101 Fun Questions to Ask Your Kids at Dinner Time

Dinner time is a special time. It’s family time, a time to chat and talk about our days. No electronics. No friends. Just us. This is a tradition that I try to keep most nights of the week, especially as my kids get older. Not only is this a time eat a meal, but it is a time to communicate with one another. While I don’t have teenagers yet, I do have a tween daughter that is quickly heading that direction. I am firm believer that open communication and being interested in what your children are doing: who they are hanging out with, what they are studying in school, what problems that are having- is one way to help prevent your kids from getting in trouble or pulling away from you as they grow. Obviously there is more to that, but showing your kids that you love them and are there to LISTEN to them, is a great way for them to feel comfortable coming to you if that actually develop a problem later in their teen years. Talking at dinner time just doesn’t have to be “how was your day?”, but they can be fun and silly too. If you are stuck on ideas of what to ask, I am sharing 101 fun questions to ask your kids at dinner time so you can turn dinner time into fun time!

Ready to have some fun? Use this list of question to talk with your kids at dinner time. Some are about their day, some are “would you rather” style- all are fun and any will be a guaranteed way to get everyone talking!

1. What was your favorite part of the day?
2. What was your least favorite part of the day?
3. What’s one of your most favorite memories?
4. If you had $20, what would you do with it?
5. What do you want to be when you grow up?
6. What’s your dream vacation?
7. What makes a good friend?
8. Describe yourself in one word.
9. What’s your favorite book?
10. What’s your favorite meal?
11. What’s your favorite dessert?
12. If you could make your own movie, what would you call it?
13. If you had to give all of your toys away, who would you give them to?
14. What is your favorite word?
15. What’s the funniest thing you can think of?
16. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
17. If you could build anything in the backyard, what would it be?
18. If you had one super power- what would it be?
19. If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
20. If you had to leave home for an emergency, what 3 things would you take?
21. What do you like best about your sister? Brother?
22. What two things do you like about YOU best?
23. What do you think you need to work on?
24. If you were President, what would you do first?
25. If you could outlaw one vegetable, what would it be?
26. What do you miss about being little?
27. What’s the hardest part about growing up?
28. What’s the best thing about growing up?
29. What do you think your first job will be?
30. Who do you admire the most?
31. What’s your most embarrassing moment?
32. What do you like most about school?
33. What do you like least about school?
34. What’s the most important part of being a happy family?
35. What goal to you have for this year?
36. What’s your idea of a perfect day?
37. What’s your favorite season?
38. If you could eat one food everyday, what would it be?
39. If you could meet anyone from history, who would it be?
40. If you could be any animal for a day, what would you be?
41. If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
42. If you went back in time, what would you do?
43. If you could make one law, what would it be?
44. What’s your most favorite breakfast food? Lunch? Dinner?
45. If you could shrink down to ant-sized, what would you do?
46. If you were 100 feet tall, what would you do?
47. What do you like better: going to bed, or waking up?
48. Do you like swimming or sledding better?
49. What’s your favorite tv show?
50. If you could invent an app, what would it do?
51.  Would you rather always wear wet clothes or never shower again?
52. Would you rather only communicate with a Light Brite or an Etch a Sketch?
53. Would you rather always feeling like you have to sneeze or that you are always being tickled?
54. Would you rather have tentacles for arms or legs?
55. Would you rather wear your shoes on the wrong feet or wear your pants backwards?
56. Would you rather skydive or scuba dive?
57. Would you rather have $100 or give $1000 to charity?
58. Would you rather spend a night in a cemetery or a haunted house?
59. Would you rather be invisible or walk through walls?
60. Would you rather go back in time or into the future?
61. Would you rather see everything in slow motion or in fast forward?
62. Would you rather be alone or with friends?
63. Would you rather drink chocolate milk or hot chocolate?
64. Would you rather crawl or hop everywhere?
65. Would you rather be at the beach or a huge playground?
66. Would you rather have a pet monkey or reindeer?
67. Would you rather listen to music or read a book?
68. Would you rather have a car that could fly or go underwater?
69. Would you rather eat lettuce or carrots?
70. Would you rather eat cake or ice cream?
71. Would you rather clean your room or the table after dinner?
72. Would you rather have a pet goat or chicken?
73. Would you rather have a robot or space ship?
74. Would you rather camp in a tent or a camper?
75. Would you rather go to school on a bus or giant dinosaur?
76. Would you rather have an otter or dolphin in your bathtub?
77. Would you rather swim in marshmallows or m&m’s?
78. Would you rather have blue hair or blue feet?
79. Would you rather have a bucket stuck on your hand or foot?
80. Would you rather go to the doctor or dentist?
81. Would you rather take a train ride or airplane ride?
82. Would you rather be inside all day or outside all day?
83. Would you rather live in the city or a farm?
84. Would you rather get rid of the TV or your tablets?
85. Would rather go to the mountains or the bottom of the sea?
86. Would you rather have a squirrel tail or deer antlers?
87. Would you rather walk on your hands everywhere or roll everywhere?
88. Would you rather do all of the cooking or all of the cleaning?
89. Would you rather have a clown nose or a clown wig?
90. Would you rather live 100 years ago or 100 years in the future?
91. Would you rather eat only pizza or only hotdogs for a month?
92. Would you rather live in Antartica or in space for a year?
93. Would you rather eat all hot foods or all cold foots?
94. Would you rather drink milk or water with every meal?
95. Would you rather have a small house or a small car?
96. Would you rather shovel snow or rake leaves?
97. Would you rather have to put ketchup on everything or have no dessert again?
98. Would you rather drive a race car or a jet plane?
99. Would you rather have a dinosaur or a giant whale as a pet?
100. Would you rather were a swim suit in a snowstorm or a snow suit in a swimming pool?
101. Would you rather eat dinner naked or take a shower with your clothes on?

There you have it: 101 fun questions to ask your kids around your dinner table! I know your kids will love these, mine always do!