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Would You Rather Generator (Kids' Edition)

Silly, gross, hard. Ten at a time. Print the cards or just read them in the car.

Ryan · Degen DadPublished Oct 29, 2026

Would-you-rather questions for kids, ten at a time, by age and category. Silly, gross, hard, food, animals, superpowers. Print the cards or just read them in the car. It won't make the "lose mom or dad" kind; a four-year-old gets to those with no help from a generator.

CategoryAgesHow many

Would you rather…

have a pet dinosaur

have a pet dragon?

Would you rather…

have spaghetti for hair

have marshmallows for toes?

Would you rather…

hop like a bunny everywhere you go

waddle like a penguin everywhere you go?

Would you rather…

be as small as a mouse

be as tall as a giraffe?

Would you rather…

have a fluffy tail

have floppy bunny ears?

Would you rather…

live in a bouncy castle

live in a treehouse?

Would you rather…

only be able to quack

only be able to roar?

Would you rather…

wear your shoes on your hands

wear your mittens on your feet?

Would you rather…

take a bath in jelly

take a bath in bubbles taller than you?

Would you rather…

ride a giant cat to the park

ride a giant dog to the park?

How to use it

Pick a category and an age. "Family, everyone" works when the ages in the car are all over the place.
Pick 10 or 20 and hit "Give me questions."
Read one out loud. Everybody picks. Then ask "why?" That's where the game actually is.
Want cards? Hit "Print the cards." They print eight to a page with cut lines.

Would You Rather for 3- and 4-Year-Olds

The rule for little kids: both options have to be things they can picture. "Would you rather be rich or famous" means nothing at three. "Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon" gets an answer in half a second and a ten-minute explanation of what the dragon eats.

Keep the two options the same size, so neither one is obviously better, and keep them physical: animals, food, colors, bodies doing silly things. These are the ten the generator starts from for ages 3 to 5:

Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or have a pet dragon?
Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or have marshmallows for toes?
Would you rather hop like a bunny everywhere you go or waddle like a penguin everywhere you go?
Would you rather be as small as a mouse or be as tall as a giraffe?
Would you rather have a fluffy tail or have floppy bunny ears?
Would you rather live in a bouncy castle or live in a treehouse?
Would you rather only be able to quack or only be able to roar?
Would you rather wear your shoes on your hands or wear your mittens on your feet?
Would you rather take a bath in jelly or take a bath in bubbles taller than you?
Would you rather ride a giant cat to the park or ride a giant dog to the park?

50 Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Ten each of silly, gross, hard, food and animal questions, all clean enough for a classroom. Read them straight off the page, or use the generator up top for fresh ones.

•Silly: Would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles?
•Silly: Would you rather have a nose that honks like a horn or a laugh that sounds like a goat?
•Silly: Would you rather walk backwards all day or talk backwards all day?
•Silly: Would you rather have a pet cloud or a pet rainbow?
•Silly: Would you rather bounce everywhere like a ball or roll everywhere like a wheel?
•Silly: Would you rather have a toothbrush that talks or a pillow that sings?
•Silly: Would you rather sing everything you say or dance every time you walk?
•Silly: Would you rather live in a giant shoe or a giant teapot?
•Silly: Would you rather have a dog that meows or a cat that barks?
•Silly: Would you rather wear pajamas to school every day or a superhero cape every day?
•Gross: Would you rather smell like stinky socks for a day or like old cheese for a day?
•Gross: Would you rather step in mud with bare feet or step in slime with bare feet?
•Gross: Would you rather burp every time you laugh or sneeze every time you laugh?
•Gross: Would you rather have a pet slug that lives in your pocket or a pet snail that lives on your hat?
•Gross: Would you rather drink a broccoli and ketchup smoothie or a pickle and chocolate smoothie?
•Gross: Would you rather take a bath in pudding or in baked beans?
•Gross: Would you rather have hands that are always sticky or feet that are always wet?
•Gross: Would you rather wear the same socks for a week or never wear socks again?
•Gross: Would you rather have boogers that taste like candy or toenails that smell like flowers?
•Gross: Would you rather sit in a bathtub of cold spaghetti or a bathtub of warm oatmeal?
•Hard: Would you rather be able to fly only two feet off the ground or be invisible only when nobody's looking?
•Hard: Would you rather never have homework again or never have an early bedtime again?
•Hard: Would you rather know what your dog is thinking or know what your teacher is thinking?
•Hard: Would you rather have a pause button for your life or a rewind button?
•Hard: Would you rather be the fastest kid in school or the funniest kid in school?
•Hard: Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
•Hard: Would you rather live without music or live without movies?
•Hard: Would you rather always be ten minutes early or always be ten minutes late?
•Hard: Would you rather be amazing at one thing or pretty good at everything?
•Hard: Would you rather give up dessert for a year or give up screens for a month?
•Food: Would you rather eat only pizza forever or never eat pizza again?
•Food: Would you rather have ice cream for breakfast or pancakes for dinner?
•Food: Would you rather have a chocolate river in your backyard or a candy tree?
•Food: Would you rather eat a whole lemon or a spoonful of mustard?
•Food: Would you rather give up cheese or give up chocolate?
•Food: Would you rather eat a grape the size of a ball or a watermelon the size of a grape?
•Food: Would you rather eat only green food for a week or only orange food?
•Food: Would you rather eat spaghetti at every meal or tacos at every meal?
•Food: Would you rather make dinner every night or do the dishes every night?
•Food: Would you rather have a fridge that's always full of your favorite snack or a lunchbox that always has a surprise?
•Animals: Would you rather swim like a dolphin or run like a cheetah?
•Animals: Would you rather have a pet penguin or a pet koala?
•Animals: Would you rather be able to talk to animals or speak every language?
•Animals: Would you rather be a bird for a day or a fish for a day?
•Animals: Would you rather have an elephant's trunk or a giraffe's neck?
•Animals: Would you rather sleep all winter like a bear or sleep upside down like a bat?
•Animals: Would you rather have a pet as big as a horse or as small as a hamster?
•Animals: Would you rather have the eyes of an owl or the ears of a rabbit?
•Animals: Would you rather ride a dolphin or ride an elephant?
•Animals: Would you rather be as strong as an ant or as fast as a hummingbird?

Funny, Gross and Hard: Picking a Category

Funny would-you-rather questions for kids ("Silly" above) work at every age and are the safe opener. Gross ones win with under-sixes every single time: slime, smelly socks, baths in strange foods. Hard ones are for eight and up, when kids start to enjoy arguing a position, and they're the best for the dinner table because they make everybody explain themselves.

"Family, everyone" writes questions a four-year-old and a grandparent can both answer. "Couples" is for the two of you after bedtime: still PG, mostly about parenting life, and it pairs well with the date night ideas generator.

How to Play Would You Rather with Kids

Read the question. Everybody picks one side, no "neither" and no "both." Then everyone says why. That's the whole game, and the why is where it gets good: the kid who picked the pet dragon now has to explain the feeding schedule.

In the car, one person reads and everyone answers in turn. At dinner, go around the table. With printed cards, kids take turns drawing a card and reading it to the grown-ups, which is reading practice they don't notice.

Tips

The "why" is the game

Picking takes one second. Defending it takes five minutes. Always ask why, then ask a follow-up nobody expected.

Gross beats everything under 6

Slime, socks, baked bean baths. You will not win a three-year-old over with a clever trade-off question. Lean into it.

Let them make one up

After a few rounds, the kids want to ask the grown-ups. Their questions are worse, and they're the ones everybody remembers.

No "lose mom or dad" questions

The generator is told no loss, death, injury or scary pairs, and every batch goes through a content filter. Kids come up with the dark ones on their own anyway. You don't need a website for that.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are good would you rather questions for kids?

Two options that are about equally good (or equally gross), that the kid can picture. "Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon?" works at three. "Would you rather have a pause button or a rewind button for your life?" works at nine. There are 50 on this page, and the generator makes more.

What are some gross would you rather questions for kids?

Would you rather take a bath in pudding or in baked beans? Smell like stinky socks or old cheese for a day? Burp or sneeze every time you laugh? Pick "Gross" in the generator for ten more. They're gross, not mean.

What age is would you rather good for?

From about three, with both options kept simple and physical, all the way up to adults. Pick the age in the generator and it matches the questions to it.

Are the questions appropriate for kids?

Yes. The generator is told no loss, death, injury, scary or romantic pairs (except PG couples questions in Couples mode), and every batch goes through a content filter. Anything flagged is thrown out, not cleaned up.

Can I print would you rather cards?

Yes. Hit "Print the cards" to print eight to a page with cut lines, or choose Save as PDF in the print window.