[SilverSwanMama]

Hey everyone.

On the spur of the moment I am trying to "interview" my daughter with questions about her Daddy that we will make into a book as a gift for him for Father's Day. You know the ones that they do in preschool where the teacher asks them questions about the parent and records their answers which are usually hilarious. I've googled it like crazy and can't come up with a general list of questions that people use for this. Can you all give me some ideas? I homeschool, so I don't actually have any of these in my possession. I've just heard other moms talk about the ones they get at Mother's Day and they are so funny. Some of you probably have something like this hanging around the house and could give me some ideas. I've thought of some, but wanted to get some other thoughts on it if I could.

Thanks so much!

[Shelbi]

hmmm.....
They don't do that at our school, but I bet togather we could come up with some great questions.

[dukebballfan]

This is a list of questions that were floating around Facebook for moms a couple of months ago that could easily be adapted for your husband.


1. What is something mom always says to you?

2. What makes mom happy?

3. What makes mom sad?

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

5. What was your mom like as a child?

6. How old is your mom?

7. How tall is your mom?

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

11. What is your mom really good at?

12. What is your mom not very good at?

13. What does your mom do for a job?

14. What is your mom's favorite food?

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

17. What do you and your mom do together?

18. How are you and your mom the same?

19. How are you and your mom different?

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

[SilverSwanMama]

dukebballfan, on Jun 16 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

This is a list of questions that were floating around Facebook for moms a couple of months ago that could easily be adapted for your husband.


1. What is something mom always says to you?

2. What makes mom happy?

3. What makes mom sad?

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

5. What was your mom like as a child?

6. How old is your mom?

7. How tall is your mom?

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

11. What is your mom really good at?

12. What is your mom not very good at?

13. What does your mom do for a job?

14. What is your mom's favorite food?

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

17. What do you and your mom do together?

18. How are you and your mom the same?

19. How are you and your mom different?

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much! I had a bunch of the fact type questions, but was really wanting to include some of the "deeper" questions that are here. For some reason I was having a hard time thinking of those! LOL! Thanks again!

[sarabethp]

That is a great list and a great idea. Thanks for posting this. I might have to try it out.

[tinkerbell11]

This does look fun, I just got a silly joke recently there may have been a couple of more ideas in there too! I will check and be back!

[tinkerbell11]

These are are great too, can change for DAD!

Why did God make mothers?
What ingredients are mothers made of ?
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
What kind of little girl was your mom?
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
Who's the boss at your house
What's the difference between moms & dads?
What does your mom do in her spare time?What would it take to make your mom perfect?
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

[Rose Ann]

Love this idea!!!!

[SkRiders]

I'm wondering what kinds of pictures would you use for this type of album?
I think i only have like 3 pictures of my son and his dad.... We're not together. I'm not sure if his step mom has pictures of the 2 of them either. I've been asking her for years to send pictures she takes at Christmas time so i can document his time at their house too and she refuses.

Either way i do want him to make something for his dad and this sounds like a good idea.

[SilverSwanMama]

Great ideas! Thanks for the help. I've gotten some funny answers already!

[SilverSwanMama]

SkRiders, on Jun 16 2009, 10:48 PM, said:

I'm wondering what kinds of pictures would you use for this type of album?
I think i only have like 3 pictures of my son and his dad.... We're not together. I'm not sure if his step mom has pictures of the 2 of them either. I've been asking her for years to send pictures she takes at Christmas time so i can document his time at their house too and she refuses.

Either way i do want him to make something for his dad and this sounds like a good idea.

I wasn't going to make an album. I don't have time for that now even if I wanted to. I was going to let her make a book. I was going to type the Q&A's on some cardstock and let her draw some pictures, maybe trace her hand or do a handprint with paint, use a poem for the front, possibly put one picture of her and Daddy on the front or something. Haven't gotten that far, yet. I do know that I wanted it to be mostly her project, not my scrapping project. I'll do the typing and help with the binding, but she will do the rest. It's part of our homeschool work for the week.

[angelaNussbaum]

My MOPS mentor Mom got a book like that for her and her husband for xmas. It had all their grand kids answering those kinds of questions. they were so cute. The little kids had nonsense like answers, but they were still sweet.

For pictures, she did a mix of kids artworks, to pictures... one page would have the questions, the next page might be some photos of grandma or grandpa with that kiddo.. It was very neat!

Good luck.

last year i made a fathersday video... this year he just has to put up with us.

Angela N.

[sarabethp]

Okay so I went through and asked those questions to my 7 and 4 year old and got a lot of "I don't know." LOL you would think that they could come up with something. I think I am going to let them sum them up themselves and bind it together in a book.

[TracEy]

OMG! I am so doing this! I was at a loss of what to do for Father's Day and now I know. Wew! Thank you Scrapgirls once again for coming to the rescue without even knowing it.

DD and I are on vacation right now and get home the day before Father's Day so this will be a great project for us. I am going to make it a video though for him to watch. I did the Angela N. project last year in which was a life savor as well....LOL

[bjc]

this is very cute idea.... all my dd are grown so i dont think i will be doing this but i enjoyed reading the mb.... another thought is you could video the questions and the answers.... video the portion with your child giving the answers...but when you show the video you could first read the question like the newleywed game ...remember that ? is it still on? am i dating my self? lol....and then see what answer dad gives ...then show the video of your child giving the answer....just a thought for some fathers day entertainment!

[JenW]

Re-posting this thread, because I LOVE IT!!!! Great Ideas for Mothers/Fathers Day!!!!

[Sara Arell]

SilverSwanMama, on 16 June 2009 - 01:40 PM, said:

dukebballfan, on Jun 16 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

This is a list of questions that were floating around Facebook for moms a couple of months ago that could easily be adapted for your husband.


1. What is something mom always says to you?

2. What makes mom happy?

3. What makes mom sad?

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

5. What was your mom like as a child?

6. How old is your mom?

7. How tall is your mom?

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

11. What is your mom really good at?

12. What is your mom not very good at?

13. What does your mom do for a job?

14. What is your mom's favorite food?

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

17. What do you and your mom do together?

18. How are you and your mom the same?

19. How are you and your mom different?

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much! I had a bunch of the fact type questions, but was really wanting to include some of the "deeper" questions that are here. For some reason I was having a hard time thinking of those! LOL! Thanks again!

Perfect list - I like it! Sounds as if this would make a great gift!

[LaLo1103]

This is such a cute idea and would make for great scrapping!

[Sara Arell]

tinkerbell11, on 16 June 2009 - 04:23 PM, said:

These are are great too, can change for DAD!

Why did God make mothers?
What ingredients are mothers made of ?
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
What kind of little girl was your mom?
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
Who's the boss at your house
What's the difference between moms & dads?
What does your mom do in her spare time?What would it take to make your mom perfect?
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

These are really good ones too, Shannon - I copied them and I'm going to put something together for my Lucy and Campbell to give to their Mom answering these questions! I'm always looking for something special for them to give her for Mother's Day that they made themselves! Kim will love this!

[gophergirl]

Ooh, I like this idea! Thanks for reposting it Jen!

[Deb C.]

gophergirl, on 09 May 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

Ooh, I like this idea! Thanks for reposting it Jen!

Ditto! I really like this idea!!!