Halloween Would You Rather Questions, Spooky or Not Scary: how it works
These Halloween would you rather questions are 170 cards about costumes, candy, pumpkins, haunted houses and monsters, such as Hear a howl or hear a cackle. Tap a side to vote and the card shows the split. Not scary keeps a class party gentle, and Spooky suits a sleepover with the lights low.
Not scary for class, Spooky for the sleepover
Not scary marks 118 cards with nothing frightening in them: costumes, candy trades and pumpkins. Spooky marks 38 cards with a creak, a shadow or a chase, and none has gore. If you came for creepy would you rather questions or horror would you rather questions, press Spooky. Its 18 Hard cards are the hardest choices scary would you rather questions can give a clean deck.
78 short pairs under This or that
This or that holds 78 cards whose options run four words or fewer: Carve the pumpkin or paint the pumpkin, Be a vampire or be a werewolf. They work as halloween this or that questions for a class lining up or a porch of trick-or-treaters. The card still opens with Would you rather, so read only the two options aloud. Six topic chips sort the deck, from Costumes to Parties and games.
Tips
Teachers who need would you rather questions for halloween week can deal one Not scary card as the morning warm-up and count hands.
Eleven cards carry a true fact in the list under the deck, such as why the first jack-o'-lanterns were turnips. Facts do not show after a vote, so read them from the list.
At a party, pick would you rather questions halloween guests can answer in costume: start on Costumes and give the closest vote of the night a prize from the candy bowl.
Questions and answers
Are the would you rather questions scary for young children?
Not under Not scary: 118 cards about costumes, candy and pumpkins with nothing to fear. Spooky adds haunted houses and things that go bump. No card has gore, and no card names a film or a character.
Can I print these as this or that questions halloween party strips?
Yes. All 170 questions are printed under the deck by topic and the list stays open, so your browser's Print gives you the full set to cut into strips. In the list the short pairs sit inside their topics. The This or that chip filters the deck, not the printout.
When does trick-or-treating start?
It typically begins at dusk on October 31, and a porch light left on is the common sign that a house has candy. Your town may set its own hours, so check locally before you plan the route.
Would you rather be a scarecrow stuffed with straw or be a mummy wrapped in toilet paper?
Would you rather be the front half of a horse costume or be the back half?
Would you rather carry a broom or carry a wand?
Would you rather change costumes every hour or keep one costume for ten years?
Would you rather dress as a ghost or dress as a witch?
Would you rather dress as your favorite food or dress as your favorite animal?
Would you rather dress up your dog or dress up your cat?
Would you rather go as a pirate or go as a knight?
Would you rather have a costume with working lights or have a costume with sound effects?
Would you rather hide behind a mask or paint your whole face?
Would you rather judge the costume contest or enter the costume contest?
Would you rather look amazing but itch or look plain but comfy?
Would you rather make your costume or buy your costume?
Would you rather sew your costume for a month or build it in an hour from cardboard?
Would you rather wear a cape or wear a tail?
Would you rather wear a costume nobody can guess or match three classmates by accident?
Would you rather wear a costume so good it hides you or wear one so bad it becomes famous?
Would you rather wear a costume that scares your dog or wear one that makes babies giggle?
Would you rather wear a funny costume or wear a scary costume?
Would you rather wear a glowing costume or wear a squeaking costume?
Would you rather wear a group costume or wear a solo costume?
Would you rather wear a slowly leaking inflatable suit or wear stilts up every porch step?
Would you rather wear a wig or wear a giant hat?
Would you rather wear a winter coat over your costume or shiver all night and show it off?
Would you rather wear fangs that stop you talking or wear claws that drop your candy?
Would you rather wear last year's costume again or wear your sibling's old costume?
Would you rather wear your costume to school all day or wear it to the store all week?
Would you rather win funniest costume or win scariest costume?
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Would you rather be first on the street at dusk or be last and get the bowl leftovers?
Would you rather carry a bag that is too small or carry a bag that is too heavy?
Would you rather carry a flashlight or carry a glow stick?
Would you rather carry a pillowcase or carry a plastic pumpkin?
Would you rather collect coins for charity in a little box or collect candy for yourself?The Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF charity collection started in 1950.
Would you rather find every porch light on or find one house giving out toys?A porch light left on is the common sign that a house has candy to give.
Would you rather find the house with full-size bars or find the house with a spooky porch?
Would you rather finish it this week or ration it till spring?
Would you rather get a toothbrush at every house or get one raisin box at every house?
Would you rather get chocolate or get chewy candy?
Would you rather get gummy worms or get candy pumpkins?
Would you rather get lollipops or get licorice?
Would you rather get one giant bar or get ten tiny bars?
Would you rather get only your favorite or get one of everything?
Would you rather get sour candy or get sweet candy?
Would you rather go at dusk or go after dark?Trick-or-treating typically begins at dusk on October 31.
Would you rather hand out candy dressed as a statue or hand it out through a mail slot?
Would you rather hand out the candy or go trick-or-treating?
Would you rather knock on the door or ring the doorbell?The earliest known print use of the phrase, as "tricks or treats", is from 1917 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Would you rather pass the dark house at the end of the lane or go the long way around it?
Would you rather pay a parent candy tax of ten pieces or share half with a little sibling?
Would you rather sing a song for every treat or tell a joke for every treat?In Scotland and Ireland the custom is called guising, and children traditionally earn the treat with a party trick such as a song, a joke or a funny poem.
Would you rather snack on candy corn or snack on caramel apples?
Would you rather sort by color or sort by favorite?
Would you rather trade away all your chocolate or trade away all your sour candy?
Would you rather trade your candy or keep every piece?
Would you rather trick-or-treat in the rain or trick-or-treat in the snow?
Would you rather trunk-or-treat in one parking lot or walk ten blocks of porches?Trunk-or-treating, where children go from car to car in a parking lot, began in the mid-1990s.
Would you rather visit fifty houses or visit five great ones?
Would you rather walk the route or ride in a wagon?
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Would you rather carve a happy face or carve a spooky face?
Would you rather carve a pumpkin using only a spoon or paint one using only your fingers?
Would you rather carve a small hard turnip the old way or carve a big soft pumpkin?Jack-o'-lanterns were first carved from turnips in Ireland and Scotland. Immigrants to North America switched to the native pumpkin, which is softer and much larger.
Would you rather carve one big pumpkin or carve three small ones?
Would you rather carve the best pumpkin in town or grow the biggest pumpkin in town?
Would you rather carve the pumpkin or paint the pumpkin?
Would you rather decorate in orange or decorate in purple?Black, orange and sometimes purple are the traditional Halloween colors.
Would you rather decorate October first or decorate the day before?
Would you rather decorate the whole house a little or decorate one room completely?
Would you rather fill the yard with inflatable ghosts or fill it with hand-cut tombstones?
Would you rather hang fake cobwebs or hang paper bats?
Would you rather keep the decorations up until December or take them down at midnight?
Would you rather light a real candle or use a battery light?
Would you rather line the porch with twenty pumpkins or set out one enormous pumpkin?
Would you rather make a scarecrow of yourself or make a scarecrow of your dog?
Would you rather own a pumpkin that talks or own a skeleton that sings?
Would you rather own a yard ghost that moans all night or own a doormat that screams?
Would you rather pick a giant pumpkin or pick a tiny pumpkin?
Would you rather put up skeletons or put up ghosts?
Would you rather roast the seeds or bake the pie?
Would you rather scoop the seeds or draw the face?
Would you rather see squirrels eat your jack-o'-lantern or see it cave in a week early?
Would you rather sleep among a hundred fake spiders or sleep beside one real spider?
Would you rather stick your whole arm in pumpkin guts or pick every string off every seed?
Would you rather visit a pumpkin patch or grow your own pumpkin?
Would you rather win the pumpkin weigh-off or win the pumpkin carving contest?
Haunted houses 28
Would you rather be locked in a wax museum overnight or be locked in a toy shop overnight?
Would you rather be the actor who jumps out or be the guide who stays calm?
Would you rather build a haunted house in the garage or build a spooky maze in the yard?
Would you rather explore the attic or explore the basement?
Would you rather find a staircase behind a bookcase or find a locked trunk in the attic?
Would you rather follow a strange light in the woods or follow strange music in the fog?
Would you rather get a cold spot in your bedroom or get a whisper in your closet?
Would you rather go in first or go in last?
Would you rather have a ghost do your chores badly or have a ghost hide your socks?
Would you rather have doors that open by themselves or have lights that flicker nightly?
Would you rather hear a creak or see a shadow?
Would you rather hear a piano play itself downstairs or hear a music box start upstairs?
Would you rather hear footsteps in an empty attic or hear humming in an empty hallway?
Would you rather hold the flashlight or hold someone's hand?
Would you rather host a friendly ghost all year or host a grumpy ghost one night a year?
Would you rather know your house is haunted and stay or never know and wonder forever?
Would you rather ride a haunted elevator or climb a haunted staircase?
Would you rather ride a haunted hayride or walk a haunted trail?Haunted attractions include haunted houses, corn mazes and hayrides.
Would you rather scream at everything or laugh at everything?
Would you rather see a rocking chair move on its own or see a portrait's eyes follow you?
Would you rather sleep in the attic or sleep in the cellar?
Would you rather stay in a haunted lighthouse or stay in a haunted hotel?
Would you rather stay one night alone in a haunted house or stay a week with friends?
Would you rather tell ghost stories or hear ghost stories?
Would you rather tour a haunted house with lights on or skip it for cider and doughnuts?
Would you rather visit a graveyard or visit a haunted barn?
Would you rather walk a dark maze with no flashlight or walk a lit maze full of actors?
Would you rather work the haunted house or walk through it?
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Would you rather babysit a baby vampire or babysit three werewolf pups?
Would you rather be a friendly monster under the bed or be a shy monster in the closet?
Would you rather be a ghost who can only say boo or be a zombie who can only say brains?
Would you rather be a mummy who keeps unraveling or be a skeleton who keeps losing an arm?
Would you rather be a vampire or be a werewolf?
Would you rather be a vampire who loves garlic bread or be a werewolf afraid of the moon?
Would you rather be a witch with a lazy cat or be a wizard with a bossy owl?
Would you rather be chased a mile by a slow mummy or be chased a minute by a fast ghost?
Would you rather be the one human in a monster town or be the one monster in a human town?
Would you rather befriend a ghost or befriend a goblin?
Would you rather brew a potion or cast a spell?
Would you rather dance at a monster ball or sing in a ghost choir?
Would you rather dodge swooping bats or dodge scurrying rats?
Would you rather face one spider the size of a car or face a thousand the size of a pea?
Would you rather find glowing eyes in the hedge or find huge footprints in the mud?
Would you rather fly on a broom or turn into a bat?
Would you rather get lost in a vampire's castle or get lost in a witch's forest?
Would you rather haunt a castle or haunt a candy shop?
Would you rather have a ghost for a best friend or have a skeleton for a lab partner?
Would you rather have a witch's hat or have a wizard's cloak?
Would you rather hear a howl or hear a cackle?
Would you rather hear a scratch at the window or hear a knock from under the floor?
Would you rather know a monster lives in your basement or suspect one lives in your attic?
Would you rather meet a mummy or meet a zombie?
Would you rather outrun a zombie or outsmart a vampire?
Would you rather own a black cat or own a pet bat?
Would you rather raise a werewolf puppy or raise a baby sea monster?
Would you rather rattle like a skeleton or moan like a ghost?
Would you rather trade lunches with a zombie or trade homework with a ghost?
Would you rather turn into a werewolf every full moon or turn into a bat every sunset?
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Would you rather bake ghost cookies or bake pumpkin muffins?
Would you rather bob for apples or bowl with pumpkins?In Scotland apple bobbing is called dooking, and players may use only their teeth.
Would you rather celebrate all October or celebrate one big night?The name Halloween is a Scots shortening of All Hallows' Eve, the evening of October 31.
Would you rather dance to spooky songs all night or play spooky bingo all night?
Would you rather decorate cookies like monsters or decorate cupcakes like pumpkins?
Would you rather drink witch's brew punch or eat graveyard dirt cake?
Would you rather eat a string doughnut with no hands or stack candy corn with chopsticks?
Would you rather get a caramel apple or get a popcorn ball?
Would you rather get homework on Halloween night or get a test the morning after?
Would you rather go to a parade or go to a bonfire?
Would you rather have a class party with no sugar or have no class party but extra recess?
Would you rather have a Halloween birthday or have a birthday on the first day of summer?
Would you rather have Halloween twice a year or have it last a whole week?
Would you rather have it always land on a Saturday or always get the next day off school?
Would you rather host a party where every game flops or attend one where you know nobody?
Would you rather host the party or attend the party?
Would you rather make the playlist or make the snacks?
Would you rather party in a barn or party in a basement?
Would you rather plan the whole school carnival or clean up the whole school carnival?
Would you rather play flashlight tag or play musical tombstones?
Would you rather play hide-and-seek in a dark barn or play tag in a foggy field?
Would you rather reach into a box of peeled grapes or reach into a box of cold spaghetti?
Would you rather tell a creepy tale or tell a silly joke?
Would you rather tell the scariest story and sleep alone or hear it and share a room?
Would you rather watch a spooky movie or read a spooky book?
Would you rather win the mummy wrap or win the costume parade?
Would you rather win the pumpkin roll or win the broom relay?
Would you rather wrap a friend as a mummy in one minute or be the one getting wrapped?
How this list was compiled: Own work: 170 two-option questions written for this page by the Game Night Generator editors, about costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, haunted houses, monsters and parties. Screened on 2026-09-18 against the site's party blocklist: no gore, nobody gets hurt, no dares, no real people, no put-downs, and no film, book or character names and no candy brands, so every monster is the generic kind (a vampire, a mummy, a werewolf). Tags: Not scary marks 118 cards with nothing frightening in them, Spooky marks 38 cards with a creak, a shadow or a chase, and This or that marks 78 short pairs whose options are four words or fewer. Level is an editor's judgment: easy is a quick pick, hard is a card where both options cost something. Eleven detail lines were checked on 2026-09-18 against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween (the name is a Scots shortening of All Hallows' Eve; turnips carved in Ireland and Scotland before the softer, larger pumpkin in North America; apple bobbing called dooking in Scotland; black, orange and sometimes purple as the traditional colors; haunted attractions include haunted houses, corn mazes and hayrides) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating (begins at dusk on October 31; guising and the party trick; the phrase in print in 1917 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; porch lights as the sign of candy; trunk-or-treating from the mid-1990s; Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF from 1950). Detail lines print only in the list under the deck, never after a vote. No card is shared with any other deck on the site. Licence: own work