Fun Conversation Starter Cards for Kids (Free Printable!)

These (Free) Printable Fun Conversation Starter Cards for Kids are great to use during the holidays (or anytime)! Use at the dinner table to help kids and adults connect through great questions and practiced conversation skills.

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Cute Craft Alert: Conversation Starter Cards
Supplies for Printable Conversation Starter Cards
Steps to Making Table Talk Cards
Craft Tips for Family Conversation Starter Cards
Craft Variations- Conversation Cards Printable
FAQ about conversation cards
More Printable Activities for Kids
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50 More Conversation Starter Questions
Fun Conversation Starter Cards for Kids (Free Printable)

Cute Craft Alert: Conversation Starter Cards

The holiday time often puts our kids (and us) around people who are less familiar. Starting a conversation over dinner can be a challenge for old and young alike.

These dinner conversation cards can help you connect with people and learn from the situation. Papa always says that the key to meaningful conversation is to ask good questions of others.

These conversation starter cards help your kids learn to ask good questions. Print off the free cards, or find a list of 50 more great conversation starters at the end of the post!

Learn good conversation skills and fun info when you ask Aunt Milly some great questions. Who knows, you may even get a good laugh…and make a new friend!

Fun conversation starter card printout sitting on a red placemat with colorful markers and crystal garland surrounding it.

Supplies for Printable Conversation Starter Cards

You don’t need much to bring these cute cards for conversation to life!

Free printable cards- The Fun Conversation Starter Cards for Kids Free Printable is handmade especially for you. This printable is free to print off and have for your personal use.
Cardstock paper- Use white cardstock paper or colored cardstock paper to print off the Conversation Starter Cards.
Coloring tools- The cards can be colored with colored markers, crayons, or colored pencils if desired.

Person adding a detailed border to a conversation starter card with a dark pink marker with other markers and a crystal garland around.

Steps to Making Table Talk Cards

This activity is insanely simple to make happen with this free printable that’s hand drawn for your use.

Copy the Conversation Starter Cards Free Printable onto white cardstock paper or colored cardstock paper.

Do a bit of coloring on the cards if desired (optional).

Cut apart the table talk cards and place them in a pile on the table. People can take a card to help start conversation at any point during the meal.

Person cutting up the conversation starter cards after they added colorful borders with markers

Craft Tips for Family Conversation Starter Cards

Help younger children- Help the young kids by reading the cards together so they are not put on the spot if they don’t know how to read well yet.
Coach the kids- Explain to the kids about what the conversation starter cards are and how to use them. Practice with using the cards to ask questions so they feel comfortable using them with Aunt Milly! Also practice answering questions. Starting engaging conversations is a valuable skill.
Coach the crowd- You may want to explain to the whole group about the conversation starter cards and how to use them. All can benefit from this activity! Let them create their own questions to place on blank cards.

Person holding a conversation starter card with a dog drawing on it with other cards in the background as well as colorful markers and a pair of scissors.

Craft Variations- Conversation Cards Printable

Here are a few variations you’re welcome to try with this conversation cards printable:

Colored cardstock paper- Print off the Conversation Starter Cards on colored cardstock to make them fun! Then there is no need to color the cards.
Cute container- Place the cards in a small container in the middle of the table for easy access during a meal or activity. Grab one and hand it to a child or pass the container around the table.
Card on the plate- Place a conversation card on each place setting at the dinner table. Then each family member can ask a question during the meal or activity.

A stack of conversation starter cards resting on a festive holiday plate with a matching mug on a red placemat in front of a Christmas tree.

FAQ about conversation cards

What are conversation starter questions for kids?

Use open ended questions to start a conversation with kids (not yes or no questions). Ask about things they can relate to. What was the best part of your day? What is something that you are good at?
After asking the question, give good eye contact and give good feedback to what they are saying (in action, facial expressions, and words). Ask more thought provoking questions about the subject if they respond well.

What are some fun conversation starters?

This post gives a series of questions at the end as well as 16 questions on printable cards. They can get a conversation going quickly! Be sure to give good feedback and attention to the person speaking.

How do you start a conversation with kids?

It works best to ask open ended questions (not yes or no questions). Try to find out their interests, then continue in that topic for a while if possible. Be sure to give good feedback and attention to them as they speak.
Oh, and kids like the opposite way of asking many of these questions. Here is an example. What is the worst advice (instead of best advice) you have ever been given?

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Holiday plate that says "joy" with conversation starter cards on it as well as a gnome decoration sits on a red placemat with place setting. Decorative crystal garland surrounds place setting.

50 More Conversation Starter Questions

Here are 50 additional converstaion starter questions you may add to the blank cards on page three of the free printable. Or make up your own questions!

What is your favorite part of ___ ? (name of holiday or event, i.e. Christmas)
Tell me about a homemade card or gift that you have made. Who did you give it to?
How did you decorate for __ when you were young? (fill in with name of holiday or event) Tell me about it!
What is a special thing you have enjoyed about this past year?
What is your favorite treat to eat and/or make for __ ? (insert holiday or event name)
Where did you spend the holidays and what was it like?
What was the best part of your day today? Or- What’s the best thing that happened to you today?
What’s the hardest thing you’ve done recently? And how did you get it done?
What are you most thankful for today?
What are you going to be doing tomorrow, do you have anything scheduled?
What’s your favorite thing you enjoy doing on weekends (or in your spare time)?
What’s something that you think is special about your family?
If you could bring one person here to talk to (living or not) who would it be and why? What would you ask them?
What’s the favorite tradition you or your family have for __ (fill in for a holiday or event)?
Do you make goals for a new year? What are some of your goals for the year?
What is your work (or what would you like to do for work when you are grown up)?
What would you like to do for work if you could?
Where would you go in the world if I gave you a free trip? Why would you go there?
What travel experience would you like to try if you could (like scuba diving, mountain climbing, etc.)
What is your very first memory?
What is the best __ you have ever had (birthday, Christmas, trip, etc.)?
What has made you really laugh lately?
What is your favorite game, and why?
What is your favorite movie, and why?
What is your favorite song, and why?
What is your favorite food for __ (breakfast, dinner, dessert, etc.)?
Which holiday is your favorite and why?
What do you like best about __ (fill in with a season of the year)?
If I had a time machine, what time would you want to travel to? Why? And what would you like to do then?
Superheroes are a big deal to a lot of people. What superpower would you like to have and why?
If given a wish, what would you wish for?
Imagine that there was only one food in the world, and you had to eat it for the rest of your life.
What would you want that food to be?
What talent do you have that you don’t tell people about because you think it’s too silly.
Would you rather live where it is always cold or where it is always hot?
Would you rather __ or __? (Make up your own)
What do you like to do the most on vacation?
What kind of business do you wish you could start?
What instrument would you like to play? What instrument(s) do you play?
What is one unique thing about you?
What do you like your friend(s) to be like?
How did you meet your best friend?
What is your favorite weather, and why?
What is your favorite season, and why?
What is your favorite time of day, and why?
What is the neatest thing that you have ever made or built?
What is something that you do not like?
What do like doing when you are bored and don’t have any electronic devices?
Do you have a collection of anything? If so, what and why.
What is your favorite restaurant? Why do you like going there and what do you like to order?
If you were an animal, what would you be and why?