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Truth or Dare: 100 questions and dares for kids, teens and families

Truth or dare is a classic, but a lot of versions are about making someone feel embarrassed. Here are 50 truths and 50 dares that kids, teens and parents can play together. The dares are safe and cost nothing, and none of the questions make you reveal anything you don't want to share.

Play the 100 cards

The games

Classic truth or dare

3-12 players, 15-30 min, Ages 6+

  1. The first player chooses truth or dare.
  2. Pick truth and you answer a question honestly. Pick dare and you do the task.
  3. The phone draws the cards, so nobody has to make something up on the spot.
  4. Once you've answered or done the dare, the turn passes to the left.

Tip: Everyone gets three passes during the game. Nobody has to explain a pass.

Truth, dare or guess

3-12 players, 20 min, Ages 8+

  1. Besides truth and dare, you can choose guess.
  2. The table asks you a question that can be answered with a number from 0 to 100, like "How much do you like broccoli, from 0 to 100?"
  3. You write your answer down secretly. Then everyone else says their guess out loud.
  4. Reveal your number. Whoever guessed closest takes the next turn.

Tip: Guess questions work best when the answer could go either way, so the guessing is half the fun.

Spin the spoon

4-12 players, 15 min, Ages 6+

  1. Put a spoon in the middle of the table and spin it.
  2. Whoever the spoon points at chooses truth or dare.
  3. That person spins the spoon next.

Team against team

6-20 players, 20 min, Ages 8+

  1. Split into two teams.
  2. The teams take turns drawing a card for the other team.
  3. If the team does the dare or answers the question, they get a point.
  4. The team decides who answers the truth or does the dare.

The family version

3-10 players, 20 min, Ages 5+

  1. Parents and kids take turns choosing.
  2. The grown-ups always take a dare if a kid asks them to.
  3. Read the cards out loud for the little ones, and help them with the dares.

Tip: Kids love watching their parents waddle like a penguin. Let them be in charge for a bit.

Dares only

3-15 players, 15 min, Ages 6+

  1. Shuffle only the dare cards.
  2. Take turns drawing, and do the dare right away.
  3. The table claps after every dare, however it went.

Tip: For a group of grown-ups, try the fun challenges for adults.

The cards

  1. What's the funniest dream you've ever had?
  2. Challenge:Talk like a robot until it's your turn again.
  3. What would you invent if you could invent anything at all?
  4. Challenge:Act out an animal without making a sound, and let the others guess which one.
  5. What's the funniest accident you've ever had?
  6. Challenge:Sing the chorus of a song, but only with "la la la" instead of the words.
  7. Who in your family are you most like in personality?
  8. Challenge:Waddle like a penguin once around the table.
  9. What were you scared of when you were younger that you're not scared of now?
  10. Challenge:Tell a joke. If nobody laughs, you have to tell another one.
  11. What's the worst food you've ever tasted?
  12. Challenge:Dance for ten seconds with no music.
  13. If you could be an animal for a day, which animal would you be?
  14. Challenge:Speak in rhymes for the next two rounds.
  15. What's the best gift you've ever made with your own hands?
  16. Challenge:Give a 30-second speech about your favorite vegetable.
  17. What's the most trouble you got into when you were little?
  18. Challenge:Draw the person on your right with your eyes closed, and give them the drawing.
  19. Which game do you spend the most time playing?
  20. Challenge:Hop ten times on one foot.
  21. What's your weirdest habit?
  22. Challenge:Say the alphabet backward as far as you can.
  23. Which animal would you most like to have as a pet if anything were possible?
  24. Challenge:Report a piece of news from your own life as if you were a news anchor.
  25. What was the name of your first stuffed animal or your first pet?
  26. Challenge:Talk like a pirate until the next card is drawn.
  27. When have you been brave even though you were scared?
  28. Challenge:Build the tallest stack of books or napkins you can in 30 seconds.
  29. Which song can you never stop yourself from singing along to?
  30. Challenge:Make a train sound every time someone says your name, until the next round.
  31. What excuse have you used to get out of cleaning up?
  32. Challenge:Give everyone at the table a compliment.
  33. If you were a teacher for a day, what would the class learn?
  34. Challenge:Act out a movie without words, and let the others guess it.
  35. What's the smallest thing you've ever gotten really mad about?
  36. Challenge:Tell us about your day as if it were a fairy tale.
  37. Which cartoon character would you like to be friends with?
  38. Challenge:Make the funniest face you can and hold it for five seconds.
  39. What would you do on a day when you got to decide everything?
  40. Challenge:Say "thank you" in five different languages.
  41. What was the best part of your day today?
  42. Challenge:Make a short commercial for something you can see from your seat.
  43. Who here would you take on a trip to the moon, and why?
  44. Challenge:Sing a nursery rhyme as if you were an opera singer.
  45. What are you really good at but rarely show?
  46. Challenge:Walk backward to the door and back again.
  47. What annoys you most when you're playing games?
  48. Challenge:Stand on one foot for 30 seconds while naming five fruits.
  49. What surprise have you kept secret until the right moment?
  50. Challenge:Tell a short story using three words the others give you.
  51. If you could only eat one dish for the rest of your life, what would it be?
  52. Challenge:Pretend you're a cat that really wants some food.
  53. What's the funniest sound you can make?
  54. Challenge:Speak only in questions until the next card is drawn.
  55. What's the best thing you've ever built out of blocks, sand or snow?
  56. Challenge:Balance a spoon on your nose for five seconds.
  57. Which job could you never stand doing?
  58. Challenge:Clap a rhythm, and let the others guess the song.
  59. What did you dream of becoming when you were five?
  60. Challenge:Make up a little song about the person on your right.
  61. If you woke up tomorrow and were a hundred years old, what would you do first?
  62. Challenge:Be the conductor and get the table to sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round.
  63. Which rule at home would you most like to change?
  64. Challenge:Hold a yoga pose while you count to ten.
  65. Which thing from your childhood have you kept all this time?
  66. Challenge:Tell us what you ate yesterday as if you were a sports commentator.
  67. Who's the funniest person you know?
  68. Challenge:Guess what the person on your left had for breakfast, and let them tell you if you're right.
  69. What couldn't you do a year ago that you can do now?
  70. Challenge:Fold a paper airplane and see how far it can fly.
  71. If you got to name a brand-new color, what would you call it?
  72. Challenge:Talk for 20 seconds without using the letter S.
  73. What's the worst thing you've broken by accident?
  74. Challenge:Walk around the table and give everyone a high five.
  75. What have you always wanted to try but never dared to?
  76. Challenge:Find something red in the room and tell a story about it.
  77. What can you do that you'd like to teach the others here?
  78. Challenge:Give the weather forecast for tomorrow with big arm movements.
  79. What can't you fall asleep without?
  80. Challenge:Imitate a famous cartoon character until someone guesses who it is.
  81. What's the longest you've ever been away from home?
  82. Challenge:Play air guitar for ten seconds to a song you pick.
  83. Which game from preschool would you love to play again?
  84. Challenge:Name three things you like about yourself.
  85. What's the best excuse for being late you've ever heard?
  86. Challenge:Draw an animal in 20 seconds while the others guess what it is.
  87. If you could live inside a movie, which one would it be?
  88. Challenge:Come up with a superhero name for each person at the table.
  89. What talent do you have that nobody here knows about?
  90. Challenge:Be a tour guide and show the others around the living room as if it were a museum.
  91. What's the sweetest thing someone has done for you?
  92. Challenge:Do your best laugh and see if you can get the others laughing too.
  93. Which sound or smell reminds you of summer vacation?
  94. Challenge:Write a four-line poem about dinner.
  95. Who do you call when you need a good laugh?
  96. Challenge:Walk from your seat to the door and back as if you were walking on the moon.
  97. What have you changed your mind about as you've gotten older?
  98. Challenge:Swap seats with someone of your choice for the rest of the game.
  99. What would you do if you got an extra hour every day?
  100. Challenge:Show the funniest photo on your phone that isn't of people.

100 cards.

Questions and answers

How do you play truth or dare?

The player whose turn it is chooses truth or dare. With truth, you answer a question honestly. With dare, you do a small task. Then the turn moves on.

What are good dares for kids?

Dares that are fun to watch and safe to do: waddle like a penguin, talk like a robot, act out a movie. Skip dares that involve eating something, climbing up high or anything that costs money.

What is truth, dare or guess?

A version with a third choice. Pick guess, and the table asks you a question you answer with a number from 0 to 100. You write your number down secretly, everyone else guesses, and whoever comes closest takes the next turn.

How do you keep it from getting uncomfortable?

Give everyone three passes, and stay away from questions about bodies, crushes or people who aren't there. The cards here are written to keep it fun.