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100 Would You Rather Questions for Kids (Funny and Silly)

Funny, silly and thoughtful would you rather questions for kids, sorted by theme, for the car, the dinner table and family game night.

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Would you rather questions are the easiest game there is: read two choices, everyone picks one and says why. Start with the funny ones, because nobody can get them wrong.

25 funny would you rather questions

Silly choices with no wrong answer. They work for kids 4 and up, in the car or at the table.

Silly bodies

  1. Start here Would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles?
  2. Would you rather have a tail or have wings that only work when you’re asleep?
  3. Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or meatballs for toes?
  4. Would you rather laugh every time someone says “hello” or sing every time you say “yes”?
  5. Would you rather be able to blow bubbles from your ears or whistle through your nose?

Strange rules

  1. Would you rather wear your clothes backward for a week or wear socks on your hands for a day?
  2. Would you rather only walk backward or only hop on one foot?
  3. Would you rather speak only in rhymes or only in questions?
  4. Would you rather have to clap before every sentence or dance every time you hear music?
  5. Would you rather have a bedtime of 6 p.m. forever or never be allowed to eat dessert again?

Weird pets

  1. Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?
  2. Would you rather have a dog that talks or a cat that does your homework?
  3. Would you rather have a fish that can walk or a bird that can swim?
  4. Would you rather have a pet dinosaur the size of a cat or a cat the size of a dinosaur?
  5. Would you rather ride an elephant to school or a giraffe?

Silly houses

  1. Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a castle made of pillows?
  2. Would you rather have a slide instead of stairs or a trampoline instead of a floor?
  3. Would you rather sleep in a bed made of marshmallows or a hammock in a jungle?
  4. Would you rather have a swimming pool in your bedroom or a candy store in your garage?
  5. Would you rather live where it always snows or where it is always summer?

Silly superpowers

  1. Would you rather turn invisible but only when nobody is looking or fly but only an inch off the ground?
  2. Would you rather talk to cats or talk to vegetables?
  3. Would you rather have a nose that glows like Rudolph’s or ears that wiggle on command?
  4. Would you rather shrink to the size of an ant or grow as tall as a house?
  5. Would you rather turn anything you touch into chocolate or into a balloon?

25 would you rather questions about animals and powers

For kids who like to imagine. These work for kids 5 and up.

Animals

  1. Would you rather be a dolphin or an eagle for a day?
  2. Would you rather be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as a gorilla?
  3. Would you rather have the neck of a giraffe or the trunk of an elephant?
  4. Would you rather swim with sharks or sleep with bats?
  5. Would you rather have a penguin as a best friend or a panda as a babysitter?

Superpowers

  1. Would you rather be able to fly or be able to breathe underwater?
  2. Would you rather read minds or see through walls?
  3. Would you rather be super fast or super strong?
  4. Would you rather never feel cold or never feel tired?
  5. Would you rather stop time or rewind it by ten seconds?

Magic

  1. Would you rather have a magic carpet or a magic wand?
  2. Would you rather have a genie with three wishes or a fairy who grants one wish a day?
  3. Would you rather make it snow whenever you want or make it sunny whenever you want?
  4. Would you rather talk to any animal or speak every language?
  5. Would you rather have a map to any treasure or a key that opens any door?

Adventures

  1. Would you rather explore space or explore the bottom of the ocean?
  2. Would you rather go on a safari or go on a pirate ship?
  3. Would you rather camp on the moon or camp in a rainforest?
  4. Would you rather meet a real dinosaur or meet a real dragon?
  5. Would you rather find a secret room in your house or a secret tunnel in your yard?

Being someone else

  1. Would you rather be a superhero or a wizard?
  2. Would you rather be a famous singer or a famous athlete?
  3. Would you rather be a teacher for a day or a parent for a day?
  4. Would you rather be the youngest in your family or the oldest?
  5. Would you rather be a character in a video game or a character in a book?

25 would you rather questions about food and fun

Every kid has an opinion about food. These work at the dinner table.

Food

  1. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal or ice cream for every meal?
  2. Would you rather give up candy or give up chips?
  3. Would you rather have pancakes for dinner or spaghetti for breakfast?
  4. Would you rather eat a lemon or a raw onion?
  5. Would you rather only eat sweet food or only eat salty food?

Treats

  1. Would you rather have unlimited cookies or unlimited ice cream?
  2. Would you rather have a chocolate fountain or a lemonade fountain?
  3. Would you rather have a lifetime of free pizza or a lifetime of free tacos?
  4. Would you rather eat a giant cupcake or a hundred tiny ones?
  5. Would you rather invent a new candy or a new ice cream flavor?

Play

  1. Would you rather play hide and seek or tag?
  2. Would you rather build a snowman or build a sandcastle?
  3. Would you rather go to a water park or an amusement park?
  4. Would you rather play a board game or a video game?
  5. Would you rather ride a roller coaster or a giant Ferris wheel?

School

  1. Would you rather have recess all day or lunch all day?
  2. Would you rather have homework in every class or a test every Friday?
  3. Would you rather go to school at night or on weekends?
  4. Would you rather learn to juggle or learn to do a cartwheel?
  5. Would you rather have a teacher who is a robot or a teacher who is a dog?

Holidays

  1. Would you rather have Christmas every month or your birthday every month?
  2. Would you rather open all your presents at once or one a day for a month?
  3. Would you rather go trick-or-treating in the snow or build a snowman on the beach?
  4. Would you rather have a giant gingerbread house or a giant snow fort?
  5. Would you rather get a puppy for your birthday or a trip to the beach?

25 harder would you rather questions for older kids

These take a minute to answer. They work for kids 9 and up and start real conversations at dinner.

Time

  1. Would you rather go back in time or go forward in time?
  2. Would you rather relive your favorite day or skip your worst day?
  3. Would you rather be 10 years old forever or be 30 right now?
  4. Would you rather know what happens tomorrow or know what happened before you were born?
  5. Would you rather have more time to play or more time to sleep?

Friends

  1. Would you rather have one best friend or ten good friends?
  2. Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the kindest?
  3. Would you rather move to a new town with your family or stay and have your best friend move away?
  4. Would you rather have a friend who always tells the truth or a friend who always keeps your secrets?
  5. Would you rather help someone and nobody knows, or get thanked for something you didn’t do?

Choices

  1. Would you rather be really good at one thing or pretty good at everything?
  2. Would you rather lose every game you play or never be allowed to play?
  3. Would you rather have to say everything you think or never speak again?
  4. Would you rather be famous or be rich?
  5. Would you rather always be a little too hot or always be a little too cold?

The future

  1. Would you rather have a job you love or a job that pays a lot?
  2. Would you rather live in the city or in the countryside when you grow up?
  3. Would you rather invent something everyone uses or write a book everyone reads?
  4. Would you rather travel to every country or live in one place you love?
  5. Would you rather be an astronaut or an ocean explorer?

Big questions

  1. Would you rather change one thing about the world or one thing about yourself?
  2. Would you rather have a robot that does your chores or a robot that does your homework?
  3. Would you rather never use a screen again or never go outside again?
  4. Would you rather be able to talk to people from the past or the future?
  5. Would you rather have everyone you love be happy or have everyone in the world be a little happier?

I find that number 98 gets the loudest answers at our table, and number 100 gets the quietest.

A few notes on these questions

There’s no score in would you rather, so it works for a 4-year-old and a teenager at the same table. Let the youngest answer first, so they don’t copy the older kids.

For more games, see our Christmas games for the whole family, the Christmas riddles for kids and the Christmas jokes for kids. The rest live in the Family hub, and we explain how we write these lists on How we pick.

FAQ

What are good would you rather questions for kids?

Ones with two answers that are both fun, so nobody picks the obvious one: would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn? The funny section at the top of this page works for kids 4 and up.

How do you play would you rather?

One person reads a question, everyone picks an answer, and then each person says why. The why is the game. There is no winner, which is why it works for kids of different ages.

What are funny would you rather questions?

Questions where both answers are silly: would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles? Numbers 1 to 25 on this page are the funny ones.

Are there would you rather questions for older kids?

Yes. The last section, numbers 76 to 100, has harder choices about time, friends and the future. They work for kids 9 and up and start real conversations.

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First published Nov 14, 2026

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