72 Would You Rather Questions for Younger Children

These kids would you rather questions are built for the four-to-seven crowd: short, picture-friendly pairs where both options sound genuinely tempting, so every child in the room has a fast, confident answer. No reading needed, no scary scenarios, and no option a small child will stare at blankly because she has never heard of it. Six rounds, twelve questions each, seventy-two prompts in total, and a set of printable cards for every round so you can run the whole game without looking at your phone.

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How to Play

Read each question out loud, slowly and clearly, so every child hears both options. Ask the kids to show their answer by jumping to one side of the room, holding up a finger for option one or two, or simply calling out their choice. No wrong answers, no keeping score: the fun is hearing how the room splits. Work through one round at a time, twelve questions per round, and use the printable card sheets if you want a helper to read the questions while you keep an eye on the group. The rounds get progressively sillier, so save Round Six for when energy is high and you want a big laugh before winding down.

Round One: Food

Start with food, because every four-year-old has strong feelings about it and will not hesitate for a second.

1. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal OR eat mac and cheese for every meal?
2. Would you rather drink only chocolate milk OR only apple juice for a whole week?
3. Would you rather eat a bowl of plain spaghetti with your hands OR eat soup with a fork?
4. Would you rather have ice cream for breakfast OR pancakes for dinner?
5. Would you rather eat a giant cookie as big as your face OR a giant cupcake as big as your head?
6. Would you rather have sprinkles on everything you eat OR ketchup on everything you eat?
7. Would you rather eat only crunchy food forever OR only soft food forever?
8. Would you rather drink a strawberry smoothie OR a mango smoothie every day?
9. Would you rather eat popcorn at every movie OR gummy bears at every movie?
10. Would you rather have a pizza with ten toppings OR a plain cheese pizza?
11. Would you rather eat a sandwich shaped like a dinosaur OR shaped like a rocket?
12. Would you rather have unlimited grapes OR unlimited blueberries for a snack?

Round Two: Animals

Animals unlock instant opinions in small children, and this round gives every child a creature she already loves to argue about.

1. Would you rather have a pet elephant OR a pet giraffe?
2. Would you rather be able to talk to dogs OR talk to cats?
3. Would you rather swim with dolphins OR ride on a horse?
4. Would you rather have a bunny that follows you everywhere OR a puppy that follows you everywhere?
5. Would you rather be as fast as a cheetah OR be able to jump as high as a kangaroo?
6. Would you rather live in a treehouse with monkeys OR in an igloo with penguins?
7. Would you rather pet a fluffy sheep OR hold a baby chick?
8. Would you rather have a parrot that repeats everything you say OR a dog that can sing?
9. Would you rather play with a litter of kittens OR a litter of puppies?
10. Would you rather be able to breathe underwater like a fish OR fly like a bird?
11. Would you rather have a pet turtle that lives for one hundred years OR a pet hamster that does tricks?
12. Would you rather roar like a lion OR trumpet like an elephant?

Round Three: Playing and Toys

This round lands in the middle of the game when energy is building, and it puts toys and play right at the centre where they belong.

1. Would you rather have a room full of building blocks OR a room full of art supplies?
2. Would you rather play at a huge indoor playground OR at a giant outdoor waterpark?
3. Would you rather have a remote-control car OR a remote-control helicopter?
4. Would you rather spend the day at a trampoline park OR at a bowling alley?
5. Would you rather have every board game ever made OR every puzzle ever made?
6. Would you rather play dress-up for a whole afternoon OR do face painting for a whole afternoon?
7. Would you rather have a giant sandbox in your garden OR a giant ball pit in your living room?
8. Would you rather get a new toy every week OR go to a theme park once a year?
9. Would you rather play hide and seek in a castle OR play tag on a pirate ship?
10. Would you rather have a magic crayon that draws things to life OR a magic toy that talks back to you?
11. Would you rather build a den out of blankets indoors OR build a den out of sticks outdoors?
12. Would you rather win a trophy for running fastest OR a trophy for the best drawing?

Round Four: Being Very Big or Very Small

Size and scale fascinate small children in a way that is hard to explain and very easy to use: this round sparks genuine debate every single time.

1. Would you rather be as tall as a house OR as small as a mouse?
2. Would you rather have feet as big as a sofa OR hands as big as a door?
3. Would you rather be tiny enough to ride a butterfly OR big enough to step over a school bus?
4. Would you rather live in a giant’s house OR in a house built for a tiny elf?
5. Would you rather be small enough to swim in a puddle OR big enough to use a swimming pool as a bathtub?
6. Would you rather be so tall you can touch the clouds OR so small you can hide inside a flower?
7. Would you rather have a giant pet that is as big as a house OR a tiny pet that fits in your pocket?
8. Would you rather eat one enormous strawberry the size of a watermelon OR a hundred tiny strawberries the size of sprinkles?
9. Would you rather be big enough to carry your whole school on your back OR small enough to fit inside a lunchbox?
10. Would you rather grow as tall as a tree when you are angry OR shrink as small as a grape when you are sleepy?
11. Would you rather have a giant umbrella you can share with your whole class OR a tiny umbrella just right for a ladybird?
12. Would you rather be big enough to pick up a car OR small enough to ride a snail?

Round Five: Silly Situations

The room gets louder from here: silly situations bring out the best arguments and the biggest giggles in four-to-seven-year-olds, and that is exactly the point.

1. Would you rather sneeze glitter every time you laugh OR hiccup bubbles every time you eat?
2. Would you rather wear your shoes on the wrong feet for a whole day OR wear your jumper backwards for a whole day?
3. Would you rather have spaghetti for hair OR broccoli for fingers?
4. Would you rather only be able to speak in whispers OR only be able to speak in a very loud voice?
5. Would you rather walk everywhere like a crab OR hop everywhere like a frog?
6. Would you rather have a cloud that follows you everywhere and rains on your head OR a tiny sun that shines only on you all the time?
7. Would you rather forget your own name every morning OR forget what your house looks like every evening?
8. Would you rather have to sing instead of talk for one day OR dance instead of walk for one day?
9. Would you rather wake up with a different hairstyle every day OR wake up wearing a different colour outfit every day?
10. Would you rather have a shadow that waves at strangers OR a shadow that does the opposite of what you do?
11. Would you rather laugh every time someone says your name OR fall asleep every time someone says the word ‘yes’?
12. Would you rather swap shoes with your teacher for a day OR swap lunch with your teacher for a day?

Round Six: The Funny Round

Save this round for last: it goes full nonsense and works best when the children are already warmed up, loud and ready to argue about something completely ridiculous.

1. Would you rather have a nose that honks when you blink OR ears that wiggle when you walk?
2. Would you rather burp the alphabet once a day OR meow instead of saying ‘hello’ every time?
3. Would you rather have a pet cloud that makes fart sounds when you sit on it OR a chair that giggles every time someone sits down?
4. Would you rather only eat food that is green OR only eat food that is purple?
5. Would you rather have a hat that tells jokes OR shoes that play music when you run?
6. Would you rather spend a day as a shopping trolley OR spend a day as a park bench?
7. Would you rather have a monkey butler who steals your socks OR a robot butler who only speaks in riddles?
8. Would you rather sneeze so hard you spin in a circle OR hiccup so hard you jump one metre in the air?
9. Would you rather find out your bed is secretly a trampoline OR find out your bath is secretly a swimming pool?
10. Would you rather have a penguin as your teacher OR a talking dog as your school bus driver?
11. Would you rather laugh like a seal every time you hear music OR cluck like a chicken every time you open a door?
12. Would you rather go to school in your pyjamas one day OR go food shopping in a superhero costume one day?

How to Keep It Moving and When to Stop

The biggest energy dip in any kids game comes from waiting. Keep the pace up by reading each question briskly, calling out the result as soon as most children have answered, and moving straight to the next one without commentary. If two children cannot agree, do not referee: just call it a tie and move on.

Watch for signs that the group is done before the questions are. Restlessness, side conversations and drifting attention all mean it is time to stop, even if you are only halfway through a round. Ending on a high leaves children wanting more, which is exactly the right note. If the group is still fully engaged, the 120 Would You Rather Questions for Kids list gives you a much larger bank to pull from without repeating anything here.

For mixed-age groups where older children are in the room, a handful of questions from the 120 Would You Rather Questions for Endless Fun set can slot in at the end of Round Six without slowing down the younger children who just finished. Print the card sheets, clip them onto a binder ring so they stay in round order, and hand them to a confident older child or a second grown-up to read aloud while you manage the room.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you play Would You Rather with young children?

Read each question aloud slowly so every child hears both options clearly. Ask them to show their answer by jumping to one side of the room, holding up one or two fingers, or calling out their choice. No score-keeping and no wrong answers: the fun is seeing which option wins the room.

What age are these Would You Rather questions for?

The questions here are written for four-to-seven-year-olds. Every option uses something a child that age already knows, nothing frightening, and nothing that requires reading. Older children in the room can join in without any changes to the questions.

How many players do you need?

Would You Rather works with as few as two players and scales easily to a full classroom or party room. The larger the group, the more visible the room split and the more the children enjoy arguing their case.

How do you print and use the card sheets?

Download the sheet, print on standard white cardstock, and cut along the dashed lines. Laminating the cards makes them reusable. Thread a binder ring through one corner of each set to keep a round together. Hand one round’s cards to a helper or an older child to read aloud while you manage the group.

Can you use these questions without printing anything?

Absolutely. The numbered lists in each section are designed to be read straight from a phone or tablet. Print the cards when you want a helper to run a round or when you need something tangible to hand out at a party table.

How long does one full game take?

At a relaxed pace, one round of twelve questions takes about five to eight minutes. All six rounds together run thirty to forty-five minutes. Stopping after three or four rounds is perfectly normal, especially with the youngest children: end while the room is still engaged rather than waiting for attention to drift.