Which animal is each person at this table most like?
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Written so an eight-year-old and a grandparent can both answer. Pass the phone around the table, or let whoever's youngest do the reading.
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The whole deck in order, from light to deep. Handy if you'd rather read from a list or print it.
Light
- Which animal is each person at this table most like?
- Our house has a secret rule nobody's written down. What is it?
- Which little thing made you smile today that nobody else noticed?
- If our family were a band, what would we be called and who plays what?
- Shrunk to the size of an ant for an hour, where in our house would you explore?
- Who at this table would be the best at hide-and-seek, and where would they hide?
- Who in our family gets away with the most?
- What's the most ridiculous thing you believed as a kid?
- Which two animals would make the funniest looking hybrid?
- If animals could talk, what's the first thing you'd ask a dog?
- If you could make any vegetable against the law, which would it be?
- If we could build a secret passage in our house, where would it go?
- If you could make any animal the size of a housecat, which one would you pick?
- If kids and grown-ups switched places for a day, what would tomorrow look like?
- If you could invent a new holiday, what would it be and how would we celebrate?
- Which cartoon family is most like ours, and why?
- What's a smell that reminds you of being little?
- If our family had a theme song, what would it be?
- What would you invent to make school or work easier?
- If our house could talk, what would it complain about?
- What was the funniest thing that happened to you today?
- What would our family flag look like, and what would be on it?
- Who in this family has the most famous sneeze, laugh or snore?
- You're in charge of dinner for a whole week. What's on the menu?
- What's the silliest thing you've ever done to make someone laugh?
- What's the best thing you ate this week that wasn't at this table?
- If you were in charge for a week, which house rule would you change?
- If you could swap lives with someone here for one day, who would it be?
- Who at this table would win a staring contest, and who would laugh first?
- Which chore would you happily do forever, and which would you pay to skip?
- Which family trip do we talk about the most, and is the story actually true?
- You get to invent a brand new colour. What's it called and what does it look like?
- What do you think is in Area 51?
- What's the craziest fact you know?
- What was your biggest fear as a child?
- What's the silliest fear you had as a kid?
- How did you drive your parents crazy as a kid?
- What word can you never remember how to spell?
- What's the worst "Dad Joke" you've ever heard?
- What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
- If you had to eat a worm, how would you cook it?
- Who's the funniest person in our family, and why?
- What do you think Mom or Dad is secretly afraid of?
- What's something you think kids do better than adults?
- If you had a twin, what kind of pranks would you pull?
- What's an imaginary place you'd like to visit and why?
- What hybrid animal would make the perfect pet, and why?
- If you joined the circus, what circus act would you be?
- What's something super weird that could happen tomorrow?
- What would your superhero name be, and what's your power?
- If you could ask your pet 3 questions, what would they be?
- What's the wildest thing you ever got caught doing as a kid?
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how strict are your parents, and why?
- What food combo do you love that most people think is gross?
- If our pets could talk, what gossip would they spill about us?
- What's a funny or embarrassing story your family tells about you?
- Did you ever try to run away from home as a kid? How far did you get?
- Would you rather have a family pet that talks or one that can do chores?
- If our entire family were mouse-sized, how would life be different for us?
- What is the most embarrassing thing your mother or father ever did to you?
- What could happen right now that would make everyone at the table crack up?
- When you were a kid, what seemed like the best thing about being a grown-up?
- What's the most embarrassing thing your parents did while you were growing up?
- If you had a magical pencil that made your drawings come to life, what would you draw?
- You suddenly have the ability to make one animal smaller and another larger. Which two would you choose?
- Would you rather there be a perpetual water balloon war going on in your city/town or a perpetual food fight?
Closer
- When did someone surprise you by being kind?
- When did you last feel really proud of yourself?
- What can you do now that you couldn't do a year ago?
- With ten minutes to teach everyone here something, what would you teach?
- Is there something you used to be scared of that doesn't scare you anymore?
- Which rule in our house is actually fair, even though you complain about it?
- Which of our traditions would you keep forever?
- When did you last feel really proud of someone here?
- Who outside our family makes your life better, and how?
- What's something you learned recently that surprised you?
- Who outside our family do you really look up to right now?
- What's a mistake you made that turned out okay in the end?
- What's something hard you did this year that nobody noticed?
- Which new thing should our whole family learn to do together?
- Is there a place near home that feels special to you, and why?
- Which part of today was hardest, and who helped you through it?
- Which thing are you good at now because you practised it a lot?
- Which family story would you want your own kids to hear one day?
- What's one thing you'd like to learn from someone at this table?
- Grown-ups: what were you like at the age of the youngest person here?
- Which friend makes you laugh the most, and what did they do last time?
- Grown-ups: what did your parents worry about that you now worry about too?
- Which family story about you should be told at every one of your birthdays?
- What do you wish adults understood?
- What do you love about the person to your left?
- What's the worst trouble you ever got into at school?
- What's something you've always wanted to ask a family member?
- What's the sneakiest thing your parents ever caught you doing?
- What food, smell or song instantly takes you back to childhood?
- What's one story your family loves to tell about you from growing up?
- If next year were a gap year and money were no object, how should we spend it?
- What's the most embarrassing thing your parents have done in front of your friends?
- Which family tradition should your kids keep alive, and which one can they totally skip?
Deep
- Twenty years from now, what do you hope our family is like?
- Have you ever done a kind thing that nobody found out about?
- When did you feel really looked after by someone at this table?
- What are you grateful for that you usually forget to say out loud?
- On a scary day, who at this table would you want next to you, and why?
- When do you feel most listened to at home?
- What do you wish our family talked about more?
- What do you hope this table looks like in ten years?
- What's a worry you've been carrying around this week?
- Is anything worrying you a little that we could help with?
- Think of a time you felt left out. What would have helped?
- How can you tell when someone is being a really good friend?
- What's something about our family you'd never want to change?
- What does each person here do that makes home feel like home?
- Who would you most like to invite to dinner here next, and why?
- What makes you feel brave, even when you're a little bit scared?
- Is there someone we've lost that you think about at meals like this?
- What's one thing we could do as a family to be kinder to each other?
- Who here would you like to thank for something you've never thanked them for?
- How would you like the people at this table to remember you when you're very old?