Kids Birthday Interview Questions

Every year since Lake turned 3, I’ve been conducting a “birthday interview” with her. Etta turns 3 soon, so she will have her first one as well. While I absolutely love watching the videos, myself, I do it more for them and their memories. My hope is they cherish the videos as they grow older – and if they have children someday – enjoy showing the videos to them. Even if your child or children are older, it’s never too late to start doing a birthday interview to capture memories!

What I Do / Tips

– You can conduct the interview and record the video in any quiet area you wish. I use the same location in our home every year with a chair in front of a white door/wall.

– I have recorded all of Lake’s videos vertically (portrait mode) on my iPhone. You could also record with second phone, DSLR or point-and-shoot camera if you desire to have a horizontal version of the video as well.

– I use this tripod to record the interview on my iPhone.

– After I shoot the video, I make sure to save it in at least two locations like a cloud service and external hard drive.

– After I save the video, I watch it and transcribe the answers on a Google Document. (You could also transcribe while you’re conducting the interview). I then save it on my Google Drive in a folder labeled ‘Birthday Interviews.’ This isn’t necessary but I just think it’s nice to also have a “written version” of the interview as well.

– After I shoot the current year’s video, we like to watch the previous year’s video as a family. It’s amazing to see how much your child has grown/changed and is fun to see what answers changed or remained the same.

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Below are our current list of questions. Be sure to add any of your own if you’d like!

Birthday Interview Questions

• What’s your full name?
• How old are you?
• What grade are you in?
• What is your favorite color?
• What is your favorite book?
• What is your favorite TV show?
• What is your favorite movie?
• What is your favorite song?
• What is your favorite toy?
• What is your favorite game?
• What is your favorite animal?
• What is your favorite food?
• What is your favorite drink?
• What is your favorite fruit?
• What is your favorite vegetable?
• What is your favorite breakfast food?
• What is your favorite dessert/treat?
• What is your favorite restaurant?
• What is your favorite holiday?
• What are some of your favorite things to do?
• Who is your best friend?
• Who are some other friends you like to hang out with?
• What do you like to sleep with at night?
• What are you scared of?
• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• Where is your favorite place to go?
• If you could go anywhere on a trip right now, where would you go?
• What would you do if you had a million dollars?
• Favorite subject at school?
• What’s your teacher’s name?
• What is your favorite thing to do with daddy?
• What is your favorite thing to do with mommy?
• What is your favorite thing to do with <insert sibling(s) name(s)>?
• What do you want to do on your birthday?
• What do you want for your birthday?
• What’s your favorite thing about yourself?
• What are you really good at?
• What is a goal or something you want to accomplish this year?