Conversation Starters for Your Table
You may want to take turns, asking one family member to answer the question on a particular night. Or pick a question and ask everyone to answer! (Don’t forget to look for follow-up questions you can ask!)
- If you could live for one week in a children’s book, which would it be and why?
- Who is your hero / heroine and why?
- Name one habit the person on your left has (even if he / she doesn’t know it!).
- What imaginary creature would you most like to be?
- How do you picture heaven? Do you imagine it differently now than when you were younger?
- What are you most looking forward to in the next two weeks?
- If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- Do you have a favorite saint? Who is it?
- What is something that you think makes God happy?
- If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
- If you owned a store, what would you sell?
- What is your favorite smell?
- For you, what is the most confusing thing about Christian faith?
- What is one thing that always makes you happy to think about?
- What is your favorite season and why?
- What is your favorite holiday and why?
- If you could pick one superpower, what would it be?
- Which story about Jesus is your favorite? Why?
- What is the first chore or job you ever remember doing? Do you still do it?
- If you could create an imaginary animal, what would it be?
- Pick one word to describe the person on your right.
- Describe one dream you can remember.
- If you could spend a day with the apostles, who would it be? Why?
- If you had a time machine for a day, where (when) would you go?
- What is the best day you can imagine? What would you do?
- What is a quality you wish you could have more of?
- What makes you feel better when you’re upset?
- The Bible says that God created human beings “in His image.” What do you think that means?
- Describe a time you remember someone being kind to you.
- What do you think the biggest problem in the world is? Are there any ways our family could help to address that problem?
- Do you think there is a difference between being smart and wise?
- What is one thing that happened to you that was really embarrassing?
- Who is a teacher you will always remember and why?
- What do you think is the best thing to say to someone who is sad?
- What is your favorite song to dance to?
- What is the worst place to be stuck for a long time?
- If you lived 100 years ago, how do you think your life would be different?
- If you could talk to yourself 20 years in the future and ask one question, what would it be?
- What’s the best movie you have ever seen and why?
- If our family had a motto or slogan, what do you think it would be?
- If you had a chance to travel to outer space, would you take it?
- Where is your favorite place to eat out and why?
- What inventions do you think will exist in the future?
- What is one new thing you would like to do in the next year?
- If you created your own new holiday, what would it be?
- What do you think you will enjoy doing when you’re very old?
- In what ways do you think the Church can be like a family? Are there also ways in which a family can be like the Church?
- Have you ever been in the hospital? Why? What was it like?
- What is your favorite activity to do outside?
- Have you ever been to a wedding? Whose? What was it like?
- What is the hardest thing about praying? What is the best thing about praying?
- What is your favorite color? What is your favorite thing that is that color?
- Do you like to take naps?
- What is one way you have changed in the last two years?
- If you could change one rule in our family, what would it be?
- If you could learn any new skill instantly, what would it be?
- How do you most like people to show love to you?
- If you could go on a trip with a big group of friends or only one friend, which would you choose and why?
- If you woke up and found you had suddenly become very tiny, what would you want to explore?
- Would you rather have wings or a mermaid tail?
- What activity do you enjoy doing with your parents/grandparents?
- If you could have unlimited pizza or unlimited ice cream, which would you pick?
- Do you find it easy or hard to forgive people when they have done something unkind?
- If you could re-live one day in your life, what would it be?
- If we had a family cooking show, what would be the first recipe we would feature?
- What is one thing that makes you feel God’s presence?
- What person from the Bible do you think would make a good friend?
- What’s something you’re thankful for this week?
- What family tradition could we start that would let us show kindness to each other?
- What ice cream flavor best represents your personality?
- What is one kind thing you did for someone else recently?
- What are you looking forward to most right now?
- What tradition that is done at church is your favorite and why?
- Why do you think God created different seasons of the year?
- Would you rather go for a ride on a giant turtle or a giant rabbit?
- What is your favorite costume you’ve ever worn?
- If you could learn any new language, which one would it be and why?
- If you had a whole year free to do whatever you wanted, what would you do?
- Who is the funniest person in our family?
- If we all woke up and found out that we had turned into animals, what animal do you think each person would be?
- Do you have a favorite prayer that you know by heart? What is it?
- What is one thing that you have in common with another family? With whom?
- If you could invent one thing that would make the world a better place, what would it be?
- What do you think is the single most important quality in a friend?
- If you were a scientist, and you had to study only one thing for the rest of your life, what would you study?
- What was the best thing that happened to you today?
- How do you know if someone is the right person for you to marry?
- What do you think makes for a “successful life”?
- What’s the hardest thing about being the age you are right now?
- If you had to leave home in an emergency to move somewhere else and you could only take one thing with you, what would it be?
- What is your favorite day / season in the Church year?
- If you could be the patron saint of anything, what would you be the patron saint of?
- If you have already been confirmed, share one fact about your Confirmation saint. If you have not been confirmed, whom do you think you might choose?
- What is your favorite memory from a time our family was all together?
- If you could create a robot to help you with one job in your life, would what it do?
- What are three things you are grateful for today?
- What is one thing you wish were different (about school or family or church)?
- Who is the oldest person in your family? What do you know about his / her life?
- What is one thing that Mom and / or Dad liked doing when they were little?
- Can you think of someone who is an example of faith to you?
