Valentine Day Party Games Children

Love to party? Then try out these Valentine day party games children! Play heart attack, heart strings, how many kisses, heart stomp, st valentine says and many more

They sure to make your next party a hit.

Heart Attack

Materials Needed:

Heart for each child with instruction written on one side and a heart-shaped chocolate taped on the other.
Instructions might include: Hop like a bunny, walk like a crab, bear walk, skip, walk backwards, etc.

Instructions:

Children divide into two teams.

Put the hearts at the end of the room in two piles.

On your mark the first child on each team runs to the pile, takes a heart and does what the heart says, while returning to their team, then sits down.

The next team member then runs to the pile...etc.

The first team to be sitting down wins.

Everyone enjoys a chocolate in the end.

Heart Strings

Materials Needed:

Cardboard heart with string or ribbon attached.

Instructions:

Show the children the heart.

Have them close their eyes until you tell them to open them.

Hide the heart with the string or ribbon attached so only the string shows.

Have the children open their eyes, stand up and search for the heart strings.

If they find it they should not say a word but return quickly and quietly to their seats.

The first person to sit down wins and may take a turn at hiding the heart.

How Many Kisses - Valentine Day Party Games Children

Materials Needed:

Large glass jar filled with chocolate kisses
Small pieces of paper
Valentine box
Pencil

Instructions:

Have children write their name on a small piece of paper and their guess as to how many kisses are in the jar.

The child who guesses the right number, or comes closest, gets a heart sucker.

The candy in the jar is then divided among the children.

A variation for this Valentine day party games children, would be that the winner takes the jar of candy home to share with their family.

Heart Stomp

Here are more fun Valentine day party games children ideas.

Materials Needed:

Large laminated red hearts, taped to the floor, one for each child
Love songs

Instructions:

Every child begins by standing on a heart that has been taped to the floor.

Start the music and have the children walk around the room.

When the music stops they need to stand on a heart or they're out.

Remove one heart after each musical segment.

St. Valentine Says

Materials Needed:

None

Instructions:

Played similar to Simon Says. The player up is "St. Valentine".

Player will say "St. Valentine says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop".

The children are to keep hopping on one foot until player says "St. Valentine says stop".

Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, sit down.

Sometimes St. Valentine will say "St. Valentine says" and sometimes he won't.

It's a fun game to play with young children.

Valentine Pictionary

Materials Needed:

Chalkboard
Chalk
Eraser
Valentine Bag
Papers with valentine objects written on them
Timer

Instructions:

Put papers with valentine objects written on them into bag.

Divide children into two groups.

Flip a coin to see which team goes first.

Invite a child from the playing team to approach the chalkboard, draw a slip of paper, and read it to themselves.

On your mark, the child should then draw the object in hopes that his/her team members will guess the object on their paper.

If the team guesses correctly, before time runs out, they score a point.

If the playing team does not guess correctly the other team has five seconds to try to come up with the correct answer.

If they guess correctly they score a point and it is their turn to play.

This game can be simplified for young players utilizing words such as: candy, heart, card.

Make more difficult for older players by using short phrases: my heart belongs to you, be mine, etc. Hope you enjoy playing these Valentine Day party games children. They are sure to make your party a hit.

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