Free printable, no sign-up New Year's Eve Would You Rather Cards

What's in the New Year's Eve would you rather deck

The deck has 80 clean questions in five categories, and the full set prints on 10 pages. They cover the whole night, from looking back on the year to the last ten seconds before midnight, and they're written for teens and grown-ups at a party, with nothing a kid who stays up late can't hear. They're the same questions as our New Year's Eve would you rather list.

How to play with paper cards

1. 1Shuffle the cards and stack them face down where everyone can reach.
2. 2The first reader takes the top card and reads both choices out loud.
3. 3On three, everyone holds up one finger for the first choice or two fingers for the second.
4. 4The smaller side explains their pick first. Then anyone can try to change a mind.
5. 5Pass the stack to the next person, who reads the next card.

You don't need points. If your group likes a score, give the card to anyone who talks someone over to their side. Whoever holds the most cards at midnight picks the first song of the new year.

A three-hour plan, 9 p.m. to midnight

New Year's Eve is long, and the cards work best when they follow the mood of the night. Split the stack by category and bring each one out at its moment.

• 9 p.m., as people arrive: The year that was. Everyone has a highlight and a blooper, and the stories carry the first hour.
• 10 p.m., after food: The party and Travel & traditions. Ask who has actually eaten twelve grapes or walked around the block with a suitcase.
• 11 p.m.: Resolutions. Each person answers a card, then says their real resolution out loud.
• 11:30 p.m.: Countdown. Put a countdown timer on the TV so the last card ends right on time.

Printing and party tips

• Print on cardstock so the cards are easy to shuffle and pass around a crowded room.
• Silver or gold cardstock looks great on a party table. Keep the text black so it stays easy to read in low light.
• Download PDF lets you choose Letter or A4, so the cards come out the right size wherever you print them.
• A paper cutter makes quick work of the dashed lines. Scissors work too.
• Print one or two categories for a short game, or all five for the whole night.
• Leave a small stack on each table or by the snacks, so guests can play while they wait for midnight.

Ways to use the cards

For friends, family and mixed ages

Every question is clean: no drinking, nothing 18+, nothing that turns personal. That makes one deck work at a party with friends, a family get-together where teens and grandparents share the same couch, or a quiet night in with a few people. The Countdown and The party cards are the easiest start with a big group. The year that was and Resolutions get people talking about themselves, so save them for once everyone has warmed up.

Hosting the whole night? Our New Year's Eve games page has a plan from 9 p.m. to midnight with games that run on one phone, and New Year's Eve bingo gives every guest a card to hold while the clock runs down.

Play the same deck on one phone

No printer, or no time to cut? The same questions are in our Would You Rather game. Pick the New Year's Eve deck and pass the phone around, with nothing to shuffle. You can also read them straight from the online list.

Want more cards for the night? The funny would you rather questions are clean, strange and good for any group, and the Would You Rather cards print the year-round categories the same way, 8 to a page.

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