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115 “Would You Rather” Questions for Kids

What’s inside this article: 115 would you rather for kids. It includes questions for all ages – there are funny, gross, and hard questions that will get kids thinking critically and having fun. A free printable list (PDF) is included, download at the bottom of the article.

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From breaking the ice on the first day of school to busting boredom on rainy days, “would you rather” questions are a great way to get kids talking and thinking critically.

Coming up with “would you rather” questions for kids at the drop of a hat can be a bit challenging, though.

If you’ve been looking for unique would you rather questions for kids of all ages, keep reading.

Here are 100 would you rather questions to ask kids.

Would You Rather Questions for Young Kids/Preschoolers

For kids aged 3-5, the would you  questions for preschools and young kids are fun, age-appropriate, and will definitely yield some fascinating answers:

1. Would you rather eat 100 Skittles or 100 M&Ms?  

2. Would you rather be as small as an ant or as big as an elephant?

3. Would you rather have wings like a butterfly or fins like a fish?

4. Would you rather have a pet bear or a pet snake?

5. Would you rather live on a farm or in a fish tank?

6. Would you rather have 8 younger brothers and sisters or 8 older brothers and sisters?

7. Would you rather ride on the back of an alligator or on the back of a giraffe?

8. Would you rather eat spaghetti for dinner every night or never eat spaghetti for dinner again?

9. Would you rather take care of 5 tiny dogs or one giant dog?

10. Would you rather have every day be Christmas or every day be Halloween?

11. Would you rather fly in outer space or go swimming under the ocean?

12. Would you rather be covered in glitter or covered in bubbles?

13. Would you rather have it be winter every day or summer every day?

14. Would you rather have super long hair or super long fingernails?

15. Would you rather live in a tree or live underground?

16. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal or eat ice cream for every meal?

17. Would you rather have to swim everywhere you go or ice skate everywhere you go?

18. Would you rather eat a worm or eat a spider?

19. Would you rather go without TV for a year or go without candy for a year?

20. Would you rather only wear a swimsuit for the rest of your life or only wear a snowsuit?

21. Would you rather kiss a frog or hug a porcupine?

22. Would you rather eat an entire jar of mayonnaise with a spoon or drink a whole bottle of ketchup through a straw?

23. Would you rather go camping with your mom and dad or go to the beach with your brothers and sisters?

24. Would you rather go on a vacation to Disneyland or visit the North Pole?  

25. Would you rather have popsicle sticks for teeth or cotton balls for hair?  

Funny Would You Rather Questions for Kids

For older kids, these funny would you rather questions for kids are great options. There’s nothing wrong with injecting a little humor into their days, and these questions can help you to get them thinking and laughing:

26. Would you rather play soccer wearing high-heeled shoes or play basketball wearing ice skates?

27. Would you rather squeak like a chipmunk or growl like a grizzly bear?

28. Would you rather listen to the same song over and over for the rest of your life or watch the same movie over and over?

29. Would you rather only be able to speak backward or only be able to speak in rhyme?

30. Would you rather live in a swamp or live under a bridge?  

31. Would you rather get chased by one elephant or chased by 100 mice?

32. Would you rather never be able to stop dancing or never be able to stop singing?

33. Would you rather have a horse the size of a hamster or a hamster the size of a horse?

34. Would you rather have a wrestling match with a gorilla or a swimming race with a dolphin?

35. Would you rather drink out of a baby bottle or wear a diaper on the outside of your clothes for the rest of your life?

36. Would you rather sneeze 100 times a day, or constantly have the hiccups?

37. Would you rather only be able to eat with a spoon or never be able to use a spoon again?

38. Would you rather go to bed every night at 5 pm, or wake up every morning at 5 am?

39. Would you rather eat 1 spider or 1000 pieces of broccoli?

40. Would you rather have an elephant trunk, or bird’s beak for a nose?

41.Would you rather be covered in hair from head to toe, or completely bald.

42. Would you rather wear clown makeup every day or a year, or only wear pajamas for the rest of your life?

43. Would you rather look like a Roblox avatar or a Minecraft avatar in real life?

44. Would you rather yawn every 5 minutes, or fart every 10 minutes?

45. Would you rather talk like a robot or walk like a robot?

46. Would you rather go to school in your underwear for one day, or go to school in a Halloween costume for a whole year?

47. Would you rather have a pet llama or a pet seagull?

48. Would you rather Pokémon exist in real life, or superheros exist in real life?

49. Would you rather eat chalk or eat dirt?

50. Would you rather swim in jello or slime?

Gross Would You Rather Questions for Kids

When you really want to elicit some giggles (and cries of disgust), these gross would you rather questions for kids can get the job done:

51. Would you rather eat 1 raw fish or 100 worms?

52. Would you rather kiss a frog or kiss a rat?

53. Would you rather get caught picking your nose or picking a wedgie?

54. Would you rather eat a handful of sand from the playground or drink a glass of water from the toilet?

55. Would you rather fart in public or vomit in public?

56. Would you rather have breath that smells like onions or have body odor that smells like rotten milk?

57. Would you rather only be allowed to use a public bathroom or only allowed to go to the bathroom in the bushes?

58. Would you rather lick the bathroom floor or lick the inside of a trash can?

59. Would you rather have terrible body odor or be trapped in an elevator with someone who has terrible body odor?  

60. Would you rather wet the bed every night for a month or have diarrhea every day for a month?

61. Would you rather live in a house infested with spiders or ride in a car full of mice?

62. Would you rather never use shampoo again or never use toothpaste again?

63. Would you rather have all your eyelashes fall out or lose all your fingernails?  

64. Would you rather have a booger hanging out of your nose for an hour or have bad breath for a day?

65. Would you rather be trapped in a house with 1 million cockroaches or 1 million flies?

66. Would you rather have 1 big pimple in the middle of your forehead or 50 mosquito bites all over your body?

67. Would you rather eat someone else’s ear wax or drink someone else’s sweat?

68. Would you rather eat moldy bread or drink week-old milk?

69. Would you rather smell 100 dirty diapers or eat 1 dirty diaper?

70. Would you rather have cockroaches crawling all over your body or lice crawling around in your hair?

71. Would you rather go a year without washing your hair or a year without cutting your fingernails?

72. Would you rather wear the same underwear for a week or wear the same socks for a year?

73. Would you rather eat someone’s booger or lick someone’s foot?

74. Would you rather have a runny nose for the rest of your life or super-smelly feet for the rest of your life?

75.  Would you rather eat a raw hamburger patty or a rotten hamburger patty?

76. Would you rather eat week-old eggs or drink week-old milk?

Hard Would You Rather Questions for Kids

These hard would you rather questions for kids require deeper thinking skills to answer. They’re not as simple as some of the funny or gross ones, but they’re great to ask on days when you want to challenge your kids and encourage them to think more deeply:

77. Would you rather lose your sense of taste or lose the ability to see colors?  

78. Would you rather win $10 immediately or flip a coin for the chance of winning $20?  

79. Would you rather be able to read everyone’s mind or be able to control one person’s mind?  

80. Would you rather be able to know what’s going to happen in the future or be able to go back in time and change the past?  

81. Would you rather be 4 years old forever or be 94 years old forever?

82. Would you rather wake up in the middle of a great dream or not be able to wake up in the middle of a nightmare?

83. Would you rather win the lottery and lose your friends or keep your friends and never make any money?  

84. Would you rather be able to communicate with animals or be able to speak every language in the world?

85. Would you rather get stranded on a snowy mountain top or get stranded in the desert?

86. Would you rather only be able to eat vegetables or only be able to eat meat?  

87. Would you rather be able to pause your life whenever you wanted or be able to rewind your life whenever you wanted?  

88. Would you rather always be dressed too casually or always be dressed too formally?  

89. Would you rather be itchy every day of your life or be in severe pain one day per year?

90. Would you rather be popular and ugly or unpopular and beautiful?

91. Would you rather never be able to cry again or cry every day for 10 minutes at a random time?  

92. Would you rather have super speed or super strength?

93. Would you rather give up your favorite food forever or eat your least favorite food once a week?

94. Would you rather kiss a frog or give a speech in front of the entire school?

95. Would you rather be the funniest person in the world or the smartest person in the world?  

96. Would you rather have one best friend, or have 20 okay friends?

97. Would you rather be an expert in one subject or pretty good in every subject?

98. Would you rather have your life turned into a movie or have your life turned into a book?

99. Would you rather have everyone in school ignore you or have everyone talking to you at once?

100. Would you rather constantly have to travel the world or never be able to leave your home?

Even More Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Just a few more questions that didn’t really fit into a specific category:

101. Would you rather live in Australia or Alaska?

102. Would you rather have 1000 robux or 1000 v-bucks?

103. Would you rather live on a cruise ship or live in a hotel?

104. Would you rather be voted the smartest person in your class or the funniest?

105. Would you rather be a great singer or a great guitar player?

106. Would you rather be able to travel back in time or be able to travel to the future?

107. Would you rather stand in the rain for 3 hours or be buried in the sand for 3 hours?

108. Would you rather be 10 years older than you are right now or 10 years younger?

109. Would you rather be able to speak every language in the world fluently or be able to play every instrument professionally?  

110. Would you rather never watch Youtube again or never play video games again?

111. Would you rather be ugly and the richest person alive or poor and the most attractive person alive?

112. Would you rather have $25 right now, or $100 in one year?

113. Would you rather be the worst player on a team that always wins, or be the best player on a team that always loses?

114. Would you rather have a movie theater in your house or an inground pool in your back yard?

115. Would you rather be rich or famous?

Ask Your Kids/Students These Would You Rather Questions

Would you rather questions for kids are great tools for breaking the ice, shaking up the school day, or encouraging kids to think critically and challenge their previous points of view.

Doing this in small groups or as a class also helps kids learn about perspective taking and respecting others’ points of view.

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