Some table debates deserve a full hearing. Crispy brownie corners or gooey centers? A mashed-potato castle or a bread-roll village? The answers matter less than the wonderfully specific reasons people give.
These twelve free printable Pick a Side cards bring small, silly choices to your holiday table. Each card offers two options about food, comfort, seasonal sights, or playful possibilities. There are no personal questions to dodge and no points to keep. Read a card aloud, let everyone choose, and invite a quick explanation. Anyone can pass.
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Download the free Pick a Side cards PDF
Two pages, US Letter (8.5 × 11 inches). No email signup needed.
Print and play
- Download the PDF and open it in your PDF viewer.
- Choose US Letter paper, portrait orientation, and single-sided printing. Print both pages at actual size (100%).
- Cut along the dotted lines to make twelve cards.
Print the two pages at actual size, cut along the dotted lines, and place a few cards near the table. Save the rest for a pause between courses or a relaxed afternoon together. Younger guests can team up with a reader. Use one card or all twelve, and feel free to change your mind when somebody makes a persuasive case for extra sauce.
No printer? Read the twelve choices here
- A plate of crispy corners OR a plate of gooey centers.
- Twice the flaky crust OR twice the fruity filling.
- Build a mashed-potato castle OR build a bread-roll village.
- Stack everything in a sandwich OR keep every dish in its own little pile.
- Make any fallen leaf crunch OR make every snowball land softly.
- The softest seat, far from the snacks OR an ordinary chair, right beside them.
- A parade of tiny balloons indoors OR one enormous balloon in the yard.
- Watch giant snowflakes drift down OR watch colorful leaves whirl past.
- One giant cookie to share OR a tiny cookie for every bite.
- A mountain of crispy topping OR a lake of extra sauce.
- Fold every napkin into a crown OR turn every place card into a tiny flag.
- Replay the game you nearly won OR try a game nobody knows yet.
Ready for another activity? Our Family Game Night: Pick a Game Everyone Can Enjoy guide can help you choose what comes next.