Would you rather have eyes in the back of your head or ears on your knees? Already stumped? Good — that's exactly the point.

Would you rather questions are one of those rare activities for kids that work on literally any occasion. Long car trips, birthday parties, dinner tables, wet weather days, school pick-ups... No equipment, no prep, no fuss, just a question and a whole lot of opinions! Kids love them because there's no wrong answer (and because they get to say gross things with parental permission). Parents love them because they're genuinely fun even after the fifth round.

We've put together a big list across all kinds of categories, from easy ones for little kids to proper head-scratchers for teens. Scroll to whatever suits your crew and get ready to giggle.

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Easy Would You Rather Questions For Kids
Funny Would You Rather Questions For Kids
Gross Would You Rather Questions For Kids
Food Would You Rather Questions
Animal Would You Rather Questions
School Would You Rather Questions
Road Trip Would You Rather Questions
Hard Would You Rather Questions For Older Kids
Would You Rather Questions For Teens
Christmas Would You Rather Questions
Birthday Party Would You Rather Questions

Easy Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Perfect for younger kids or anyone who needs a warm-up. These ones are light and fun, with no deep thinking required.

1. Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?

2. Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?

3. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal or ice cream for every meal?

4. Would you rather be really tall or really tiny?

5. Would you rather live in a treehouse or a houseboat?

6. Would you rather have super strength or super speed?

7. Would you rather it always be daytime or always be night?

8. Would you rather be able to talk to animals or speak every language in the world?

9. Would you rather have a slide from your bedroom to the kitchen or a trampoline as your bed?

10. Would you rather meet a real dinosaur or a real alien?

Funny Would You Rather Questions for Kids

These ones are designed to make someone snort-laugh. You've been warned!

1. Would you rather sneeze glitter every time or hiccup bubbles?

2. Would you rather have a head the size of a watermelon or feet the size of surfboards?

3. Would you rather only be able to talk in rhymes or only be able to sing everything you say?

4. Would you rather wear your clothes backwards for a week or your shoes on the wrong feet for a month?

5. Would you rather laugh every time someone said your name or cry every time you heard music?

6. Would you rather have a belly button that played music when pressed or an elbow that honked like a horn?

7. Would you rather always say everything you're thinking out loud or never be able to speak above a whisper?

8. Would you rather have clown hair you can't change or clown shoes you can't take off?

9. Would you rather lose all your eyebrows or have one giant eyebrow across your whole forehead?

10. Would you rather walk backwards everywhere or only be able to move by skipping?

Gross Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Kids absolutely love these. Parents, you have been warned (again).

1. Would you rather have to eat a spoonful of mayonnaise or a spoonful of mustard every morning?

2. Would you rather lick the bottom of your shoe or lick a public doorknob?

3. Would you rather have a permanent runny nose or permanently watery eyes?

4. Would you rather eat a worm sandwich or drink a glass of sweat?

5. Would you rather smell like a rubbish bin or smell like a wet dog?

6. Would you rather only be able to wash your hair with ketchup or brush your teeth with soap?

7. Would you rather eat a bowl of hair or a bowl of toenail clippings?

8. Would you rather sit in a bathtub full of spiders or a bathtub full of worms?

9. Would you rather have to wear socks soaked in cold water for a day or eat a piece of cheese that's been in someone's pocket all week?

10. Would you rather burp every time you shook someone's hand or fart every time you laughed?

Food Would You Rather Questions

These are great at the dinner table — though some answers might put you off your meal!

1. Would you rather eat only sweet food forever or only savoury food forever?

2. Would you rather never eat chocolate again or never eat chips again?

3. Would you rather eat spaghetti with your hands or soup with a fork?

4. Would you rather have to put tomato sauce on everything or have to put Vegemite on everything?

5. Would you rather eat a raw lemon every day or drink a glass of pickle juice every day?

6. Would you rather eat the world's spiciest food or the world's most sour food?

7. Would you rather only ever drink water or never eat dessert again?

8. Would you rather have taste buds on your fingers or be able to smell colours?

9. Would you rather eat your least favourite food for a whole week or not eat at all for two days?

10. Would you rather eat breakfast food for every meal or dinner food for every meal?

Animal Would You Rather Questions

For the animal lovers, the future vets, and anyone who's ever wanted to be a dolphin.

1. Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or talk to cats?

2. Would you rather have the strength of a gorilla or the speed of a cheetah?

3. Would you rather live with a lion or live with a bear?

4. Would you rather be able to breathe underwater like a fish or fly like an eagle?

5. Would you rather have a tail like a monkey or a trunk like an elephant?

6. Would you rather be a dolphin or a wolf?

7. Would you rather have the ability to see in the dark like a cat or hear things from a kilometre away like a bat?

8. Would you rather be chased by one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?

9. Would you rather wake up and discover you've turned into a koala or a kangaroo?

10. Would you rather have feathers instead of hair or scales instead of skin?

School Would You Rather Questions

These ones certainly hit different on a Monday morning.

1. Would you rather have homework every day but shorter school hours, or no homework but school until 5 pm?

2. Would you rather your best friend were in every class, or your teacher were the nicest person on earth?

3. Would you rather eat lunch alone every day for a week or have to give a speech in front of the whole school?

4. Would you rather be amazing at sport or amazing at maths?

5. Would you rather have a school day that was only two hours long but every day, or a normal school week but with a month off at Christmas?

6. Would you rather sit next to your worst enemy all year or have to present every assignment out loud?

7. Would you rather win the school spelling bee or win sports day?

8. Would you rather have the same teacher for every subject or a different teacher every single lesson?

9. Would you rather be the class captain or the best at art?

10. Would you rather school have no rules for a week or no homework for the rest of the year?

Road Trip Would You Rather Questions

Save these for approximately 45 minutes in, when everyone's bored, and the snacks are almost gone.

1. Would you rather listen to the same song on repeat for the whole trip or have no music at all?

2. Would you rather stop at every single service station or not stop at all until you arrive?

3. Would you rather be the one who controls the music or the one who controls the air conditioning?

4. Would you rather have an extra-long road trip to somewhere amazing or a short trip somewhere ordinary?

5. Would you rather play I Spy for three hours or do maths in your head the whole way?

6. Would you rather the car had no windows or no air conditioning in summer?

7. Would you rather sleep the whole road trip and miss everything or stay awake but feel carsick the whole time?

8. Would you rather eat hot chips from a servo or get a meal at a sit-down restaurant on the way?

9. Would you rather your road trip playlist be chosen by your parents or your little sibling?

10. Would you rather arrive somewhere after dark and miss seeing the surroundings, or leave at 4 am and sleep in the car?
 

Hard Would You Rather Questions for Older Kids

These ones require some actual thought. Great for ages 10 and up.

1. Would you rather be the smartest person in the room but have no friends, or be surrounded by great friends but struggle at school?

2. Would you rather know exactly how your life turns out or be completely surprised?

3. Would you rather be famous for something embarrassing or completely unknown forever?

4. Would you rather lose the ability to read or the ability to hear music?

5. Would you rather always tell the truth even when it hurts, or be able to tell kind lies?

6. Would you rather have a job you love but earn very little money, or a job you hate but be very wealthy?

7. Would you rather be the only person who remembers a major historical event, or have a memory that everyone else shares?

8. Would you rather live somewhere with extreme cold forever or extreme heat forever?

9. Would you rather go back in time and change one decision, or see one day of your future?

10. Would you rather give up your phone for a year or give up seeing your friends in person for a year?

Would You Rather Questions for Teens

These ones get into genuinely tricky territory, but usually spark a real conversation.

1. Would you rather be able to delete one memory or relive one memory on demand?

2. Would you rather be the most popular person at school but secretly lonely, or have one deeply genuine friendship?

3. Would you rather lose access to social media forever or never be able to listen to music again?

4. Would you rather know what every person thinks of you, or never know?

5. Would you rather have every embarrassing thing you've ever done broadcast publicly or lose all your photos from the last five years?

6. Would you rather be famous at 18 and forgotten by 25, or completely unknown your whole life but doing something meaningful?

7. Would you rather have unlimited money but never be able to travel, or travel anywhere in the world but always be broke?

8. Would you rather always be 10 minutes early or always be 10 minutes late?

9. Would you rather have the ability to know when someone is lying or the ability to make anyone trust you instantly?

10. Would you rather be really successful at something you fell into by accident, or spend years chasing something you're passionate about but never quite make it?

Christmas Would You Rather Questions

Pull these out at the Christmas table or save them for the car ride to someone's house on the 25th.

1. Would you rather be an elf in Santa's workshop or one of Santa's reindeer?

2. Would you rather get one amazing Christmas present or ten okay ones?

3. Would you rather have a white Christmas or a classic Aussie summer Christmas at the beach?

4. Would you rather Christmas happen every month or only every two years?

5. Would you rather eat Christmas pudding for breakfast every day in December or have to give up Christmas lunch completely?

6. Would you rather wear a Christmas jumper every day until New Year's or wear tinsel as a belt all of December?

7. Would you rather be the one who decorates the tree or the one who picks it?

8. Would you rather spend Christmas Day at a waterpark or on a camping trip?

9. Would you rather get all your presents on Christmas Eve or wait until Christmas morning?

10. Would you rather find out Santa isn't real at age 5 or believe until you're 15?

Birthday Party Would You Rather Questions

A great icebreaker game when kids are arriving or when the energy needs a boost mid-party.

1. Would you rather have a birthday party with 50 people or a sleepover with your five best friends?

2. Would you rather have a giant cake that doesn't taste good or a tiny slice of the most delicious cake ever made?

3. Would you rather choose any theme for your party or have it be a total surprise organised by someone else?

4. Would you rather your birthday fall on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve every single year?

5. Would you rather have unlimited dessert at your party or unlimited rides and activities?

6. Would you rather have your birthday in summer or winter?

7. Would you rather get lots of small presents or one big one from your whole family?

8. Would you rather have a party at a venue with loads of activities or a backyard party that goes all day?

9. Would you rather everyone at your party get to choose your cake flavour, or you get to choose but nobody else gets a say?

10. Would you rather your birthday be a school day so your whole class celebrates with you, or a weekend, but only your close friends come?

FAQS

What age are would you rather questions good for?

Would-you-rather questions work from about age 4 all the way through to teenagers. The key is picking the right category. Little kids do great with the easy and animal questions, while older kids and teens tend to gravitate toward the harder, more philosophical ones. The gross and funny categories are pretty much universally beloved regardless of age.

How do you play Would You Rather?

One person reads out a question, and everyone has to pick one of the two options — no sitting on the fence allowed! The fun part is defending your answer, so encourage kids to explain their reasoning. You can play in a circle, taking turns, or just fire questions at each other whenever the mood strikes. No equipment, no scorekeeping, no rules beyond having to actually choose.

Can you use would you rather questions as a party game?

Absolutely. They make a great icebreaker when guests are still arriving, and they work well as a filler activity between party games. For a birthday party, you can theme the questions around the birthday kid — swap in their favourite foods, animals, or hobbies to make it feel personal. 

Are would you rather questions good for car trips?

They're one of the best car trip activities! No screens, no puzzle pieces to lose, no setup — just a question and an argument about whether you'd genuinely rather eat a worm sandwich or drink a glass of sweat. 

What makes a good would you rather question?

The best ones are ones that are hard to answer — two options that both have real appeal or real downsides, so there's no obvious choice. Questions that spark a follow-up conversation or make someone laugh while they're thinking are the sweet spot. Avoid ones where almost everyone will pick the same answer, because the fun is in the debate.

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