Have amazing dinner conversation with this special family tradition. Over 240 Conversation starters in this free printable. Makes the perfect gift!

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I am so very excited to share something with you that has been part of our family tapestry for years.

You know that I place a high priority on a shared family dinner experience. Many times over the last year, I have declared, “We need to fight for our family meal time” because with five children, three of them high-schoolers, those times become more rare as schedules increase.

If there’s one thing I can encourage parents to prioritize is this precious time together. Decades later, this will be a pivotal time that your children remember, long after the hectic schedules cease.

When we gather together as a family over a shared meal, it’s a time of being deliberate with our moments. By unplugging and insisting on a technology free time together, we come ready to share life as a family.

Free Printable with over 250 Conversation Starter questions

I want that, don’t you?

My Christmas gift to you this year is to make that time as meaningful as possible by sharing our Family’s Dinner Questions tradition, and a free, printable Conversation starter question file.

For years, we have had a simple plastic jar filled with Conversation Starters and Dinner Questions on our table. It’s become a meaningful part of our family identity. Most nights that we gather together, we dim the lights, eat by candlelight, even if it’s just pizza and chips, and pick a question from the Family Dinner Question Jar. We share answers that are silly, serious, sappy, sincere and even sentimental. It has run the gamut over the years.

Have fun with this time and establish your own tradition with how you want to use these questions. One person can pick a card and everyone can answer the same question, or every one can pick their own. It’s your time to embrace, and of course, these conversation starters aren’t just for dinner. 🙂

With over 220 Conversation starter questions already determined for you (ten questions per page), the beauty of this customizable file is that at the end of my questions, you may type in your own personalized questions making them fun and meaningful to your own family. Perhaps you have some inside jokes that would make perfect questions or story starters for your family’s Christmas gathering? Add those to the mix and get your group laughing.

This is the perfect last minute, meaningful gift idea as well for teachers, neighbors, friends and family. We have included pre-printed labels for you to add onto your choice of jar, box or bowl (see above). There are different sized labels and verbiage for you to choose, as well as blank labels, if you’d like to have your kids personalize it with their own handwriting, like “Schmidt Family Dinner Questions,” or even something silly like “Chat and Chow.”

Feel free to get as creative as you want with the jar.  My dollar store plastic container has worked wonders for years. You may have the kids adorn it with their own crafty creations – glitter, glue, ribbon etc, or you may choose to make it a more elegant gift with a beautiful, glass container.

Details for printing the file: the question section of the file (pages 3 – 24) are perfectly formatted to print out onto 2″ x 3-1/2″ perforated Avery Business cards (10 cards per sheet). This will give you a very polished look, but if your desire is a meaningful, yet virtually free gift, print the file onto paper or card stock and cut them yourself.

Print out the Conversation Starter Questions onto Avery cards, card stock or paper. Add the conversation starter questions to your choice of container. Adorn your jar with its label, and then let the magic of family dinner time begin. I can’t wait to hear how you enjoy this time together.

I love sharing this free gift with you and feel privileged if you share it. Please send friends to this Conversation Starters post, rather than forwarding the file. This material falls under my copyright. 

This has revolutionized our meal time and brought so many special conversations to light. Free printable with over 240 conversation starters.