Today I’m sharing these fun conversation starters from Jennifer Flanders of flandersfamily.info. These are fun to keep handy by the dinner table. Print them out, cut them up, put them in a jar and let the kiddos each pull one out for dinner. Or be lazy like me and just download and keep them in a file on your phone or iPad, LOL, no cutting or storage involved. If you want to go all out, print them on colored paper and put them in a decorative box or put one under each person’s plate. I did that with the Christmas ones for a Christmas dinner and it was super fun. The Autumn Days Conversation Starters are here. Here are some sample questions from the Autumn Days set, copied from Jennifer’s site:

Sample Questions from Autumn Days Conversation Starters

• What’s your favorite thing about fall?
• When’s the last time you laughed so hard you cried? What was so funny?
• Name your favorite kind of pasta. What sort of sauce do you like to put on it (if any)?
• Describe an instance when your first impression proved to be wrong.
• Sing the catchiest jingle you remember from a television commercial.

I love it when people sincerely discuss these types of questions, and we all learn from each other. Last night I used one of the Autumn Days questions during dinner and learned more about my daughter and her friends.

The Thanksgiving Conversation Starters are here. Here are some sample questions from that set (again, copied and pasted from Jennifer’s site):

• What is something you like about living where you live?
• Tell about a time when a stranger came to your aid in some way.
• Share something your parents did that made you thankful.
• Name something you admire about the person on your left.
• What is your favorite pastime? Explain why.
• Share a funny story that always makes you laugh.
• Tell about a good book you’ve read. Explain what you liked about it.
• Recount a time when God calmed your fears.

You could be like Jennifer and print them out, cut them up, then put them in decorative jars with a twist of ribbon and a cute tag to give to a friend. I hope you enjoy them! I like to do at least one conversation starter at every dinner. Then I do some pun quiz cards or trivia quiz cards, often ones that I pick up at thrift stores.

If you want more fall family tradition activities, check out my new website here, christianfamilybooksandtraditions.com.