Parents often struggle to find fun activities that pull kids away from screens. Many families want meaningful ways to spend time together but run out of ideas quickly.
Good news! “Would you rather” questions offer a simple yet effective way to create laughter and start great talks with your kids.
These questions need no special items, can be used anywhere, and help children think in new ways.
This collection of 262 would-you-rather questions gives you plenty of options for family game nights, car trips, dinners, or any moment when you want to connect.
From silly scenarios to thoughtful choices, these questions will spark giggles and good chats that everyone will enjoy.
How to Encourage Creativity with Would You Rather Questions
“Would you rather” questions can boost kids’ creativity in amazing ways. When children face two unusual options, their minds start working in new directions.
For maximum creative impact, ask open-ended follow-up questions. If your child chooses “would you rather be able to fly or be invisible,” ask them what they’d do first with that power. Let them explain their thinking in detail.
Try having kids draw their answers instead of saying them out loud. This adds a visual dimension to their thinking process. You can also challenge them to make up their own “would you rather” questions.
Keep a small notebook of the most creative responses. Looking back at these answers later can show how your child’s thinking has grown. The best creative moments often come from the silliest questions, so don’t shy away from wacky scenarios.
These questions work because they remove right-or-wrong pressure and let imagination take the lead.
Funny and Silly Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Would you rather always be covered in glitter or always have bubbles following you?
Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon?
Would you rather wear socks on your hands or gloves on your feet?
Would you rather be able to speak only in rhymes or sing everything you say?
Would you rather have hair that changes color every hour or ears that wiggle when you talk?
Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat?
Would you rather jump like a kangaroo or crawl like a crab?
Would you rather have a head that’s too big or feet that are too small?
Would you rather always have a nose that’s too long or ears that never stop growing?
Would you rather be able to turn invisible or teleport anywhere?
Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or candy for teeth?
Would you rather always be stuck in a cartoon world or always be in a video game?
Would you rather be able to do 100 cartwheels in a row or jump 100 feet high?
Would you rather have your shoes always make a squeaky sound or have your voice sound like a duck?
Would you rather be able to jump into any book or jump into any movie?
Would you rather always laugh like a chicken or sneeze like a giraffe?
Would you rather be as tall as a skyscraper or as small as an ant?
Would you rather have your hands always sticky or your feet always wet?
Would you rather ride a flying unicorn or a giant rainbow hamster?
Would you rather have a nose that can sniff anything from miles away or eyes that can see through walls?
Would you rather wear pajamas to school every day or wear a superhero costume every day?
Would you rather have 100 cats or 100 dogs living in your house?
Would you rather always have to talk like a robot or like a pirate?
Would you rather have your house made of candy or made of Legos?
Would you rather live in a house made of pillows or a house made of marshmallows?
Would you rather have an elephant-sized pet hamster or a hamster-sized pet elephant?
Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs or legs as short as your fingers?
Would you rather be able to turn any object into gold or make anything you touch bounce?
Would you rather have a pet that talks back or a pet that never stops singing?
Would you rather live in a world where everyone wears hats or everyone wears socks on their hands?
Would you rather be able to make clouds rain chocolate or flowers bloom popcorn?
Would you rather always get stuck in traffic or always be late for every appointment?
Would you rather always be able to skip instead of walk or dance instead of run?
Would you rather have feet that smell like roses or ears that sound like a bell?
Would you rather always wear shoes that make fart sounds or always wear shoes that light up?
Would you rather have a laugh that sounds like a horn or a cry that sounds like a trumpet?
Would you rather have a house that never stops bouncing or a bed that never stops spinning?
Would you rather be a human ice cream cone or a human spaghetti noodle?
Would you rather wear a wig made of spaghetti or shoes made of cheese?
Would you rather always be able to talk to animals or always be able to understand plants?
Would you rather only be able to jump or only be able to spin in circles?
Would you rather always walk backward or always hop like a bunny?
Would you rather have hair made of candy canes or ears shaped like waffles?
Would you rather always smell like chocolate or always smell like cupcakes?
Would you rather live on a planet made entirely of candy or entirely of ice cream?
Would you rather be able to shrink to the size of a bug or grow as tall as a building?
Would you rather be able to high-five yourself or clap with your feet?
Would you rather ride a giant marshmallow or fly on a huge balloon?
Would you rather have a tail that wags like a dog or wings that flap like a bird?
Would you rather always wear socks that don’t match or shoes that are two sizes too big?
Would you rather never have to brush your teeth again or never have to take a bath again?
Would you rather have rainbow-colored skin or hair that looks like fireworks?
Food-Themed Dilemmas Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Would you rather eat only chocolate for a week or only ice cream for a week?
Would you rather have a never-ending sandwich or a never-ending pizza?
Would you rather eat a bowl of spaghetti with no sauce or a bowl of soup with no broth?
Would you rather only eat sour foods or only eat sweet foods?
Would you rather have cookies for breakfast every day or pancakes for dinner every night?
Would you rather have a chocolate fountain at every meal or an unlimited supply of gummy bears?
Would you rather never eat fruit again or never eat vegetables again?
Would you rather only be able to eat food that’s purple or food that’s green?
Would you rather eat a whole lemon without making a face or drink hot sauce straight from the bottle?
Would you rather have spaghetti that tastes like marshmallows or ice cream that tastes like mashed potatoes?
Would you rather eat dessert before every meal or have dessert after every meal?
Would you rather have to eat a whole pizza with no toppings or a whole pizza with only pineapple?
Would you rather eat a donut with pickles or a donut with hot sauce?
Would you rather eat a giant bowl of whipped cream or a giant bowl of ketchup?
Would you rather always have to eat your food with a spoon or always with a fork?
Would you rather eat a burrito the size of your head or a taco the size of your body?
Would you rather eat mashed potatoes with chocolate syrup or ice cream with spaghetti?
Would you rather eat a salad that tastes like candy or a candy that tastes like salad?
Would you rather eat a cookie with no chocolate chips or a cake with no frosting?
Would you rather never eat pizza again or never eat cake again?
Would you rather eat your favorite food for every meal or eat a new food every meal?
Would you rather eat spaghetti with your hands or eat a sandwich with a spoon?
Would you rather eat a cupcake that’s too big to finish or a cookie that’s too small to enjoy?
Would you rather drink ketchup instead of water or drink syrup instead of milk?
Would you rather have a pizza that’s all crust or a pizza that’s all toppings?
Would you rather only be able to eat spicy food or only be able to eat bland food?
Would you rather have a lifetime supply of your favorite candy or a lifetime supply of your favorite fruit?
Would you rather eat a burger with jelly on it or a burger with peanut butter?
Would you rather eat popcorn covered in chocolate or popcorn covered in cheese?
Would you rather eat a bowl of mashed potatoes with whipped cream or a bowl of ice cream with gravy?
Would you rather eat food that changes color every time you take a bite or food that sings when you eat it?
Would you rather eat a hot dog with no bun or a hot dog with three buns?
Would you rather eat spaghetti with marshmallows or pancakes with hot sauce?
Would you rather eat a giant cupcake or a giant cookie the size of a pizza?
Would you rather always have to eat food that’s freezing cold or always have to eat food that’s boiling hot?
Would you rather eat pizza with pineapple and anchovies or pizza with marshmallows and pickles?
Would you rather eat only chocolate cake or only fruit salad for the rest of your life?
Would you rather drink a smoothie made of pickles or drink a smoothie made of chocolate sauce?
Would you rather have a pizza with extra cheese or extra toppings?
Would you rather eat a bowl of cereal with no milk or eat a bowl of soup with no spoon?
Would you rather only eat desserts for the rest of your life or only eat vegetables?
Would you rather eat a taco filled with spaghetti or a burrito filled with fruit salad?
Would you rather eat a sandwich that never stops growing or a sandwich that always shrinks when you try to eat it?
Would you rather only eat one type of fruit for the rest of your life or one type of vegetable?
Would you rather eat a cake shaped like a taco or a taco shaped like a cake?
Would you rather have breakfast for dinner every night or dinner for breakfast every day?
Would you rather always eat food that’s too salty or always eat food that’s too sweet?
Would you rather have ketchup as your drink or ice cream as your soup?
Would you rather eat a sandwich made of ice cream or a sandwich made of cookies?
Would you rather only eat foods that are red or only eat foods that are yellow?
Would you rather have a bowl of jelly beans for dinner or a bowl of mashed potatoes for dessert?
Would you rather eat a plate of spaghetti with no sauce or a plate of spaghetti with too much sauce?
Would you rather eat pancakes topped with syrup and cheese or pancakes topped with whipped cream and salsa?
Would you rather have your ice cream served in a bowl made of chocolate or a bowl made of candy?
Would you rather drink a smoothie made from vegetables or drink a smoothie made from candy?
Would you rather have a meal made entirely of your favorite food or a meal made entirely of your least favorite food?
Would you rather eat a cookie that’s too crunchy or a cookie that’s too soft?
Would you rather eat a cake that tastes like bacon or a cake that tastes like broccoli?
Would you rather always have to eat your food with chopsticks or always with a spoon?
Would you rather eat an ice cream cone the size of your head or a bowl of ice cream the size of a bathtub?
Would you rather eat a bowl of cereal with no spoon or drink soup with no straw?
Would you rather eat only crunchy foods or only squishy foods for the rest of your life?
Would you rather eat a salad with candy on top or a candy bar with lettuce inside?
Would you rather eat a whole pizza by yourself or share a pizza with 10 people and get just one slice?
Would you rather eat a bowl of chocolate pudding or a bowl of whipped cream with sprinkles?
Would you rather eat a slice of cake with no frosting or a slice of cake with all the frosting?
Would you rather eat a fruit salad with no fruit or a vegetable salad with no vegetables?
Would you rather always eat a dessert for lunch or always have a snack for dinner?
School-Related Questions for Fun Learning
Would you rather always have recess before lunch or after lunch?
Would you rather get all A’s in one subject or B’s in all subjects?
Would you rather be the teacher’s pet or the class clown?
Would you rather have a pencil that never breaks or a notebook that never tears?
Would you rather always have to do math homework or always have to do science homework?
Would you rather get a free pass to skip a test or always have extra time for tests?
Would you rather be the first to finish an assignment or the last?
Would you rather have homework every day but with no tests or no homework but with tests every week?
Would you rather only learn about animals for the rest of your life or only learn about space?
Would you rather be the best in your class at math or science?
Would you rather learn to read faster or learn to write neater?
Would you rather have a never-ending supply of markers or a never-ending supply of paper?
Would you rather always be able to finish your work early or always get the highest grades?
Would you rather take a field trip to the zoo or to a science museum?
Would you rather always do group projects or always do individual assignments?
Would you rather learn about history or learn about technology?
Would you rather have your school day start at 9 AM or 10 AM?
Would you rather have all your classes in one room or go to different classrooms for each subject?
Would you rather have a locker full of books or a locker full of snacks?
Would you rather always get a “100” on your spelling tests or “100” on your math quizzes?
Would you rather do a science experiment or write an essay?
Would you rather always get extra recess time or extra lunch time?
Would you rather always sit in the front row or the back row?
Would you rather be able to write super fast or read super fast?
Would you rather go to a school where you can wear pajamas or a school where you can wear a superhero costume?
Would you rather always have a pen that writes perfectly or a pencil that erases perfectly?
Would you rather be in a class full of quiet students or a class full of talkative students?
Would you rather have a homework-free day every week or a fun activity day every week?
Would you rather learn a new language or learn a musical instrument?
Would you rather be able to solve any math problem instantly or write the best stories ever?
Would you rather have class pets or class plants?
Would you rather be in charge of organizing a class party or planning a class project?
Would you rather study math in the morning or science in the morning?
Would you rather take notes with a notebook and pen or on a tablet?
Would you rather always get extra credit for completing assignments or always get perfect attendance?
Would you rather take a fun class on art or a fun class on sports?
Would you rather have a quiz on your favorite subject or a test on your least favorite subject?
Would you rather be in a school play or be in a school talent show?
Would you rather write with rainbow-colored pens or with glitter pens?
Would you rather spend a day in a classroom filled with books or filled with computers?
Would you rather always have the same lunch every day or try a different lunch every day?
Would you rather be a student in a class with no homework or a class with no tests?
Would you rather learn how to code a computer program or create your own video game?
Would you rather have a teacher who makes you laugh or a teacher who gives you lots of praise?
Would you rather have a paper airplane contest or a spelling bee competition in class?
Would you rather always sit next to your best friend in class or sit next to someone new every day?
Would you rather learn to draw or learn to make origami?
Would you rather have a fun educational video game or a fun board game to play in class?
Would you rather spend your lunch break playing outside or playing inside in the gym?
Would you rather always get a star sticker for good behavior or a gold star for good grades?
Would you rather be able to understand any math problem instantly or know every science fact?
Would you rather go to a school where everyone loves math or a school where everyone loves history?
Would you rather have a lesson in the library or in the classroom?
Would you rather do a project on your favorite book or your favorite movie?
Would you rather be in a school with no computers or no pencils?
Would you rather have a teacher who sings lessons or a teacher who dances them?
Would you rather do all your homework in one night or spread it out over the week?
Would you rather have a secret school hideout or a secret school snack stash?
Would you rather always get to choose your own classroom seat or always have your seat chosen for you?
Would you rather have a test every week or a quiz every day?
Would you rather get a gold star every time you are nice to someone or every time you help someone?
Would you rather always be the teacher’s assistant or always be the class helper?
Would you rather read books all day in class or do fun science experiments?
Would you rather be the smartest kid in the class or the kindest kid in the class?
Would you rather be in charge of recess time or lunch time?
Friendship and Family-Related Questions to Ask Your Kids
Would you rather always have a sleepover with your best friend or always go on vacation with your family?
Would you rather share everything with your best friend or keep everything to yourself?
Would you rather always have a friend by your side or always have a family member by your side?
Would you rather spend the whole day with your sibling or your best friend?
Would you rather always win a game with your family or always win a game with your friends?
Would you rather have a family movie night every week or a sleepover with your best friend every weekend?
Would you rather be able to talk to your pet or talk to your best friend’s pet?
Would you rather always spend time with your family on holidays or always be with your friends?
Would you rather be the one who gives gifts or the one who receives them?
Would you rather go on a road trip with your family or go on a vacation with your best friend?
Would you rather always have a playdate with your best friend or always have a family game night?
Would you rather have a huge family or a small group of best friends?
Would you rather share your favorite toy with your sibling or with your best friend?
Would you rather have a friend who makes you laugh every day or a sibling who’s always there for you?
Would you rather go camping with your family or go camping with your best friend?
Would you rather always have family members at your birthday party or only your best friends?
Would you rather spend a whole day with your mom or with your dad?
Would you rather never fight with your sibling again or never argue with your best friend?
Would you rather be the oldest sibling or the youngest sibling?
Would you rather have a surprise party with your best friends or a family dinner party?
Would you rather have a best friend who loves the same things as you or one who introduces you to new things?
Would you rather always play sports with your family or always play games with your friends?
Would you rather always be in charge when playing with friends or always let others be in charge?
Would you rather live in a big house with your family or in a small house with your friends?
Would you rather spend a rainy day inside with your best friend or with your family?
Would you rather always win a family talent show or always win a competition with your friends?
Would you rather always have a family movie marathon or a best friend movie marathon?
Would you rather spend a day helping your family with chores or spend a day helping your best friend with schoolwork?
Would you rather always have a family member give you advice or your best friend?
Would you rather visit a theme park with your family or with your best friend?
Would you rather go on a bike ride with your sibling or your best friend?
Would you rather have family game night every week or a sleepover with your best friend every week?
Would you rather always have your best friend’s support or always have your family’s support?
Would you rather go ice skating with your family or with your best friend?
Would you rather live with your family in a fun house or live with your friends in an exciting city?
Would you rather have your family tell funny stories about you or your best friend?
Would you rather always hang out with your cousins or your friends?
Would you rather have a family pet or a best friend’s pet live with you?
Would you rather go on a treasure hunt with your best friend or with your family?
Would you rather be able to give your family endless hugs or your friends endless high-fives?
Would you rather always have your friends over for lunch or your family over for dinner?
Would you rather have a family reunion every year or a best-friend reunion every year?
Would you rather play hide-and-seek with your best friend or your sibling?
Would you rather live next door to your best friend or to your cousins?
Would you rather always share your secrets with your family or your best friend?
Would you rather spend every weekend with your family or with your best friend?
Fun Animal-Related Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Would you rather be able to talk to dolphins or lions?
Would you rather be a bird that can fly anywhere or a fish that can swim in any ocean?
Would you rather have a pet elephant or a pet giraffe?
Would you rather be able to run like a cheetah or jump like a kangaroo?
Would you rather have a tiger as a pet or a lion as a pet?
Would you rather live in a treehouse with monkeys or in a cave with bats?
Would you rather have a pet parrot that can talk or a pet turtle that can live forever?
Would you rather swim with sharks or fly with eagles?
Would you rather be able to climb walls like a spider or soar through the sky like a bird?
Would you rather have the strength of a bear or the speed of a rabbit?
Would you rather be a fish in the ocean or a bird in the sky?
Would you rather be best friends with a panda or a koala?
Would you rather have the ability to roar like a lion or bark like a dog?
Would you rather ride a camel through the desert or ride an elephant through the jungle?
Would you rather have wings like a butterfly or a tail like a monkey?
Would you rather be able to live underwater like a whale or live in a forest like a deer?
Would you rather be able to swim as fast as a dolphin or run as fast as a cheetah?
Would you rather have a pet kangaroo or a pet sloth?
Would you rather be able to fly like a hawk or burrow underground like a mole?
Would you rather always have the ability to talk to your pet or always have the ability to understand wild animals?
Would you rather be as strong as an ox or as fast as a deer?
Would you rather be best friends with a polar bear or a panda bear?
Would you rather have a pet tiger or a pet zebra?
Would you rather spend a day with a whale in the ocean or with an eagle in the sky?
Would you rather always smell like a flower or always smell like a puppy?
Would you rather be able to breathe underwater or run on water like a lizard?
Would you rather ride on the back of a lion or a tiger?
Would you rather be able to jump to the top of a building like a frog or glide like a bat?
Would you rather be as quiet as an owl or as loud as a lion?
Would you rather be a cheetah chasing prey or a bear catching fish in a river?
Would you rather have the speed of a cheetah but the size of a rabbit or the strength of a bear but the size of a squirrel?
The Bottom Line
Playing “would you rather” with kids creates bonds that last longer than any screen time.
These 262 questions do more than just fill time—they open doors to understanding how your children think and what makes them laugh.
So what? These simple questions help kids develop critical thinking skills as they weigh options and explain their choices. Family members learn about each other in ways that might not come up in day-to-day talks.
What next? Start with just five questions tonight at dinner. Notice how your children respond and which types they enjoy most.
Save their favorite questions for future use. Why not create a special jar where everyone can add their own “would you rather” ideas? The conversations and laughter that follow will make family time something everyone looks forward to.
