60 Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Would you rather be the turkey that gets pardoned at the White House or the one that runs off into the woods?

Then ask: Which one has the better story to tell?

Would you rather help stuff the turkey or carve it at the table?

Then ask: Which job do people watch, and which one do they forget?

Would you rather have a turkey the size of a car or one the size of a chicken?

Then ask: What problem would each one cause?

Would you rather gobble every time you laugh or waddle every time you walk, just for Thanksgiving Day?

Then ask: Who in your family would copy you first?

Would you rather eat only white meat or only dark meat for every Thanksgiving from now on?

Then ask: How would you talk someone into your side?

Would you rather wake up early to put the turkey in or stay up late to wash the roasting pan?

Then ask: Which one would you be glad you did the next morning?

Would you rather have a turkey that talks or a turkey that sings?

Then ask: What would it say about being the main dish?

Would you rather pull the wishbone and win or pull it and lose but get to make the wish anyway?

Then ask: Is a wish still yours if you did not win it?

Would you rather skip the turkey this year or skip the stuffing?

Then ask: What makes a dinner feel like Thanksgiving to you?

Would you rather eat cranberry sauce from a can with the ridges on it or the homemade kind?

Then ask: Why do some people like the one that looks worse?

Would you rather have a pie made of sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes covered in marshmallows?

Then ask: Is a sweet potato dessert or dinner?

Would you rather pick the whole menu or cook one dish you have never made before?

Then ask: What would you make, and who would you ask for help?

Would you rather eat dinner at noon and have the whole afternoon free or eat late and get hungry all day?

Then ask: What does waiting do to how the food tastes?

Would you rather try a little of every dish on the table or fill your plate with your two favorites?

Then ask: Which plate would you be happier with an hour later?

Would you rather have gravy on everything or no gravy at all?

Then ask: Which dish would be ruined first?

Would you rather set the table with the fancy plates or with paper plates and no dishes to wash?

Then ask: Who decides which one your family uses?

Would you rather have dessert first or save room and eat it last?

Then ask: What would the grown-ups say, and would they be right?

Would you rather mash the potatoes by hand or roll out the pie crust?

Then ask: Which kitchen job do you think you are good at?

Would you rather sit next to the relative who tells the longest stories or the one who asks you the most questions?

Then ask: Which one do you learn more from?

Would you rather meet a cousin you have never met or spend the day with the cousin you know best?

Then ask: What would you ask the new one first?

Would you rather invite a neighbor who would eat alone or a friend from school?

Then ask: How would you make the guest feel at home?

Would you rather hear a story from when your grandparents were kids or tell them a story from your year?

Then ask: What story would you pick?

Would you rather greet every guest at the door or be in the kitchen when they arrive?

Then ask: What can you learn about people in the first minute?

Would you rather play a board game with the whole family or go outside with the other kids?

Then ask: Who would be the worst loser at the game?

Would you rather have a video call with family far away or write them a letter they can keep?

Then ask: Which one would they still have next year?

Would you rather be the youngest person at the table or the oldest kid there?

Then ask: What is expected of each one?

Would you rather ask your grandparents how they spent Thanksgiving as kids or how they met?

Then ask: What do you think you would be surprised by?

Would you rather thank someone you see every day or someone who helped you once and does not know it mattered?

Then ask: What would you say to them?

Would you rather keep a thankful jar all November or make one long list on Thanksgiving Day?

Then ask: Would the list come out different if you wrote it slowly?

Would you rather get a thank-you note or write one?

Then ask: Which one stays with you longer?

Would you rather be thanked for something you worked hard on or for something kind you did without thinking?

Then ask: Which thanks feels better, and why might that be?

Would you rather say thank you to your teacher or to the person who cleans your school?

Then ask: Who do people forget to thank?

Would you rather go around the table saying one thing you are thankful for or play a guessing game about what everyone said?

Then ask: What would be easy for others to guess about you?

Would you rather be thankful for something you have or for something you got to do this year?

Then ask: Which kind lasts longer?

Would you rather help serve a meal to people who need one or bring food to a neighbor?

Then ask: What would you want to know about the people you were helping?

Would you rather find out what your family is most thankful for about you or tell each of them what you are thankful for about them?

Then ask: What would you say to the person next to you right now?

Would you rather design a new parade balloon or march in the band?

Then ask: What would your balloon be, and why that?

Would you rather watch the dog show on TV or go for a long walk before dinner?

Then ask: How does your family spend the hours before the food is ready?

Would you rather start a brand-new family tradition or keep every old one exactly the same?

Then ask: Which tradition would you never want to change?

Would you rather run a Turkey Trot in the morning or make the breakfast for everyone who runs it?

Then ask: What makes an early morning worth it?

Would you rather make the place cards for the table or be the one who decides where everyone sits?

Then ask: Who should sit next to whom, and how would you decide?

Would you rather trace your hand to make a paper turkey or build a centerpiece out of things from the yard?

Then ask: What would you put in it?

Would you rather play in a family football game or be the one who keeps score and calls the plays?

Then ask: Which job takes more thinking?

Would you rather eat Thanksgiving dinner outside on a picnic blanket or in the coziest room of the house?

Then ask: What would change about the day?

Would you rather have Thanksgiving the same way every year or somewhere new each time?

Then ask: What do you get from doing it the same way?

Would you rather eat leftovers for a week or throw them all out on Friday?

Then ask: What happens to food nobody eats?

Would you rather invent a new leftover dish or have the same Thanksgiving dinner a second time?

Then ask: What would you name your dish?

Would you rather spend the long weekend doing nothing at all or doing something new every day?

Then ask: Which one would feel longer?

Would you rather take a long nap after dinner or stay up late playing games?

Then ask: Who in your family falls asleep first?

Would you rather decorate for winter the day after Thanksgiving or wait until December?

Then ask: When does one holiday stop and the next one start for you?

Would you rather go back to school with a story about your weekend or with a question you thought about?

Then ask: What would you tell your class?

Would you rather do the dishes for an hour or dry them and put them away?

Then ask: Which one goes faster with someone to talk to?

Would you rather have Thanksgiving on a Thursday or move it to a Saturday?

Then ask: What would change if it was on a weekend?

Would you rather pack a box of leftovers for a guest or be the guest who takes one home?

Then ask: What does giving food away say to someone?