45 Would You Rather Questions That Get Messy Fast

These 45 would you rather questions for kids start innocent and end in full chaos, which is exactly the point. Split into five escalating rounds, the game works for school-age kids and adults together, needs zero supplies to start, and almost always ends with someone regretting their answer out loud.

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How to Play

Gather everyone in a circle or around a table. One player (or the adult host) reads a question aloud, then every player calls out their answer at the same time by holding up one finger for Option A or two fingers for Option B. Anyone who wants to can explain their choice — and the defending and arguing is where the real fun happens. Work through all 9 questions in a round before moving to the next one. If a question is too hard to decide, players can call a 10-second countdown, but they must answer before time runs out. No skipping, no “both”, no “neither”. Print the round cards below so kids can hold and read the questions themselves. For a larger group, try these fun party games to round out your evening.

Round 1: Silly Food and Animal Trades

These warm-up questions are light enough that even the shyest kid at the table will have a fast opinion.

1. Would you rather have a pet elephant that lives in your bedroom or a pet whale that lives in your bathtub?
2. Would you rather eat spaghetti for breakfast every single day or eat cereal with orange juice instead of milk?
3. Would you rather have fingers made of carrot sticks or toes made of gummy bears?
4. Would you rather speak only in animal sounds for a whole day or walk on all fours everywhere you go?
5. Would you rather eat a pizza topped with gummy worms or a bowl of ice cream topped with pickles?
6. Would you rather have a dog that quacks like a duck or a cat that barks like a dog?
7. Would you rather eat popcorn flavored like broccoli or broccoli flavored like popcorn?
8. Would you rather have a monkey follow you to school every day or have a parrot repeat everything your teacher says?
9. Would you rather drink a smoothie made of every vegetable in the fridge or eat a sandwich where every ingredient is a different flavor of jam?

Round 2: Gross-Out and Body-Horror Picks

This is where the table starts making faces. Every question is silly and safe, just properly revolting.

1. Would you rather have hair that smells like sweaty gym socks or armpits that smell like blue cheese?
2. Would you rather sneeze glitter every time someone says your name or burp bubbles every time you laugh?
3. Would you rather have a booger the size of a grape stuck to your face for a week or have spinach in your teeth for every school photo ever taken?
4. Would you rather drink a full glass of pickle brine or eat a spoonful of mayonnaise mixed with ketchup?
5. Would you rather have a cold that makes your nose run non-stop for a month or a cough that kicks in every time a room goes quiet?
6. Would you rather lick the bottom of your shoe or chew a piece of gum you found stuck under a desk?
7. Would you rather have a long strand of hair stuck in your mouth that you cannot pull out or a popcorn kernel stuck in your teeth for 24 hours?
8. Would you rather sweat purple liquid or have your tears turn bright orange?
9. Would you rather your feet grew one size every month forever or your nose shrank a little smaller every year until it disappeared?

Round 3: Impossible Life Swaps and Power Trades

Now things get properly unfair, and the arguments about which superpower is actually worse start flying. If you enjoy this style of game, the full bank of 120 would you rather questions for kids has even more to keep the round going.

1. Would you rather be able to fly but only at the speed of a slow walk or be able to turn invisible but only when no one is looking at you anyway?
2. Would you rather swap lives with your least favourite subject’s teacher for a year or swap lives with the school janitor for a year?
3. Would you rather have super strength but sneeze every time you use it or have super speed but trip and fall at the end of every run?
4. Would you rather be able to talk to animals but they all hate you or be able to read minds but every thought is in a language you don’t understand?
5. Would you rather have to trade places with your sibling (or your closest friend) for one full month, including their room, chores and schedule, or live in your school building for a month with unlimited snacks?
6. Would you rather give up all screens for a year but gain the ability to pause time or keep all your screens but have your hands turn into flippers for a year?
7. Would you rather be 2 cm tall for a week, trying to survive normal life, or be 10 metres tall for a week and have to explain it to everyone?
8. Would you rather have to wear your clothes backwards for the rest of school life or have to speak every sentence in reverse word order for a whole year?
9. Would you rather eat one meal a day chosen entirely by your biggest enemy or eat whatever you want but every meal arrives at the wrong temperature?

Round 4: Would You Rather Live Scenarios

These questions put players inside a whole situation, which means the defending gets wilder and the room gets louder. A this-or-that style game works brilliantly as a follow-up round when this one ends.

1. Would you rather live in a house where every room is a giant trampoline or live in a house where every floor is a shallow swimming pool?
2. Would you rather live on a desert island with unlimited books and no people or live in a city with unlimited people and no books ever?
3. Would you rather spend a year living inside a school 24/7 with your 5 best friends or spend a year living inside a theme park completely alone?
4. Would you rather live in a world where it rains candy once a week but the streets are sticky forever after or live in a world where it never rains at all but the sky is always the wrong colour?
5. Would you rather live in a house that is technically a submarine or live in a house that is technically a hot air balloon?
6. Would you rather live in a world where everyone can read your most embarrassing thought once a day or a world where your most embarrassing moment gets broadcast on the news once a year?
7. Would you rather live in an era where dinosaurs still roam freely but you are also a dinosaur or live in the future where humans live on Mars but you have to share a room with a robot?
8. Would you rather live next door to a family of friendly giants who accidentally break things or live above a family of tiny people who are incredibly noisy?
9. Would you rather spend a month as the world’s most famous celebrity with zero privacy or spend a month as a completely unknown hermit in the middle of a forest?

Round 5: The Finale — Where It Gets Truly Ridiculous

Save these for last. They are the questions that take longest to answer and spark the most chaotic table arguments.

1. Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck?
2. Would you rather have your laugh replaced permanently with a siren sound or have your sneeze replaced permanently with a fog horn?
3. Would you rather have to do a cartwheel every time you enter a room for the rest of your life or have to bow deeply every time you leave a room for the rest of your life?
4. Would you rather have a clone of yourself that disagrees with everything you say or a clone of yourself that agrees with everything you say but is better at everything?
5. Would you rather eat a whole jar of peanut butter using only your elbows or drink a litre of water using only a teaspoon, and you have 3 minutes for either?
6. Would you rather find out that all vegetables are actually aliens observing us or find out that your shadow has been living a completely different life behind your back?
7. Would you rather have to narrate everything you do out loud in a sports-commentator voice for 24 hours or have someone else narrate your life in a dramatic film-trailer voice everywhere you go?
8. Would you rather swap brains with your pet for a week (you become the pet, it goes to school) or swap brains with your favourite fictional character and have to live inside that story?
9. Would you rather the entire world found out your most embarrassing search on any device you have ever used or the entire world heard a full recording of your silliest private conversation?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many players do you need for this game?

The game works with as few as 2 players, but it gets much louder and funnier with 4 or more. A group of 6 to 12 is the sweet spot for a kids party, because you get a proper split of opinions and a room full of people defending ridiculous choices.

What age group is this best for?

The questions are written for kids aged 6 to 12 playing alongside adults. Younger players in that range will need Round 1 and 2 read aloud to them, while 10-to-12-year-olds can read and host rounds themselves.

Do you need any supplies to play?

Nothing at all. You can read questions from a screen or a printed sheet. If you want the card version, print each round sheet on cardstock, cut along the lines, and keep the sets in separate small envelopes or held together with binder rings.

How long does a full game of 5 rounds take?

Roughly 20 to 35 minutes if you keep things moving. Longer if players get into detailed arguments, which they will. You can play just one or two rounds as a warm-up for another party game.

Can kids skip a question they don’t like?

The rules say no skipping, but it’s your party. A 10-second countdown where everyone must commit before time runs out is a good middle ground. It keeps the energy up without pressuring anyone.

Are there any questions here that are too gross for younger kids?

Round 1 is very safe for all ages in the 6-to-12 band. Round 2 has the grossest questions but they stay firmly silly and age-appropriate. Nothing in the set involves real danger, adult themes or anything a parent would object to.