New Year’s Would You Rather Questions for Kids: Countdown, Party and Goals

November 2026  ·  50 questions

New Year’s would you rather questions for kids are silly, easy two-choice picks for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, like “Would you rather stay up until midnight or celebrate at noon with confetti?” Below are 50 clean questions in five groups: the countdown, party fun, goals for 2027, looking back and just plain silly. They’re made for kids about 5 to 12, family parties, sleepovers and the last day of school before break.

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When is New Year’s Eve 2026?

New Year’s Eve is Thursday, December 31, 2026, and New Year’s Day is Friday, January 1, 2027. That gives most families a long weekend to celebrate, and lots of kids are still on winter break.

Not staying up until midnight? You’re in good company. Plenty of families do a “noon year’s eve” countdown at 12 p.m. or an early countdown at 7 or 8 p.m. These questions work at any hour.

50 New Year’s would you rather questions for kids

New Year’s Eve countdown questions

• Would you rather stay up until midnight or celebrate at noon with confetti?
• Would you rather count down from 10 in a robot voice or count down from 10 in a whisper?
• Would you rather take a nap so you can stay up late or go to bed on time and wake up early on New Year’s Day?
• Would you rather watch the ball drop on TV or watch fireworks out the window?
• Would you rather have a balloon drop in your living room or a confetti shower in your kitchen?
• Would you rather ring in the new year in your pajamas or in your fanciest party outfit?
• Would you rather celebrate every hour like it’s midnight somewhere or save all the cheering for one big countdown?
• Would you rather be the one who yells “Happy New Year!” first or be the one who blows the loudest noisemaker?
• Would you rather fall asleep at 11:58 or wake up at 12:02 and miss it by two minutes?
• Would you rather count down with your whole family or count down on a video call with your cousins?

New Year’s Eve party questions

• Would you rather wear a sparkly party hat or silly New Year’s glasses?
• Would you rather blow a noisemaker or bang pots and pans?
• Would you rather make a homemade confetti popper or a paper crown with the new year on it?
• Would you rather eat pizza at your New Year’s Eve party or make-your-own tacos?
• Would you rather drink sparkling apple juice in a fancy cup or hot cocoa with a candy cane?
• Would you rather have a New Year’s Eve sleepover or a New Year’s Day pancake breakfast?
• Would you rather play board games all night or have a family dance party?
• Would you rather open a surprise bag every hour until midnight or get one big surprise at the countdown?
• Would you rather throw confetti or release a bunch of balloons?
• Would you rather build a blanket fort to watch the countdown or set up a sleeping bag camp in the living room?
• Would you rather eat 12 grapes at midnight or a bowl of popcorn at midnight?
• Would you rather decorate the house in gold and silver or every color of the rainbow?

New year goals and resolutions for kids

• Would you rather learn to ride a bike without training wheels this year or learn to swim the whole length of a pool?
• Would you rather read 50 books this year or write your own book?
• Would you rather learn a new instrument or learn a new sport?
• Would you rather keep your room clean all year or make your bed every morning all year?
• Would you rather try one new food every month or learn one new joke every week?
• Would you rather make a new friend this year or be extra kind to an old friend?
• Would you rather help out more at home or help out more in your neighborhood?
• Would you rather learn to cook one dinner for your family or learn to bake one dessert all by yourself?
• Would you rather start a collection or start a journal?
• Would you rather set one big goal for the year or set a small goal every month?

Looking back on the year

• Would you rather remember the funniest thing that happened this year or the bravest thing you did?
• Would you rather make a list of your favorite memories from this year or a list of things you want to do next year?
• Would you rather write a letter to yourself to open next New Year’s or make a time capsule to open in 10 years?
• Would you rather relive your best birthday or your best summer day?
• Would you rather thank a teacher for this year or thank a friend for this year?
• Would you rather keep the same favorite color next year or pick a brand-new one?
• Would you rather draw a picture of this year or draw a picture of what you hope next year looks like?
• Would you rather get one more day of this year or skip straight to your next birthday?

Silly New Year would you rather questions

• Would you rather have a pet that grows one inch every New Year’s or a pet that learns one new trick every New Year’s?
• Would you rather start the new year with a snow day or a beach day?
• Would you rather have it be New Year’s Day every Friday or get a surprise holiday once a month?
• Would you rather be the first person in the world to see the new year or the very last one?
• Would you rather have confetti fall every time you laugh or a noisemaker go off every time you sneeze?
• Would you rather wake up in the year 2050 or go back to the day you were born?
• Would you rather have a parade for your birthday or a fireworks show for your half-birthday?
• Would you rather make one wish that comes true this year or get three tiny wishes?
• Would you rather be an astronaut for the first day of the year or a deep-sea explorer?
• Would you rather have your dog count down to midnight or your cat throw the confetti?

How to play New Year’s Eve would you rather with kids

• Classic round. Read a question, everyone picks, then each person says why. Grown-ups have to play too.
• One every hour. Pull one question at the top of each hour until your countdown. It’s a nice way to make the evening feel long and special.
• Countdown bag. Fold each question into a little paper bag with a treat or a party favor. Open one every 15 or 30 minutes.
• Walk to a side. In a classroom or a big party, point to one wall for each answer and have everyone walk to their pick.
• Guess the grown-up. Kids guess what Grandpa or Aunt Lisa will pick before they answer. Right guesses get a point.

A simple kids’ New Year’s Eve plan

For the countdown, a fancy plastic cup of sparkling apple juice or sparkling cider makes kids feel very grown-up. Hot cocoa with a candy cane works too.

Talking about goals with kids

New Year’s resolutions can feel big and serious, even for grown-ups. A would you rather question takes the pressure off. “Would you rather read 50 books or write your own book?” is a fun question first, and a goal second. If your child lights up at one answer, that’s a great little goal to write down and stick on the fridge.

Keep goals small and kind. “Make my bed most mornings” is a win. “Never be grumpy again” isn’t fair to anyone.

Kids’ version or the all-ages edition?

These questions are written for kids. If you’ve got teens and grown-ups at the party too, the would you rather New Year’s edition has questions for every age, with a few that go a little deeper. Mixing a few from each is a great way to keep a family party going.

Once January starts, the January would you rather questions give you one a day for the whole month. For a cozy night in, the sleepover questions are a hit, and the family game night page has more ways to play together.

What most parents get wrong

Trying to keep little kids up until midnight. A tired 5-year-old at 11:30 p.m. is nobody’s idea of a party. Pick a countdown time that fits your kids, make a big deal of it, and let the grown-ups do a second one later if they want. When you’re ready for more, tap the button on the card above to play in the full Would You Rather game.

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