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60 Halloween Would You Rather Questions for Kids

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Sixty Halloween would you rather questions for kids aged 6 to 12: costumes, trick-or-treating, candy, pumpkins and decorations, friendly monsters, and party games. Spooky, not scary. Good for the walk between houses, the wait for dark, or the candy sort on the living room floor.

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01

Costumes

Would you rather wear a costume that is super comfy or one that looks amazing but itches all night?

Then ask: How long would you put up with the itch for a great costume?

  1. Would you rather dress up as your favorite animal or your favorite book character?

    Then ask: What would you have to act like all night?

  2. Would you rather be a scary monster or a silly one?

    Then ask: Which one would the little kids on your street like better?

  3. Would you rather have a costume with lights that really glow or a cape that flies out behind you when you run?

    Then ask: Which part would you show off first?

  4. Would you rather dress up as a real job, like a firefighter, or as something that does not exist, like a dragon?

    Then ask: What would you need to know to play the part well?

  5. Would you rather wear the same costume three years in a row or a brand-new one you never try on until Halloween night?

    Then ask: What could go wrong with a costume you have never tried on?

  6. Would you rather wear a mask that hides your whole face or face paint that lets people see you smile?

    Then ask: Do people treat you differently when they cannot see your face?

  7. Would you rather dress your pet up to match you or leave it in its own fur?

    Then ask: How would you know if your pet liked it?

  8. Would you rather be a ghost nobody can see or a giant everyone can see from a block away?

    Then ask: What would you get up to all night?

  9. Would you rather wear your costume to school for a whole week or only on Halloween night?

    Then ask: What would get tricky by Wednesday?

Each question has a follow-up underneath. Ask it after your kid picks, and you hear the reason behind the pick.

When the questions run out, try the Halloween riddles, 60 of them with answers. The fall list has leaves and the pumpkin patch. The full rules and 200 more questions are on the main list.

11

Trick-or-treating

Would you rather trick-or-treat on your own street or in a neighborhood across town where nobody knows you?

Then ask: What do you know about your own street that helps?

  1. Would you rather go out as soon as it gets dark or wait until late, when the big kids are out?

    Then ask: What changes on the street as it gets later?

  2. Would you rather knock at the house with the scariest decorations or skip it and keep walking?

    Then ask: Does a house that looks scary from the sidewalk still look scary up close?

  3. Would you rather trick-or-treat in the rain with the streets all to yourself or on a perfect night with huge crowds?

    Then ask: How much rain would make you turn around and go home?

  4. Would you rather carry a flashlight or wear a glow stick around your neck?

    Then ask: Which one would help cars see you better?

  5. Would you rather go trick-or-treating with your friends or with your family?

    Then ask: Who would want to go home first?

  6. Would you rather say "trick or treat" at every door or make up your own line to say instead?

    Then ask: What would your line be?

  7. Would you rather stop at a house that gives out candy or one that gives out tiny toys?

    Then ask: Which one would you remember next year?

  8. Would you rather visit a house where you have to answer a riddle to get candy or one where you just hold out your bag?

    Then ask: Does candy you earned taste any different?

  9. Would you rather be the very first trick-or-treater of the night or the very last?

    Then ask: How would the people at the door be different at each time?

21

Candy

Would you rather keep only the chocolate from your bucket or only the sour candy?

Then ask: Which one would you get tired of first?

  1. Would you rather sort your candy by color or by how much you like it?

    Then ask: What does your way of sorting say about you?

  2. Would you rather have one piece of candy right now or a whole bucket you cannot touch until Thanksgiving?

    Then ask: What would you do to keep yourself from peeking?

  3. Would you rather trade candy with someone at home or with a friend?

    Then ask: Who drives a harder bargain?

  4. Would you rather give your extra candy to someone who could not go out this year or save it for a rainy day?

    Then ask: Who do you know who might miss trick-or-treating?

  5. Would you rather invent a brand-new candy or get to rename one that already exists?

    Then ask: What would yours taste like, and what would you call it?

  6. Would you rather have candy corn disappear forever or have chocolate sold only on Halloween?

    Then ask: Which one would more people miss?

  7. Would you rather find a candy you have never seen before or get a big pile of your favorite?

    Then ask: When is trying something new worth it?

  8. Would you rather have your teeth glow in the dark after eating candy or your hair change color with every piece?

    Then ask: Which one would be harder to hide at school?

  9. Would you rather hand out the candy everyone likes or the candy that is your favorite?

    Then ask: How do you guess what other people will like?

31

Pumpkins and decorations

Would you rather carve the biggest pumpkin in the patch or ten tiny ones?

Then ask: Which job would take longer, and why?

  1. Would you rather decorate your house to be spooky or to be funny?

    Then ask: Who would you most want to come to your door?

  2. Would you rather have a giant blow-up spider on your roof or fake spiderwebs all over the porch?

    Then ask: Which one would surprise people more?

  3. Would you rather make a scarecrow that looks like you or one that looks like someone in your family?

    Then ask: What would you dress it in?

  4. Would you rather have your jack-o'-lantern win a contest or make one little kid smile?

    Then ask: Which one would feel better, and why?

  5. Would you rather light your pumpkin with a candle or with a light that changes colors?

    Then ask: Which one looks more like Halloween to you?

  6. Would you rather put up decorations on October 1 or the night before Halloween?

    Then ask: Does starting early make it more fun or less special?

  7. Would you rather grow your own pumpkin from a seed or pick one at the patch?

    Then ask: How long do you think it takes a pumpkin to grow?

  8. Would you rather build a haunted house in your garage or a cozy fort for watching Halloween movies?

    Then ask: Who would you invite to each one?

  9. Would you rather leave a bowl of candy on the porch for people to take or answer the door every time?

    Then ask: How much candy do you think would be left in the bowl by morning?

41

Spooky, not scary

Would you rather meet a friendly ghost or a friendly vampire?

Then ask: What is the first thing you would ask it?

  1. Would you rather have a black cat follow you home or a bat hang upside down in your room?

    Then ask: Why do you think people say black cats are bad luck?

  2. Would you rather spend a night in a haunted house with all the lights on or walk through a corn maze in the dark?

    Then ask: Which part of being scared is fun, and which part is not?

  3. Would you rather be able to turn invisible or walk through walls like a ghost?

    Then ask: What is one thing you would not do, even if nobody could catch you?

  4. Would you rather be a werewolf one night a month or a vampire who can never eat garlic bread?

    Then ask: What would you miss most?

  5. Would you rather listen to a spooky story or tell one?

    Then ask: What makes a story spooky without making it too scary?

  6. Would you rather fly on a witch's broom or ride in a pumpkin coach?

    Then ask: Where would you go first?

  7. Would you rather have a skeleton as your best friend or a mummy as your teacher?

    Then ask: What would each one be really good at?

  8. Would you rather find out the noise in the attic was a raccoon or never find out what it was?

    Then ask: Why is not knowing scarier than knowing?

  9. Would you rather watch a scary movie with the lights off or a funny one with all your friends?

    Then ask: How do you know when something is too scary for you?

51

Parties and silly ones

Would you rather bob for apples or play pin the tail on the black cat?

Then ask: Which game would you be better at?

  1. Would you rather throw a Halloween party at your house or go to a big one at school?

    Then ask: What would you need to plan for your own party?

  2. Would you rather win the costume contest or the pumpkin-carving contest?

    Then ask: Which one takes more work?

  3. Would you rather eat food that looks gross but tastes great, like gummy worms in pudding dirt, or food that looks great but tastes plain?

    Then ask: Does the way food looks change how it tastes?

  4. Would you rather have Halloween twice a year or have it last a whole week?

    Then ask: What would stop feeling special?

  5. Would you rather have Halloween fall on a school night or on a Saturday?

    Then ask: What would you do differently each way?

  6. Would you rather talk only in a spooky voice all day or walk only like a zombie?

    Then ask: Which one would your teacher notice first?

  7. Would you rather have a talking jack-o'-lantern or a broom that sweeps by itself?

    Then ask: What would the pumpkin talk about?

  8. Would you rather be the one who thinks up the best costume idea or the one who builds it?

    Then ask: Which part is more fun, dreaming it up or making it?

  9. Would you rather tell everyone your costume ahead of time or keep it a secret until Halloween night?

    Then ask: Why might someone want to keep it a secret?