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How to run an icebreaker

1. Pick the list that fits the group: work, classroom, friends or a date.
2. Read a card and go round the circle, or let the reader choose who answers.
3. Keep answers under a minute. One follow-up question is allowed.

Updated November 2026.

1. What goes on your perfect sandwich?
2. What snack do you always get at the movies?
3. What ice cream flavor would you invent if you ran the shop?
4. What topping ruins a pizza for you?
5. What candy would you grab first from a full bowl?
6. What food combination do you love that other people find gross?
7. What's your favorite weekend breakfast?
8. What would you put on the menu if you planned dinner for a week?
9. What holiday meal do you look forward to all year?
10. Who's the best cook in your family, and what's their best dish?
11. What's the longest car, bus or train ride you've ever taken?
12. What's your favorite thing to do on a long car ride?
13. What would your dream treehouse have inside?
14. What's the best hiding spot in your home?
15. What's your favorite thing about your street or neighborhood?
16. What are you looking forward to this month?
17. What animal would you keep as a pet if any animal were allowed?
18. What superpower would you pick, and what would you do with it first?
19. What's the funniest thing that has ever happened at school?
20. What would you build with a million toy bricks?
21. What's your favorite thing to do at recess?
22. What game do you never get tired of playing?
23. What would you name a pet dragon?
24. What's the best birthday you've ever had?
25. What's your favorite thing to draw?
26. What would you do first if you were the teacher for a day?
27. What's the funniest joke you know?
28. What do you want to learn how to do this year?
29. What's the best thing about being the age you are now?
30. What would you put in a time capsule to open in 20 years?
31. What animal do you think is the funniest, and why?
32. What's your favorite book or story, and who's the best character in it?
33. What would your robot helper do for you?
34. What's the best fort you've ever built?
35. What rule would you make if you ran your school?
36. What chore do you secretly enjoy?
37. What would you grow in your own garden?
38. What's the coolest thing you've ever found outside?
39. What sport or game would you add to gym class?
40. What's the nicest thing a friend has done for you?
41. What do you like best about your best friend?
42. What weather do you like most, and what do you do in it?
43. What's the best costume you've ever worn?
44. What would you pack for a trip to the moon?
45. What are you good at that you could teach the class?
46. What makes you laugh every time?
47. What's the best present you've ever given someone?
48. What animal would you like to talk to, and what would you ask it?
49. What would you call your own planet, and who would live there?
50. What's the tallest thing you've ever climbed?
51. What game have you made up yourself?
52. What do you want to be really good at when you grow up?
53. What's the best thing you ever made with your own hands?
54. What would you add to the playground?
55. What movie could you watch again tonight?
56. What's your favorite thing to do in summer?
57. What's the best thing in your room?
58. What's the best sleepover you've ever been to?
59. What would you do with a whole day and no screens?
60. What's the biggest mess you ever made at home?
61. What would you do on a perfect snow day?
62. What's the weirdest dream you remember?
63. What fictional world would you move to?
64. What sport would you compete in if you could pick any?
65. What's the strangest thing in your bag right now?
66. What's the best gift you've ever received, and who gave it?
67. What skill would you master overnight if you could?
68. What do you like about your name, or what would you change it to?
69. What's the best family trip you remember?
70. What was your grandparents' home like when you visited?
71. What game should our family play more often?
72. What was your favorite toy when you were little?
73. What were you like as a baby, according to your family?
74. What do you want us to do together as a family this year?
75. What's the best thing that happened to you this week?
76. What's the best pet story in your family?
77. What would our family be famous for?
78. What song does everyone in this family know?
79. What did a grandparent or older relative teach you?
80. What's the best thing about the person sitting to your left?
81. What do you remember about your first day of school?
82. What's the best thing to do when the power goes out?
83. What place should our family visit someday?

Tips for a better game

• In a meeting, one question at the start is enough. Go alphabetically so nobody has to volunteer.
• The person who answers picks who goes next.
• In a big group, split into pairs for two minutes and have each person introduce their partner's answer.

Questions people ask

What are some good icebreaker questions for kids?

Five from this list: What food combination do you love that other people find gross? What would you name a pet dragon? What's the nicest thing a friend has done for you? What's your favorite thing to do in summer? What were you like as a baby, according to your family?

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