72 Winter Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Would you rather build the biggest snowman on your street or the best snow fort?

Then ask: Which one could you share with more people, and does that change your pick?

Would you rather wake up to a snow day you didn't expect or know about it a week ahead?

Then ask: Is the surprise worth more than the time to plan?

Would you rather spend a snow day outside until dark or inside in pajamas?

Then ask: What would you tell someone who picked the other one?

Would you rather have snow in your yard that never melts or snow that falls only on weekends?

Then ask: What would the neighbors think, and would you share?

Would you rather shovel your whole driveway alone or a small path for five neighbors?

Then ask: Which one helps more people, and which one is more work?

Would you rather have a snowball fight with rules or one with no rules?

Then ask: What rule would you add first, and what would it protect?

Would you rather make a snow angel nobody sees or a snow sculpture that melts by noon?

Then ask: Is it worth making something that won't last?

Would you rather be snowed in with a pile of books or a pile of board games?

Then ask: Who would you want snowed in with you?

Would you rather have a snow day with the house to yourself or with every kid on your street?

Then ask: What can you only do when it is quiet?

Would you rather have the first snow come in October or not until February?

Then ask: What is good about waiting for something?

Would you rather make up every snow day on a Saturday or have no snow days at all?

Then ask: What is a day off worth to you?

Would you rather wear five thin layers or one giant puffy coat?

Then ask: What could you do in one that you couldn't do in the other?

Would you rather walk to school in the snow or ride the bus in the rain?

Then ask: What would you notice on the walk that you would miss from the bus?

Would you rather have a winter with lots of snow and little sun or lots of sun and no snow?

Then ask: Which one would change your mood more?

Would you rather live where it is winter all year or where winter never comes?

Then ask: What would you lose that you don't think about now?

Would you rather have breath you can always see or footprints that never fade?

Then ask: What would people be able to figure out about you?

Would you rather have hands that never get cold or feet that never get cold?

Then ask: What would you do more of?

Would you rather wait for the bus in the cold with a friend or in a warm room alone?

Then ask: How much does company change a bad wait?

Would you rather have it dark by four in the afternoon or dark until nine in the morning?

Then ask: What would you move to a different time of day?

Would you rather scrape ice off the car windows every morning or carry in the firewood every night?

Then ask: Which chore would you get better at, and would it get easier?

Would you rather feel the first really cold morning of the year or the first warm one after winter?

Then ask: What makes the first one of anything feel bigger?

Would you rather have a scarf that warms up when you're cold or boots that never slip?

Then ask: Which one keeps you safer, and which one do you just like more?

Would you rather sled down one huge hill once or a small hill twenty times?

Then ask: Is one big thrill better than a lot of small ones?

Would you rather play hockey on a team or figure skate on your own?

Then ask: Do you do better when people count on you or when it is all up to you?

Would you rather learn to snowboard from a patient teacher who goes slowly or a fun one who goes fast?

Then ask: How do you learn best when something is scary?

Would you rather win the sled race or build the sled everyone wants to ride?

Then ask: Which one would you be prouder of?

Would you rather go first down a hill nobody has tried or go after watching three other kids?

Then ask: What do you learn by watching, and what do you lose?

Would you rather pull the sled up the hill or steer it on the way down?

Then ask: How would you make the two jobs fair?

Would you rather play in the snow for an hour with cold toes or half an hour with warm ones?

Then ask: How do you know when it is time to go in?

Would you rather invent a new winter game or become the best at an old one?

Then ask: What would the rules of your game be?

Would you rather have an ice rink in your backyard or a sledding hill?

Then ask: Who would come over, and what would the rules of your yard be?

Would you rather try a winter sport you might be bad at or stick with one you already know?

Then ask: What is the worst thing that happens if you are bad at it?

Would you rather be on a snowball team with great aim or one with a great hiding place?

Then ask: Which matters more in a game, skill or a plan?

Would you rather build a blanket fort that fills the whole room or a small one only you fit in?

Then ask: Who gets invited in, and how do you decide?

Would you rather do a 1,000-piece puzzle with your family or build your own thing alone?

Then ask: What is good about working on something with other people?

Would you rather have only warm drinks all winter or only warm food?

Then ask: What cold thing would you miss the most?

Would you rather have the power go out for an evening or the internet go out for a week?

Then ask: What would your family end up doing together?

Would you rather wear fuzzy socks every day or have a blanket that follows you around?

Then ask: Where would it get you into trouble?

Would you rather have a long quiet evening or a loud game night?

Then ask: Which one do you need more after a busy week?

Would you rather learn to knit a scarf or learn to bake bread?

Then ask: Who would you make the first one for?

Would you rather listen to a story someone reads to you or read one out loud to someone else?

Then ask: What is different about hearing a story and reading it yourself?

Would you rather have a window seat where you can watch the snow or a hidden corner nobody knows about?

Then ask: What do you like to do when nobody is looking for you?

Would you rather have breakfast in bed every Saturday or a blanket picnic on the floor every Friday?

Then ask: What makes an ordinary thing feel like a treat?

Would you rather be stuck inside with someone who talks all day or someone who says nothing?

Then ask: How would you get along by the third day?

Would you rather be a penguin sliding on ice or a polar bear swimming in cold water?

Then ask: What would be the hardest thing about a day in that body?

Would you rather follow animal tracks in the snow or leave food out and wait to see who comes?

Then ask: What could you learn from one that you couldn't from the other?

Would you rather see the northern lights once or a shooting star every night?

Then ask: Is something better when it is rare?

Would you rather have a snowy owl or an arctic fox as a neighbor?

Then ask: How would you be a good neighbor to it?

Would you rather be a squirrel who saved plenty of food or one who finds it fresh each day?

Then ask: What do you save up now, and what do you leave for later?

Would you rather walk in a forest after fresh snow or along a beach in a winter wind?

Then ask: What sounds different in winter?

Would you rather see the shape of every snowflake or know exactly when the next snow will fall?

Then ask: What would you do with what you knew?

Would you rather feed the birds every morning all winter or build one shelter that lasts till spring?

Then ask: Which one helps more, a little every day or one big thing?

Would you rather be a tree that keeps its needles all winter or one that drops its leaves and rests?

Then ask: When is it smart to stop and rest and not push on?

Would you rather watch a lake freeze over a week or watch it thaw in a day?

Then ask: What changes do you only notice when they happen slowly?

Would you rather have animals come close to your house in winter or go far out to find them?

Then ask: Whose home is it, yours or theirs, and how should that change what you do?

Would you rather make one big resolution or twelve small ones, one for each month?

Then ask: Which one would you still be keeping in March?

Would you rather learn one new skill this year or get much better at one you already have?

Then ask: What would it be, and how would you know you did it?

Would you rather write a letter to open next January or read one you wrote last January?

Then ask: What would you want next year's you to know?

Would you rather bang pots and pans at midnight or watch fireworks from a window?

Then ask: How did people in your family celebrate when they were kids?

Would you rather have January be the longest month of the year or the shortest?

Then ask: What makes some months feel longer than others?

Would you rather go back to school after break with a new backpack or a new kid in your class?

Then ask: What makes the first day back easier?

Would you rather choose one word for your family's whole year or choose the family's first trip of the year?

Then ask: What word would you pick, and why that one?

Would you rather start the year with a clean room or a calendar full of fun plans?

Then ask: Which one would you be glad about in February?

Would you rather write one line in a journal every day of January or take one photo every day?

Then ask: What do you think you would notice when you looked back?

Would you rather have New Year's Day in the middle of summer or keep it in the middle of winter?

Then ask: How would the party change?

Then ask: Did you know it already falls in summer in Australia?

Would you rather drop a habit you don't like or start one you keep putting off?

Then ask: What is one small step you could take this week?