Tent Place Cards with Questions

What you need

• Paper, 1 sheet of card stock or thick paper per guest
• Crayons or markers, a handful of markers
• Kid scissors, 1 pair

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Count your guests and gather one sheet of card stock per person, plus a few extra for mistakes. Clear a table and set out the markers and crayons.

1. Read the guest list and pick who each card is for.
2. Cut each sheet into a card about as big as your hand and a half.
3. Fold each card in half so it stands like a tent.
4. Write the guest's name in big letters on the front.
5. Decorate the front with leaves, a turkey or your own patterns.
6. Think of a question that only this guest can answer.
   Ask: What story would this guest love to tell? What do you really want to know about them?
7. Write the question inside the tent where the guest will find it.
8. Set each card at its place at the table.
   Ask: What do you think each guest will say when they read their question?
9. Now invite your guests to read and answer their cards! Who will you make cards for next time?
   Ask: Which answer surprised you most, and whose question should we write next?

Ideas to try

• What was your favorite food when you were my age?
• What is the best trip you ever took?
• What made you laugh this week?
• What is a game you played as a kid?
• Who taught you to cook?
• What would your perfect day be?
• What is something you are proud of this year?
• If you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be?
• What is the best present you ever gave?
• What song always makes you dance?
• What were you scared of as a kid?
• What is one thing you hope to learn?
• What is the funniest thing a pet ever did?
• What job did you want when you were little?
• What is your favorite thing about this family?

Play it again

• Swap seats: draw cards from a bowl so everyone answers a question written for someone else.
• Memory lane: each question must be about a time long ago.
• Thank you cards: write a thank-you note inside instead of a question.