athlete or your school's valedictorian?
233. Would you rather get shocked every time you touch anything or break every item you touch?
234. Would you rather live 200 years in the past or 200 years in the future?
235. Would you rather make the best music album ever or make the best movie ever?
236. Would you rather have super hearing or super strength?
237. Would you rather be TikTok famous or Instagram famous?
238. Would you rather have a low salary and love what you do or be highly paid and hate what you do?
239. Would you rather read every book you ever wanted or be able to read minds?
240. Would you rather be a lifeguard or work at a summer camp for kids?
241. Would you rather be in the band or in the choir?
242. Would you rather go on a double date with your parents or your younger siblings?
243. Would you rather date someone who's gorgeous but not funny or someone who's average looking but super funny?
244. Would you rather be a superstar swimmer or a chess champion?
245. Would you rather always be the first one out of the school parking lot or the first one in the lunch line?
246. Would you rather always have the best food in the world or always have the latest technology?
247. Would you rather die painfully at age 99 or peacefully at age 50?
248. Would you rather go to a state college with no debt or go to your dream college and leave with a ton of debt?
249. Would you rather be a college professor or a surgeon?
250. Would you rather travel to a parallel universe or another galaxy?
251. Would you rather live on an airplane in the sky or a boat on the water?
252. Would you rather have no toys at home or no recess at school?
253. Would you rather eat broccoli and have cake afterward, or eat no broccoli and have no cake?
254. Would you rather read minds or be invisible?
255. Would you rather have super strength or the ability to fly?
256. Would you rather spend a day at SeaWorld or Lego Land?
257. Would you rather star in a movie or be a star athlete?
258. Would you rather have sprinkles or gummies?
259. Would you rather have hot fudge or caramel?
260. Would you rather be extremely smart or hilariously funny?
261. Would you rather make balloon animals or break a piñata as a birthday party activity?
262. Would you rather drive a moped or a four-wheeler?
263. Would you rather go back in time or have the power to pause the present?
264. Would you rather fly in an airplane or a hot air balloon?
265. Would you rather have a new bike or new shoes?
266. Would you rather eat peanut butter cookies or oatmeal raisins?
267. Would you rather be king or queen for a day or a week with no homework and chores?
268. Would you rather play laser tag or go to a skating rink?
269. Would you rather be a famous YouTuber or a famous TikToker?
270. Would you rather choose your own school clothes or pick your own meals?
271. Would you rather be a famous online dancer or video game steamer?
272. Would you rather fly a helicopter or drive a race car?
273. Would you rather ride a camel or a horse?
274. Would you rather get out of washing dishes or cleaning your room?
275. Would you rather have eyes in the back of your head or have four arms and hands?
276. Would you rather be in a cartoon or in a video game?
277. Would you rather have a giant trampoline in the backyard or a large TV in your bedroom?
278. Would you rather have a pet squirrel or a pet rabbit?
279. Would you rather have massive hands or enormous feet?
280. Would you rather be invincible or invisible?
281. Would you rather have super hearing or supernatural eyesight?
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Final Thoughts on Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Are you ready to start playing “would you rather” with your kiddos today? If so, download our free printable and board the fun train!
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