72 Would You Rather Questions for Kids That Get Real Arguments Going

These would you rather questions for kids are built for the eight-to-twelve crowd: balanced enough that the room splits straight down the middle, silly enough that everyone defends their answer at full volume. Six rounds, twelve questions each, and a set of free printable cards for every round so the game runs itself.

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How to Play

One player reads a question aloud and everyone commits to an answer at the same time, either by raising a hand, holding up a finger, or shouting it out. No taking it back once you pick. Go around the group so each player explains their choice in one sentence, then move to the next question. The rounds get progressively wilder, so start at Round One and work your way up. No teams, no scoring, no winner: the whole point is the argument.

Food and Sweets

Start with the most important decisions a person will ever make, because food opinions run deep and kids will absolutely fight for their choices here.

1. Would you rather eat only pizza for every meal for a year OR eat only tacos for every meal for a year?
2. Would you rather drink a glass of pickle juice OR eat a spoonful of plain mustard?
3. Would you rather have unlimited free ice cream but only vanilla flavor OR one scoop of any flavor you want once a month?
4. Would you rather eat a burger with gummy bears instead of a bun OR eat a hot dog dipped in chocolate sauce?
5. Would you rather your least favorite vegetable taste exactly like candy OR your favorite candy taste exactly like broccoli?
6. Would you rather eat cereal with orange juice instead of milk every morning OR eat scrambled eggs with chocolate syrup every morning?
7. Would you rather have a mouth that can only taste sweet things OR a mouth that can only taste salty things?
8. Would you rather eat a whole lemon like an apple OR eat a whole onion like an apple?
9. Would you rather have a never-ending supply of your favorite chips that only you can eat OR share unlimited pizza with everyone but never get the last slice?
10. Would you rather drink a smoothie made of every vegetable in the fridge OR eat a sandwich made of every condiment in the fridge?
11. Would you rather eat your birthday cake before dinner every year OR have no cake but get to pick any restaurant in the world?
12. Would you rather all your food be served at the temperature of lava but taste perfect OR all your food be served ice cold no matter what it is?

Animals

Every kid has a strong opinion about animals, and these questions are designed to make them question everything they thought they knew about their favorites.

1. Would you rather have a pet elephant that lives in your backyard OR a pet dolphin that lives in your swimming pool?
2. Would you rather be able to talk to dogs but not cats OR talk to cats but not dogs?
3. Would you rather have the strength of a gorilla OR the speed of a cheetah?
4. Would you rather wake up one morning as a parrot that can only repeat what people say OR as a goldfish with a three-second memory?
5. Would you rather spend a week living with a family of penguins in Antarctica OR a week living with a family of meerkats in the desert?
6. Would you rather have a tiny dragon the size of a hamster that breathes real fire OR a full-sized dragon that breathes only glitter?
7. Would you rather be followed everywhere by a single very loud goose OR by fifty silent mice?
8. Would you rather have fur all over your body like a bear in summer OR be completely bald like a hairless cat?
9. Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck OR one hundred duck-sized horses?
10. Would you rather only be able to move as slowly as a sloth for one week OR make every sound a seagull makes for one week?
11. Would you rather have a pet lion that thinks it is a housecat OR a pet housecat that thinks it is a lion?
12. Would you rather be able to breathe underwater like a fish OR fly like a bird, but only as fast as a pigeon?

Superpowers

Superpowers sound straightforward until the fine print hits, and these pairs have enough of a catch on each side to make the debate genuinely difficult.

1. Would you rather be invisible whenever you want but no one can hear you either OR be able to fly but only at the speed of a slow jog?
2. Would you rather be able to pause time but you age normally during the pause OR rewind time by one minute but everyone around you remembers what you changed?
3. Would you rather be able to read minds but you cannot turn it off OR have no one ever know your thoughts even when you want them to?
4. Would you rather have super strength but only in your pinky finger OR be able to run at lightning speed but only in reverse?
5. Would you rather be able to teleport anywhere but you always land one meter to the left of your target OR be able to breathe in space but only while wearing your pajamas?
6. Would you rather have the power to talk to animals but they all complain constantly OR the power to control plants but they only do what you ask very slowly?
7. Would you rather be able to clone yourself once a week but the clone argues with everything you say OR be able to shrink to the size of an ant but you cannot control when you grow back?
8. Would you rather have the power to heal anyone instantly but it gives you a cold every time OR the power to never get sick yourself but you cannot share that power with anyone?
9. Would you rather shoot webs from your wrists like a spider but have to eat flies OR have night vision but your eyes glow bright green in the dark?
10. Would you rather be able to freeze anything by touching it but your hands are always cold OR make anything you touch warm up but you can never hold anything cold again?
11. Would you rather have a superpower that only works on Tuesdays but is absolutely amazing OR a minor superpower that works every single day?
12. Would you rather be able to speak every language in the world OR be able to play every musical instrument perfectly?

School and Holidays

This round covers the two things kids spend the most time either dreading or counting down to, so the opinions come fast and loud.

1. Would you rather have no homework ever but school runs one extra hour every day OR keep homework but school ends two hours early?
2. Would you rather have a snow day every Friday for a year but lose all school breaks OR keep every break but go to school on Saturdays?
3. Would you rather your teacher give out candy every time someone answers correctly OR your teacher let the class pick the subject for one full period every week?
4. Would you rather Halloween last an entire week but Christmas only lasts one day OR Christmas last an entire week but Halloween only lasts one day?
5. Would you rather get to skip any one class you choose every day OR add one extra recess to every school day?
6. Would you rather your school have a water park attached to it but math class is two hours long OR no water park but math class is only fifteen minutes?
7. Would you rather get to pick your own seat at school forever OR get to pick your own lunch menu every single day?
8. Would you rather have a three-day school week but school goes all year with no summer break OR keep summer break but go to school six days a week?
9. Would you rather go trick-or-treating in summer when it is warm OR on the actual date in October no matter how cold it gets?
10. Would you rather your birthday fall on the same day as a major holiday every year OR never fall on a holiday but always be a school day?
11. Would you rather have the same lunch as your teacher every day OR have to sit at the teacher’s desk for one full school day every month?
12. Would you rather school start at noon but end at eight in the evening OR start at six in the morning but finish by midday?

Gross but Funny

Safe, silly and completely harmless, these questions exist entirely so kids can shriek and then immediately defend the grosser option with complete confidence.

1. Would you rather have to sneeze every time you hear music OR hiccup every time someone says your name?
2. Would you rather have feet that smell like cheese all the time but no one can tell OR have perfectly normal-smelling feet but everyone thinks you have smelly feet?
3. Would you rather burp the alphabet in front of your whole class OR laugh like a seal every time something is only a little bit funny?
4. Would you rather always have spinach stuck in your teeth at school but your breath smells great OR perfect teeth but your breath always smells like hard-boiled eggs?
5. Would you rather sneeze slime one time a day in a giant burst OR drool glitter non-stop at a slow steady rate?
6. Would you rather have a trail of silly string come out every time you yawn OR a small puff of smoke appear every time you blink?
7. Would you rather your hair smell like peanut butter but look amazing OR your hair look perfect but have no smell at all?
8. Would you rather sweat chocolate syrup when you exercise OR cry orange juice when you laugh?
9. Would you rather step in something squishy every single morning but never know what it is OR know exactly what it is every time but it happens three times a day?
10. Would you rather have to make a loud honking noise every time you sit down OR a squeaky toy sound every time you stand up?
11. Would you rather your sneezes always blow everything off any table near you OR your laughter always sets off car alarms within a block?
12. Would you rather have a cloud of confetti shoot out of your ears every time you wake up OR a single loud trumpet note sound from nowhere every time you fall asleep?

The Impossible Round

No right answer, no easy out, and absolutely no way to get out of defending your pick: this final round is the one that ends with everyone talking at once, which is exactly the point.

1. Would you rather know every answer on every test but forget your best friend’s name once a week OR remember everything about everyone you love but fail every test?
2. Would you rather be famous for doing something embarrassing OR unknown for doing something genuinely impressive?
3. Would you rather live in a house made entirely of chocolate that you can eat but it slowly shrinks OR a house made of vegetables you cannot eat but it lasts forever?
4. Would you rather be able to time-travel but only to next Tuesday OR teleport anywhere in the world but only between 3am and 4am?
5. Would you rather have every wish granted but one wish goes wrong for every wish that goes right OR have no wishes granted but life just quietly goes pretty well on its own?
6. Would you rather find out your pet can talk but only says rude things about you OR find out your pet cannot talk but has been leaving you notes this whole time?
7. Would you rather swap lives with your best friend for one full month OR swap lives with a stranger your age somewhere else in the world for one full month?
8. Would you rather go back to being five years old knowing what you know now OR skip ahead to being twenty-five for one week and then come back?
9. Would you rather every lie you tell turns your hair temporarily green OR every time you tell the truth a small firework goes off above your head?
10. Would you rather always know when someone is lying to you but you cannot say anything about it OR never know when someone is lying but everyone always knows when you are?
11. Would you rather be the first kid to live on a space station for a year with your whole class OR be the first kid to explore the bottom of the deepest ocean alone for a week?
12. Would you rather the whole world forget who you are for one day OR you forget who the whole world is for one day?

How to Keep It Moving and When to Stop

The fastest way to kill the energy is to wait for everyone to stop talking before you read the next question. Do not wait. Let the argument run for about thirty seconds, call time, then read the next one straight away. The momentum is the game.

If a question lands flat because everyone picks the same side without argument, skip it and move on. No question is worth saving if the room agrees instantly. The best ones are the questions where someone switches their answer halfway through their own explanation.

Stop before kids start asking you to repeat questions from earlier rounds. That is the peak. Ending on the first question of The Impossible Round is a perfectly respectable move if energy is flagging. Save the rest for the drive home or a bigger bank of would you rather questions for kids next time.

For a holiday twist, the School and Holidays round pairs well with Christmas games for kids or a Halloween night lineup. Print the cards on cardstock, punch a hole in the corner of each sheet, and clip the rounds together on a binder ring so the deck survives the back seat.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many players do you need for Would You Rather?

Two players is enough for a car ride, and the game works well with groups of up to twenty at a party. The bigger the group, the louder the disagreements, which is most of the fun.

What age are these would you rather questions for kids suited to?

The questions are written for eight to twelve year olds. Younger kids can play the Food and Animals rounds with a little help reading the cards. The Impossible Round works best with kids ten and older.

Do you need the printed cards to play?

No. A parent or older player can read the questions straight from the screen. The cards are useful for letting kids run the game themselves, passing a round around the table, or saving the decks for future car trips.

How do you print the card sheets?

Print on white cardstock for the best result, cut along the lines, and the cards are ready. For a version that survives the back seat, run each sheet through a laminator before cutting, then punch a corner hole and clip the round together on a binder ring.

Is there a winner?

No scoring, no winner. The point is to hear everyone’s reasoning and watch the room argue. If a competitive element is needed, give one point to anyone who convinces at least one person to switch sides before the next question.

Can these questions be used in a classroom?

Yes. The Food, Animals, Superpowers and School rounds are completely classroom-safe. The Gross but Funny round is harmless but noisy, so judge the group. The Impossible Round makes a good discussion starter for a form period or after lunch.