Designed & built Live

Kids Activity Book: Would You Rather

Authored and published a 300-question outdoor-themed activity book for kids ages 6–12, designed to spark imagination and screen-free family fun.

Project
Henricks Outdoors
Role
Author & Publisher
Timeline
2025
300
Questions written

The Project

Would You Rather – Wild & Wacky Adventures for Kids is a 300-question activity book designed to get kids laughing, thinking, and engaging with family — no screens required.

Unplug. Imagine. Adventure.

Question Categories

The book features five distinct categories of outdoor-themed dilemmas:

  • Silly Antics — Goofy scenarios that guarantee giggles
  • Wildlife Wonders — Animal encounters and nature choices
  • Weather Twists — Seasons, storms, and climate capers
  • Adventure Trails — Camping, hiking, and exploration
  • Gross Encounters — Icky, sticky outdoor mishaps

Sample Questions

  • Would you rather camp with a singing frog or a moose telling bad jokes?
  • Would you rather have a self-packing backpack or a self-refilling water bottle?
  • Would you rather sled on melted chocolate snow or cross a candy bar bridge?
  • Would you rather wear a squirrel hat or a raccoon scarf?
  • Would you rather roast a marshmallow golden and gooey or crispy black and crunchy?

Perfect For

  • Road trips & camping — Hours of screen-free entertainment
  • Family game nights — Sparks conversation and laughter
  • Classroom icebreakers — Teachers love it for group activities
  • Gifts — Birthdays, holidays, or just because

The Process

This started as a family game that kept growing. What began as creative fun became a fully published product — from concept and writing through design, formatting, and Amazon publishing.

Producing it is also what led me to build TrailPress Studio, the book production system I now use. Doing the print production by hand once — trim geometry, page layout, front and back matter, KDP’s formatting rules — made it obvious that the second book shouldn’t repeat the work. The Would You Rather engine in TrailPress is a direct descendant of this title.

Why It Matters

This is the published artifact rather than the system behind it. Together they show the pattern I tend to follow: do the work manually, understand where the real difficulty is, then build the tool that removes it.


Get the Book

Buy on Amazon$11.99 Paperback

Also available for local pickup in Springfield, Oregon

Questions about this work?

Happy to go deeper on any of it — the decisions, the trade-offs, or what I'd do differently.