If you’re like many busy families, you probably spend lots of time talking about your schedules, responsibilities, and obligations. But it can be so good for your family bond (and your mental health) to just have some silly, creative fun sometimes! Having fun together doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive — it can be as simple as having a spirited conversation.
Whether you’re trying to break up the boredom on a long car ride, you’re looking for kid-friendly dinnertime conversation starters, or you’re in need of a fun way to reset the day, these creative questions should get you and your kids laughing and sharing ideas in no time.
- If you had to wear a fruit as a hat, which one would you choose and why?
- If your belly button had a function, what would it do?
- Would you rather have a tail like a monkey or ears like an elephant?
- What would your pirate name be? What about your pirate ship’s name?
- If you had a pet dragon, what would be its favorite snack?
- While going fishing, you feel a tug on your line and start to reel it in. Something unusual is on the end…what is it?
- Imagine that if we pressed our noses they each made a different sound! What kind of sound would your nose make? How about other members of our family?
- If you had to wear the same Halloween costume every day for a year, what costume would you choose?
- If you could be invisible for one day, what funny things would you do?
- If animals could talk, which one do you think would have the funniest voice?
- Imagine you could meet any cartoon character. Who would you pick, and what would you do with them?
- If you started your own professional football team, what would their mascot be? What would be their team colors?
- Imagine that everyone in our house turned into dogs for a day! What would we do? What kind of dog do you think each person would be?
- If you could choose what you dream about, what would you pick to dream about tonight?
- What’s the most interesting animal you’ve ever learned about? What’s so interesting about it?
- If you could shrink anything in the world small enough to fit in your pocket, what would you choose to shrink?
- If a UFO landed at your house and an alien asked you to show him around your town, where would you take him? What would the alien look like?
- If you could ask a wild animal any question, which animal would you pick and what would you ask them?
- If you started your own club, what would it be called? What would your club do?
- If you could spend a day with one of your ancestors, what would you ask them? What would you do together?
- If our family was on a reality show, what would the commercial for the new show say about us? What would the show be called?
- Make up a catch phrase for our family! What is it and why?
- If our family owned a restaurant, what would it be called? What are some dishes that would be on the menu?
- If we started a family band, what instrument would each person play? What would our band be called?
- Our family is putting together a collage to hang in the living room to remember unforgettable times we’ve shared. What photos or souvenirs would you include?
