Truth or Dare for Kids

Sleepover-ready and parent-approved: 40 truth questions such as “what makes you laugh the most?” and 40 silly dares like “talk like a robot until your next turn”. Every dare is safe to do indoors, with no eating strange things and no pranks.

Truth or dare for kids cards to print (PDF)

These four pages show the truth or dare cards: 12 on a page in color, 8 big cards, a small 20-card page in black and white, and the matching card backs. Click any picture for the PDF, or use the generator above to choose truths only, dares only or both.

Print the truth or dare for kids cards

• Choose the deck, the level and how many cards fit on a page (8 big cards, 12, or 20 small ones).
• Add your own cards at the bottom: family names, inside jokes, films your group loves.
• Tick Card backs to add a matching back page (print double-sided, flip on the long edge).
• Press Download PDF or Print, cut along the dotted lines, and shuffle.

Play it now on a phone or a TV

No cards to cut? Use the game below. Pick a level, set the timer and let the game keep score for two teams. Put it on full screen on a laptop or TV for the whole room, and press Copy link to send the same shuffled deck to friends on a video call so everyone follows along.

How to play truth or dare for kids

• Sit in a circle. On your turn, choose Truth or Dare.
• Truth: answer honestly. Dare: do the task (you can pass once per game).
• Tap Truth or Dare in the game above to draw a card, or pick from the printed piles.
• Kind rules only: no one has to share anything they don’t want to, and nobody laughs at anyone.

Tips for parents: clean truth or dare

Print only the dares of this truth or dare for kids deck for a very active party, or only the truths for a calm bedtime version. Add your own cards with family jokes. For teenagers, the would you rather and never have I ever lists make good extra rounds.

Truth or dare questions for kids

Truth questions for kids (40)

1. What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
2. Who is your favorite cartoon character and why?
3. What is one food you would never eat?
4. What is the best present you have ever got?
5. Have you ever blamed your brother, sister or pet for something you did?
6. What makes you laugh the most?
7. What is the scariest dream you remember?
8. If you could be any animal, what would you be?
9. What is your secret talent?
10. What is the funniest word you know?
11. Who is your hero?
12. What is something you are proud of this year?
13. What would you do if you were invisible for a day?
14. What is the worst thing you have ever tasted?
15. What song do you sing when no one is listening?
16. What is your favorite thing about your best friend?
17. What job do you want when you grow up?
18. Have you ever pretended to be ill to skip something?
19. What is the most embarrassing thing that happened at school?
20. If you could meet anyone, who would it be?
21. What is your favorite family tradition?
22. What is one thing you are scared of?
23. If you had a superpower, what would it be?
24. What is the kindest thing someone has done for you?
25. What was your favorite toy when you were little?
26. What do you like most about yourself?
27. If you ruled the world for a day, what would be the first rule?
28. What is the longest you have gone without a bath?
29. Which teacher would you love to swap places with for a day?
30. What is your favorite smell?
31. Have you ever eaten something off the floor?
32. What is the funniest nickname you have had?
33. What is something you have never told your parents?
34. Who in this room would survive longest on a desert island?
35. What is your favorite joke?
36. What would you buy with 1,000 rupees?
37. What is the strangest thing in your school bag right now?
38. What is one thing you would change about school?
39. Which cartoon would you like to live in?
40. Do you talk to your toys or pets?

Dares for kids (40)

1. Talk like a robot until your next turn.
2. Do your best chicken dance for 10 seconds.
3. Say the alphabet backwards as far as you can.
4. Balance a book on your head and walk across the room.
5. Make the funniest face you can and hold it for 10 seconds.
6. Hop on one foot 15 times.
7. Sing “Happy Birthday” in an opera voice.
8. Pretend to be a cat until someone laughs.
9. Tell a joke in a baby voice.
10. Do 10 jumping jacks while saying your name.
11. Spell your full name backwards.
12. Walk like a crab to the door and back.
13. Try to lick your elbow.
14. Speak only in questions until your next turn.
15. Pretend you are a newsreader and read the weather for today.
16. Draw a picture with your eyes closed.
17. Give everyone in the room a compliment.
18. Do your best impression of a teacher (a kind one!).
19. Hold a plank for 20 seconds.
20. Sing your favorite song with your mouth closed and let others guess it.
21. Act like a monkey for 15 seconds.
22. Say a tongue twister three times fast.
23. Talk in an accent until your next turn.
24. Do a silly walk across the room.
25. Wear your socks on your hands until your next turn.
26. Pretend to be a statue until someone makes you laugh.
27. Make up a short rap about the person on your left.
28. Do your best superhero pose and hold it.
29. Count to 20 in another language, or try!
30. Pretend to be a dinosaur waking up.
31. Balance a spoon on your nose.
32. Name 10 animals in 15 seconds.
33. Do a cartwheel, or your best try at one.
34. Say something nice about yourself in a loud voice.
35. Dance with no music for 20 seconds.
36. Pretend to be a chef on a cooking show for 20 seconds.
37. Keep a straight face while everyone tries to make you laugh.
38. Moo like a cow every time someone says your name, until your next turn.
39. Walk backwards to the kitchen and back.
40. Invent a new handshake with the person on your right.

Clean truth or dare: eight house rules for parents

Clean truth or dare is a good game only when the rules are clear. Read these eight house rules before the first card:

1. Everyone can say “pass” once, with no questions asked.
2. Nobody laughs at anyone, and laughing with is welcome.
3. Dares stay indoors and stay on the floor: no climbing, no jumping off furniture.
4. No food dares, no touching other people’s belongings and no dares that involve other children.
5. Truths are never shared outside the room.
6. An adult can veto any card.
7. Add your own cards only if the whole group agrees.
8. Stop when the first child asks to stop.

Dares for kids: how the 40 dares are built

The dares are sorted by type and energy, so you can pick a calm round for bedtime or an active round for a birthday. The grouping is by keyword, so a few dares could fit two groups:

Truth questions for kids: what the 40 truths are for

Truth questions for kids work best when they are about favorites, feelings and funny memories, not about secrets. Most of the 40 truths here ask about a favorite (a cartoon, a smell, a joke) or an imagined situation (being invisible, ruling the world), which every child can answer without embarrassment. A few ask about small misbehaviors, such as blaming a sibling, and the house rules let a child pass on those.

Truth or dare for kids by age

Truth or dare questions for kids: how to run a sleepover round

For a sleepover, sit in a circle with a pile of truths and a pile of dares, and let each child choose. Set a timer for 20 minutes, and move to a quieter game, such as would you rather for kids, when the energy drops. The game is played in many forms around the world, and Wikipedia’s truth or dare article describes its history. Print the cards from the generator above: for all 80 cards you need 7 sheets at 12 per page.

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