Halloween would you rather

Halloween Would You Rather Questions: 135+ Spooky Picks

Pumpkins, ghosts and candy dilemmas. Tap a side for every vote and see how the room splits.

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What are some good Halloween would you rather questions?

Good Halloween would you rather questions mix spooky and silly: "Would you rather be a werewolf who is scared of cats or a vampire who is scared of the dark?", "Would you rather carve a pumpkin or paint a pumpkin?" and "Would you rather sneeze spiders or burp bats?" This page has 136, sorted by group.

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How to play Halloween would you rather

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    Pick a deck

    Kids for the classroom, Family for parties, Adults or Couples for grown-ups.

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    Read both sides

    Read the two options aloud. In a classroom, point to one side of the room for each answer.

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    Everyone picks one

    "Neither" and "both" are against the rules. Students can walk to their side.

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    Tap the votes and reveal

    Tap a side once per vote, then reveal the split and let each side defend it.

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    Next question

    Ten questions make a round. Finish with a vote on the funniest question of the day.

Question lists

136 Halloween would you rather questions

Tap any question to deal it into the game above.

Halloween would you rather for kids40 questions

Halloween would you rather for families87 questions

Funny Halloween would you rather27 questions

Halloween would you rather for teens12 questions

Halloween would you rather for adults37 questions

Halloween would you rather for couples8 questions

Hard Halloween would you rather13 questions

How do you play Halloween would you rather in a classroom?

Read a Halloween would you rather question aloud and point to one side of the room for each answer. Students walk to their choice, then one or two from each side explain why. Keep questions silly rather than scary for younger grades, and finish with a quick vote on the funniest question of the day.

  • Would you rather trick-or-treat as a superhero or trick-or-treat as a dinosaur?
  • Would you rather live in a haunted castle or live in a haunted treehouse?
  • Would you rather have a glowing costume or have a costume that makes spooky sounds?
  • Would you rather bob for apples or play pin the nose on the pumpkin?
  • Would you rather go to a costume party or go to a pumpkin patch?
  • Would you rather wear your costume to school all week or wear your costume to bed all week?
  • Would you rather be a dragon for Halloween or be a unicorn for Halloween?
  • Would you rather fill your pillowcase with candy or fill your pillowcase with toys?
  • Would you rather paint your face like a cat or paint your face like a skeleton?
  • Would you rather go trick-or-treating on the moon or go trick-or-treating under the sea?

Halloween icebreaker questions for work and October meetings

Halloween icebreakers for work should be playful and quick. Run them as a round robin at the start of an October meeting, or pair them with the icebreaker questions deck.

  • Would you rather hand out candy dressed as a vampire or hand out candy dressed as a scarecrow who never moves?
  • Would you rather decorate your house with lights or decorate with a giant inflatable monster?
  • Would you rather have your house be the spooky one on the street or have your house be the one with the best candy?
  • Would you rather be in a Halloween parade or judge a Halloween costume contest?
  • Would you rather hear footsteps in the attic or hear whispers in the basement?
  • Would you rather dress as a famous movie couple or dress as salt and pepper?
  • Would you rather pick your partner's costume or have your partner pick your costume?
  • Would you rather be the only person who can see ghosts or be a ghost only one person can see?
  • Would you rather have a costume that becomes real or have a mask you can never take off?
  • Would you rather explore a haunted forest at night or explore a haunted shipwreck by day?
Icebreaker questions

Halloween this or that

Halloween this or that is the fast version: two words, one pick, no explaining. Read them quickly and let everyone shout their answer.

  • Ghost or vampire?
  • Candy corn or caramel apple?
  • Witch or wizard?
  • Pumpkin or skeleton?
  • Haunted house or ghost tour?
  • Bats or black cats?
  • Scary movie or spooky story?
  • Costume party or trick-or-treating?
  • Werewolf or mummy?
  • Carve or paint a pumpkin?
  • Full moon or thunderstorm?
  • Cauldron or broomstick?

Decks

Which Halloween deck for which group

Every deck is spooky, not scary. Adults means grown-up topics, never explicit ones.

DeckQuestionsBest for
Family 87Halloween parties with mixed ages
Kids 40Classrooms and trick-or-treat warm-ups
Adults 37Grown-up parties and October meetings
Funny 27Any group that likes to laugh
Hard 13Spooky dilemmas that start a debate
Teens 12Sleepovers and youth groups
Couples 8A cosy October date night

Variations

Halloween would you rather for every group

Halloween would you rather for kids

40 silly picks for classrooms and trick-or-treaters.

  • Would you rather get full-size candy bars from three houses or get small candies from thirty houses?
  • Would you rather live in a haunted castle or live in a haunted treehouse?
  • Would you rather dress as a pumpkin or dress as a scarecrow?
  • Would you rather have a skeleton as a best friend or have a mummy as a best friend?
  • Would you rather have a candy bag that never gets full or have a candy bag that never gets heavy?
  • Would you rather go to a costume party or go to a pumpkin patch?
  • Would you rather be a vampire who loves sunshine or be a ghost who loves to sing?
  • Would you rather have Halloween every month or have your birthday on Halloween?
  • Would you rather eat a cupcake shaped like a spider or eat a cookie shaped like a ghost?
  • Would you rather fill your pillowcase with candy or fill your pillowcase with toys?

Funny Halloween would you rather

27 questions that are more giggle than goosebump.

  • Would you rather be chased by a flock of bats or be chased by a herd of pumpkins?
  • Would you rather turn into a pumpkin every time you sneeze or turn into a bat every time you laugh?
  • Would you rather have a witch's hat that falls off every minute or have a cape that gets stuck in every door?
  • Would you rather only be able to say boo or only be able to cackle like a witch?
  • Would you rather have your candy bag talk back or have your flashlight tell jokes?
  • Would you rather trick-or-treat at a house of cats or trick-or-treat at a house of dogs?
  • Would you rather have a monster that only eats broccoli or have a vampire that only drinks tomato juice?
  • Would you rather have your house decorations come alive or have your costume come alive?
  • Would you rather have a haunted fridge that hides snacks or have a haunted TV that only plays cartoons?
  • Would you rather get stuck in a giant spider web or get stuck in a giant pumpkin?

For adults and couples

37 adults and 8 couples questions. Grown-up, never explicit.

  • Would you rather spend a night in a famous haunted hotel or spend a night in a lighthouse during a storm?
  • Would you rather go on a ghost tour or go to a haunted escape room?
  • Would you rather do a matching couple costume or surprise each other with costumes?
  • Would you rather spend one night alone in a haunted house or spend three nights there with friends?
  • Would you rather be scared once a day or be scared once a year but really badly?
  • Would you rather spend a night camping in a pumpkin field or spend a night in a castle in Scotland?
  • Would you rather do a matching couple costume or surprise each other with costumes?
  • Would you rather dress as a famous movie couple or dress as salt and pepper?
  • Would you rather be a vampire couple or be a ghost couple?
  • Would you rather make a haunted gingerbread house together or make spooky cupcakes together?

Hard and spooky would you rather

13 tough spooky dilemmas for a real debate.

  • Would you rather spend one night alone in a haunted house or spend three nights there with friends?
  • Would you rather know every ghost story is true or know none of them are true?
  • Would you rather be the only person who can see ghosts or be a ghost only one person can see?
  • Would you rather get a scare every time you open a door or get a scare every time you look in a mirror?
  • Would you rather give up Halloween candy forever or give up Halloween costumes forever?
  • Would you rather have a costume that becomes real or have a mask you can never take off?
  • Would you rather be scared once a day or be scared once a year but really badly?
  • Would you rather live in a haunted castle with friendly ghosts or live in a tiny cabin with no ghosts at all?
  • Would you rather explore a haunted forest at night or explore a haunted shipwreck by day?
  • Would you rather have Halloween last a week or have Halloween only every four years but it is epic?

Rules and sources

Where the rules come from

"Would you rather" is a conversation or party game that poses a dilemma in the form of a question beginning with "would you rather".

Popular activities during Halloween include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling frightening stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.

Questions

Halloween would you rather questions answered

What are some fun Halloween questions to ask?

Ask what everyone's best ever costume was, which candy they trade away first, and whether they would rather live next to a haunted house or go on a ghost tour. The Family deck has dozens more.

What are some good Halloween icebreakers?

Would you rather win the costume contest or the pumpkin carving contest? What was your best ever costume? Halloween would you rather questions make quick, safe icebreakers for October meetings and classrooms.

What are good October would you rather questions?

Pick from the Family deck: carve a pumpkin or paint one, eat only candy corn for a day, or make a spooky haunted house in your room. They work any time in October.

What are some spooky would you rather questions?

The Hard deck holds 13 spooky dilemmas, each one a real choice between two spooky options. Spooky, never gory.

Can I print the Halloween would you rather cards?

Yes. Tap Print the cards under the list to print every question on a sheet for class.

Are these questions OK for kids?

Yes. Every question is family friendly. Choose the Kids deck for ones written for children.

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