20 truths and 20 dares

Family & kids

Truth or dare for kids works when nobody can get embarrassed and everybody can win. These 20 truths ask about superpowers, dream pets and the funniest family dinner, and the 20 dares are giggles you can do at the table: robot voices, penguin walks, tongue twisters and animal noises.

Truth questions

1. What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
2. If you could have any animal as a pet — even a wild one — what would you pick?
3. What's the funniest thing that ever happened at a family meal?
4. Which superpower would you choose, and what would you do with it first?
5. What's a food you didn't like before but like now?
6. If you could invent a new holiday, what would everyone do on it?
7. What's the best dream you can remember?
8. Who in the family is best at making you laugh?
9. What's something you're proud of from this week?
10. If you could live inside any story, which one would you choose?
11. What would you name a brand-new planet?
12. If you were in charge of the house for a day, what rule would you make?
13. What's something that scared you but turned out fine?
14. What job did you want when you were little — or what do you want now?
15. If our home had a secret room, what would be inside it?
16. What's your favorite smell in the whole world?
17. What's one thing you'd love to learn this year?
18. Who in the family would last longest on a desert island, and why?
19. What's the nicest thing someone did for you lately?
20. If you could talk to one animal, which would it be and what would you ask?

Dares

1. Hop like a frog to the door and back.
2. Make the silliest face you can and hold it for ten seconds.
3. Talk like a robot until your next turn.
4. Make an animal noise and let everyone guess the animal.
5. Give someone a compliment in a pirate voice.
6. Waddle across the room like a penguin.
7. Tell a joke — even a really bad one.
8. Pretend to be a TV chef and explain how to make toast.
9. Sing “Happy Birthday” to the nearest object.
10. Do a kind impression of a family member and let everyone guess who.
11. Spell your name backwards out loud.
12. Make up a short poem about the person on your left.
13. Pretend to brush a dinosaur's teeth.
14. Act like a cat for 30 seconds without saying a word.
15. Say “red lorry, yellow lorry” five times fast.
16. Freeze like a statue until someone makes you laugh.
17. Name five blue things in the room as fast as you can.
18. Show your best goal celebration, dance move or jump in slow motion.
19. Invent a new dance move and teach it to everyone.
20. Present your favorite toy or game like a priceless museum treasure.