How to create a personalised Who Am I? game for your family

A personalised family guessing game is simple: instead of a cast of strangers, every card features somebody your players know. The questions quickly become funnier, the deductions more personal and the final reveal much more satisfying.

It can be a birthday present, a family-reunion activity, a Christmas surprise, or an icebreaker at a pre-wedding gathering where guests from different parts of your life can learn names before the big day. You can build it with ordinary photographs, pets, childhood pictures or a fully illustrated cast.

Make it in an afternoon

Six steps from camera roll to game night

1. 01🎭

   Choose your cast

   Count the slots in your game frame, then make a list of family, friends and pets. Mix generations and households so everybody has somebody they instantly recognise.

2. 02📸

   Collect the photographs

   Ask for clear, front-facing pictures with a little space around each face. Phone photos are absolutely fine. A shared album makes collecting them much easier.

3. 03↔

   Add them to the editable template

   Open the supplied Canva template, click and drag each image into place, then edit the name. Keep crops consistent so the finished set feels deliberate.

4. 04✨

   Add the family flavour

   Use nicknames, pets, old photographs or a gentle in-joke. You can even create themed casts such as “the holiday”, “our wedding” or “three generations”.

5. 05✂️

   Print, trim and assemble

   Print a test page first. When you are happy with the scale, print on good-quality paper, trim carefully and follow the included instructions for your chosen frame.

6. 06🎲

   Play it your way

   Start with familiar yes-or-no questions, then make it yours: “Were they at the legendary barbecue?” is usually much more fun than “Do they wear glasses?”

Make the cast memorable

Ideas that make it feel truly yours