Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Silly, clean would you rather questions for kids, made for children: 90 would you rather questions such as “have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?” and “only whisper or only shout for a day?”. Perfect for car rides, dinner, brain breaks and birthday parties.

Would you rather questions for kids cards to print (PDF)

These four pages show the would you rather 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 the number of cards per page.

Print the would you rather questions 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.

Ways to use would you rather questions for kids

• Classroom warm-up: show a question on the board; children move to the left or right side of the room to vote, then give one reason.
• Writing prompt: pick a card and write three sentences explaining your choice (“because…”).
• Car rides and queues: flip through them on a phone, no reading needed for the youngest.
• Party game: everyone answers at once by pointing up (first choice) or down (second choice). Anyone in the minority tells their story.

Why children love would you rather for kids

There is no wrong answer in would you rather questions for kids, so shy children join in, and explaining a choice is great speaking practice. Many teachers keep a stack of these cards for the last five minutes of the day.

Would you rather questions for kids: all 90

1. Would you rather be able to fly or be able to breathe underwater?
2. Would you rather have a pet dragon or have a pet unicorn?
3. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal or never eat pizza again?
4. Would you rather be as small as an ant or be as big as a giraffe?
5. Would you rather live in a treehouse or live in a castle?
6. Would you rather talk to animals or speak every language?
7. Would you rather have a robot that does your homework or have a robot that cleans your room?
8. Would you rather be a famous singer or be a famous footballer?
9. Would you rather only whisper for a day or only shout for a day?
10. Would you rather have no homework ever or have no tests ever?
11. Would you rather travel to space or travel to the bottom of the ocean?
12. Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds?
13. Would you rather have hands for feet or have feet for hands?
14. Would you rather eat a spoonful of sugar or eat a spoonful of salt?
15. Would you rather be a superhero or be a wizard?
16. Would you rather have a slide from your bedroom to the kitchen or have a trampoline floor in your bedroom?
17. Would you rather live where it is always summer or live where it always snows?
18. Would you rather have a nose that glows or have ears that change color?
19. Would you rather be the funniest person in class or be the smartest person in class?
20. Would you rather ride a dinosaur or ride a dolphin?
21. Would you rather have a chocolate river or have a candy tree?
22. Would you rather never be able to watch TV again or never be able to play outside again?
23. Would you rather be a cat or be a dog?
24. Would you rather have a magic carpet or have a time machine?
25. Would you rather eat only vegetables for a week or eat only fruit for a week?
26. Would you rather be able to jump as high as a house or be able to run as fast as a car?
27. Would you rather have a birthday every month or have Diwali every month?
28. Would you rather sleep in a bed made of marshmallows or sleep in a bed made of feathers?
29. Would you rather be a teacher for a day or be the principal for a day?
30. Would you rather meet your favorite cartoon character or be in your favorite cartoon?
31. Would you rather be able to stop time or be able to rewind time?
32. Would you rather have three eyes or have three arms?
33. Would you rather go to school on a flying bus or go to school on a submarine?
34. Would you rather have an elephant’s trunk or have a giraffe’s neck?
35. Would you rather build a snowman or build a sandcastle?
36. Would you rather be a pirate or be an astronaut?
37. Would you rather have your own swimming pool or have your own cinema?
38. Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat?
39. Would you rather be a famous inventor or be a famous explorer?
40. Would you rather talk like a robot all day or walk like a crab all day?
41. Would you rather have a pet penguin or have a pet monkey?
42. Would you rather live on the moon or live under the sea?
43. Would you rather be able to change the weather or be able to talk to plants?
44. Would you rather eat ice cream for breakfast or eat cake for dinner?
45. Would you rather be the oldest child or be the youngest child?
46. Would you rather have a magic pencil that draws real things or have a magic book that tells the future?
47. Would you rather be a tiger for a day or be an eagle for a day?
48. Would you rather have a secret tunnel in your house or have a secret room in your house?
49. Would you rather visit every country or visit every planet?
50. Would you rather have your hair turn blue when you are happy or have your nose wiggle when you fib?
51. Would you rather win a spelling bee or win a sports race?
52. Would you rather play in the snow or play on the beach?
53. Would you rather only be able to hop or only be able to skip?
54. Would you rather have a lifetime supply of books or have a lifetime supply of toys?
55. Would you rather have a cloud that follows you and rains on you or have the sun follow you and make you hot?
56. Would you rather be the best dancer in the world or be the best painter in the world?
57. Would you rather be able to shrink or be able to grow?
58. Would you rather eat a worm-shaped jelly or eat a real carrot with the leaves on?
59. Would you rather have a talking parrot or have a singing goldfish?
60. Would you rather go camping in a forest or go camping on a mountain?
61. Would you rather have a day with no rules or have a day with double playtime?
62. Would you rather be a character in a video game or be a character in a book?
63. Would you rather wear pajamas every day or wear a superhero costume every day?
64. Would you rather have fingers that are crayons or have toes that are erasers?
65. Would you rather have a zoo in your garden or have a funfair in your garden?
66. Would you rather be really good at math or be really good at drawing?
67. Would you rather live in a house made of chocolate or live in a house made of Lego?
68. Would you rather be followed by a friendly ghost or be followed by a friendly alien?
69. Would you rather never get a cold again or never get a scraped knee again?
70. Would you rather have a best friend who is a robot or have a best friend who is a dinosaur?
71. Would you rather eat with chopsticks forever or eat with only a spoon forever?
72. Would you rather have a bath in jelly or have a bath in custard?
73. Would you rather be a chef who cooks for the king or be a pilot who flies the king?
74. Would you rather have super strength or have super speed?
75. Would you rather wake up very early or stay up very late?
76. Would you rather go to a theme park or go to a water park?
77. Would you rather be famous on TV or be famous in a history book?
78. Would you rather have a car that flies or have a bike that swims?
79. Would you rather see a real volcano or see a real waterfall?
80. Would you rather learn to juggle or learn to do magic tricks?
81. Would you rather only eat blue food or only eat green food?
82. Would you rather have a tail or have wings that cannot fly?
83. Would you rather be able to sing like a bird or be able to swim like a fish?
84. Would you rather read a book in one minute or remember everything you read?
85. Would you rather play hide and seek in a huge maze or play tag on a giant trampoline?
86. Would you rather be a detective or be a scientist?
87. Would you rather have your room filled with balloons or have your room filled with bubbles?
88. Would you rather be able to see in the dark or be able to hear very far away?
89. Would you rather eat a lemon or eat a chilli?
90. Would you rather spend a day with your grandparents’ childhood toys or spend a day with toys from the future?

Would you rather questions for kids: how the 90 questions are built

The 90 questions mix silly and thoughtful, so the game works for a first-grade class and for a ten-year-old’s birthday party. The table groups them by keyword, so a few questions could fit more than one theme:

Would you rather for kids in the classroom: a persuasive writing lesson

Would you rather for kids is also a quick way to teach persuasive writing. Children choose a question, take a side and explain their reasons, which is the heart of an opinion paragraph. Use this simple sentence frame for a five-sentence response:

Children can then swap papers, and a partner who made the other choice replies in one sentence. For a spoken version, ask children to stand on the side of the room they chose and state their reason in turn.

Funny would you rather questions: how to write your own

Funny would you rather questions follow a simple rule: both choices must be good (or both silly), so that children cannot pick the answer at once. Here is a four-step method to make your own:

1. Start with a topic children love: animals, food, powers or school.
2. Write a tempting first choice: “have a pet dragon”.
3. Write a second choice that is just as tempting or just as silly: “have a pet unicorn”.
4. Test it on a child, and keep it only if she needs to think.

Would you rather kids clean: what clean means here

Would you rather kids clean means that every question is kind, safe and suitable for a school. There is nothing scary, rude or unkind, and no question that asks a child to choose between two family members or friends. If you add your own cards, apply the same test: would a teacher happily read it to the whole class?

Would you rather cards: print and use

Print the would you rather cards at 12 per page for a class set: the 90 questions take 8 sheets. Cut them, fold them and keep them in a jar for the last five minutes of the day. For background on the game, Wikipedia’s would you rather article describes where it comes from. For quicker choices, try this or that questions.

Would you rather questions for kids: five quick tips

Teachers who use would you rather questions for kids every day say the habit pays off.

1. Choose would you rather questions for kids that fit the age of the group.
2. Read the question twice, slowly, for the youngest players.
3. Let every child answer, even if the answer is “I do not know”.
4. Keep a stack of would you rather questions for kids for waiting time, such as the queue or the car.
5. Finish with a question that makes everyone laugh.

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