Summer Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Would you rather build a sandcastle the tide will take or dig a hole deep enough to stand in?

Then ask: Does it bother you that neither one will be there tomorrow?

Would you rather jump off the high dive once or go down the water slide all afternoon?

Then ask: What would it take to get you up the ladder?

Would you rather float on your back for an hour or race to the other side and back?

Then ask: When do you want quiet, and when do you want to go fast?

Would you rather find a perfect shell or watch a crab walk out of one?

Then ask: Should you take home something that could be somebody's house?

Would you rather run through a sprinkler with your friends or have a water balloon fight?

Then ask: What one rule would keep it fun for everyone?

Would you rather learn to surf or learn to snorkel?

Then ask: What would you have to stop being nervous about first?

Would you rather have a lake all to yourself or a beach packed with kids to play with?

Then ask: How many people is the right number for a good day?

Would you rather be the lifeguard for a day or the kid who gets to swim all day?

Then ask: What would you notice from the chair that the swimmers do not?

Would you rather swim in water so clear you can see the bottom or water where you cannot see your feet?

Then ask: Is it better to know what is down there?

Would you rather walk the beach early when it is empty or late when the sun goes down?

Then ask: What is different about a place when nobody else is there?

Would you rather paddle a canoe with a partner or a kayak alone?

Then ask: What happens in a canoe when the two of you do not agree?

Would you rather go back to a place you already love or try somewhere you have never been?

Then ask: What are you risking each way?

Would you rather pick every song in the car or pick every place you stop to eat?

Then ask: What would you offer the others in return?

Would you rather sit in the middle seat for the whole drive or get the window but no snacks?

Then ask: What trade would you offer the person next to you?

Would you rather stay with relatives who have kids your age or in a place with a pool but nobody you know?

Then ask: What matters more on a trip, the place or the people?

Would you rather have a summer with one big trip or a lot of small days out?

Then ask: Which would give you more stories to tell?

Would you rather keep a journal of your trip or take a photo every hour?

Then ask: What can words keep that a picture cannot?

Would you rather get lost on the way and find something great or arrive right on time and see only what you planned?

Then ask: How do you feel when a plan changes?

Would you rather pack your own bag with no help or have someone pack it who forgets one thing?

Then ask: What would you forget, and how would you manage without it?

Would you rather visit a big amusement park or a national park?

Then ask: Which one would you still talk about next summer?

Would you rather send postcards to your friends or bring each of them back a small rock from where you went?

Then ask: What makes something a good thing to bring home?

Would you rather be away the whole summer or stay home the whole summer?

Then ask: What would you miss either way?

Would you rather sleep in a tent or under the stars with no tent at all?

Then ask: What would you hear at night?

Would you rather build the campfire or cook over it?

Then ask: Which job needs more patience?

Would you rather roast a marshmallow slowly until it is golden or set it on fire and eat it anyway?

Then ask: Are you a patient person or a fast one, and when does that help you?

Would you rather tell the campfire story or be the one who listens?

Then ask: What makes a story good to hear out loud?

Would you rather catch a fish and let it go or catch nothing and watch the water all morning?

Then ask: Is a morning wasted if you come home with nothing?

Would you rather share a cabin with kids you do not know or with one friend from home?

Then ask: How do strangers turn into friends?

Would you rather hike to a waterfall or bike to a lake?

Then ask: How would you keep going when you got tired halfway?

Would you rather learn to tie ten knots or learn to read a compass?

Then ask: When might each one get you out of trouble?

Would you rather be the fastest swimmer at camp or the one who knows everybody's name?

Then ask: Which one would people remember you for?

Would you rather climb a tree to the top or build a fort at the bottom?

Then ask: Which one would you still be using at the end of the summer?

Would you rather find a trail nobody has marked or follow one with a sign at every turn?

Then ask: What do you owe the next person who comes along?

Would you rather run a lemonade stand or bake for a bake sale?

Then ask: What would make someone stop at yours and not the one down the street?

Would you rather eat watermelon at every meal or corn on the cob at every meal?

Then ask: By which day would you want to trade?

Would you rather be too hot with nothing to do or busy all day in the rain?

Then ask: Which is harder for you, being uncomfortable or being bored?

Would you rather have a fan in every room or one room that is always cool?

Then ask: How would your family share the cool room?

Would you rather cook dinner on the grill or pack a picnic for the park?

Then ask: What can go wrong with each one, and what is your backup plan?

Would you rather have the ice cream truck come by every day at the same time or show up once as a surprise?

Then ask: Would it still be exciting if you could count on it?

Would you rather pick berries all morning and eat as you go or buy a basket and have the morning free?

Then ask: Does food taste different when you picked it yourself?

Would you rather spend the hottest day of the year at a pool or in a cool, dark movie theater?

Then ask: How would you talk a friend into it if they wanted the other one?

Would you rather drink only ice water or only warm lemonade all summer?

Then ask: When would you want the other one most?

Would you rather wear sandals all summer or go barefoot wherever you are allowed?

Then ask: Where would you wish you had picked the other?

Would you rather have a shady tree in your yard or a hose you may use anytime?

Then ask: Which one would more of your friends come over for?

Would you rather catch fireflies and let them go or lie still and count them?

Then ask: What do you get from watching that you do not get from catching?

Would you rather watch fireworks from up close or from a hill far away?

Then ask: What do you gain with distance, and what do you lose?

Would you rather have a summer with no plans at all or one where every week has something in it?

Then ask: How long could you go before you were bored, and what would you do then?

Would you rather read ten books this summer or learn one new skill?

Then ask: Which would change your fall more?

Would you rather spend a day with no screens and all your friends or all your screens and no friends?

Then ask: What would you be doing by the third hour?

Would you rather have a sleepover in the backyard or stay up for a movie inside?

Then ask: What would send you back indoors?

Would you rather see a meteor shower at two in the morning or a perfect sunset at dinnertime?

Then ask: What is worth losing sleep for?

Would you rather have summer be one month longer or have a week off in every other month?

Then ask: What is good about a long break that short ones cannot give you?

Would you rather make one new friend this summer or get much closer to a friend you have?

Then ask: Which one takes more work?

Would you rather spend the summer helping a neighbor with their project or working on one that is all your own?

Then ask: What is different about working for someone else and working for yourself?

Would you rather know exactly what the first day back at school will be like or be surprised?

Then ask: What do you hope will be different this year?