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If you have a sharp and focused group of players this game can last a surprisingly long time. Try to keep the pace of play rapid, sometimes guests will take forever trying to get it right.
The Set Up: Have your guests sit in a circle in a large open area and select a random player to start.
The Rules: The first player will say, “ You can tell someone is in love by __________” filling in the blank with whatever they choose. It can be realistic like “the smile on their face” or less romantic like “the black circles under their eyes”. For purposes of example the first person said ”the smile on their face”. The person to the left of the starter(clockwise) goes next. They will say, ” You can tell someone is in love by the smile on their face and __________” filling in the blank with whatever they choose. The third person would say the entire phrase including both of the previous answers(in order) and add a third.
This continues moving left around the circle with each person repeating what the previous person said and adding an additional sign of love until someone forgets a previous answer, messes up the order or in some way makes a mistake. That person is out and leaves the circle. The person to the left of the person that is now out starts the game over again from scratch. Continue playing and eliminating players until only one person remains. That person is a very deserving winner.
If the Game is Taking Too Long: Sometimes this game can bog down with guests taking long turns. If your game starts to slow down or even from the very beginning you can add a five second rule. So if any player on their turn goes for more than 5 seconds without adding to the list they are eliminated.
Just when your party guests think they can relax, break out this game and make them work for their Valentine’s Day party fun. While it starts off rather simple, the game quickly becomes challenging and competitive.
If you have a sharp and focused group of players this game can last a surprisingly long time. Try to keep the pace of play rapid, sometimes guests will take forever trying to get it right.
The Set Up: Have your guests sit in a circle in a large open area and select a random player to start.
The Rules: The first player will say, “ You can tell someone is in love by __________” filling in the blank with whatever they choose. It can be realistic like “the smile on their face” or less romantic like “the black circles under their eyes”. For purposes of example the first person said ”the smile on their face”. The person to the left of the starter(clockwise) goes next. They will say, ” You can tell someone is in love by the smile on their face and __________” filling in the blank with whatever they choose. The third person would say the entire phrase including both of the previous answers(in order) and add a third.
This continues moving left around the circle with each person repeating what the previous person said and adding an additional sign of love until someone forgets a previous answer, messes up the order or in some way makes a mistake. That person is out and leaves the circle. The person to the left of the person that is now out starts the game over again from scratch. Continue playing and eliminating players until only one person remains. That person is a very deserving winner.
If the Game is Taking Too Long: Sometimes this game can bog down with guests taking long turns. If your game starts to slow down or even from the very beginning you can add a five second rule. So if any player on their turn goes for more than 5 seconds without adding to the list they are eliminated.
This game is an excellent choice to lead off your Valentine party. Since you play it passively throughout the event, it is a good idea to start it as soon as possible.
The Set Up: The first thing to do is to select a taboo word, meaning a word(or short phrase) your guests are not allowed to say. The most obvious choice is “Love” which will work just fine, but if you wish you can choose another word like Valentine, heart, kiss, chocolate, or anything you wish that is likely to be said frequently at your party. Now you need tokens. Clothespins are commonly used since they are easy to clip onto and remove from clothing without doing any damage. For Valentine’s Day another option is a heart on a string to hang around the neck.
The Rules: To start the game inform all of your guests of the taboo word. Give them each a token and explain to them that whenever they say the taboo word they will lose their token to the first player to call them out. Now start the game. If Aunt Sue accidently says the taboo word and Cousin Earl is the first to point out her mistake, then Aunt Sue must give Cousin Earl her token. Now Sue has no tokens and Earl has two tokens. The only way for Aunt Sue to get a token back is to be the first to call out someone else when they say the taboo word.
The game continues throughout the party until a predetermined time close to the end when the game is called to a halt. The person who has the most tokens at the close of the game is declared the winner and gets a prize.
Craft Option: You can add red or pink ribbons, stickers, paint or anything else you can imagine to your tokens. Since guests will be wearing them throughout the party , many people choose to fancy them up.
Taboos and Token is an exciting game that is in style for parties. One key reason why is the game is flexible enough to fit almost any event. Valentine’s Day is no exception, so get out your clothespins and start up a game!
This game is an excellent choice to lead off your Valentine party. Since you play it passively throughout the event, it is a good idea to start it as soon as possible.
The Set Up: The first thing to do is to select a taboo word, meaning a word(or short phrase) your guests are not allowed to say. The most obvious choice is “Love” which will work just fine, but if you wish you can choose another word like Valentine, heart, kiss, chocolate, or anything you wish that is likely to be said frequently at your party. Now you need tokens. Clothespins are commonly used since they are easy to clip onto and remove from clothing without doing any damage. For Valentine’s Day another option is a heart on a string to hang around the neck.
The Rules: To start the game inform all of your guests of the taboo word. Give them each a token and explain to them that whenever they say the taboo word they will lose their token to the first player to call them out. Now start the game. If Aunt Sue accidently says the taboo word and Cousin Earl is the first to point out her mistake, then Aunt Sue must give Cousin Earl her token. Now Sue has no tokens and Earl has two tokens. The only way for Aunt Sue to get a token back is to be the first to call out someone else when they say the taboo word.
The game continues throughout the party until a predetermined time close to the end when the game is called to a halt. The person who has the most tokens at the close of the game is declared the winner and gets a prize.
Craft Option: You can add red or pink ribbons, stickers, paint or anything else you can imagine to your tokens. Since guests will be wearing them throughout the party , many people choose to fancy them up.
Take a red poster board or large piece of paper and cut it out into a heart shape being sure to mark the center point. Then make or printout enough arrows for each kid. If you print them out and have enough scissors you can have the kids cut out their own arrows or optionally you can let the kids draw their own arrows and cut them out themselves. If you are looking to add an addition fun project for the kids, provide crayons or colored markers and let them decorate the arrows.
Place the heart on the wall at a height where the kids can easily reach it and clear out any potential obstruction in the area. Put double sided tape on the back of the arrows and one at a time blindfold the kids and spin them around three times leaving them facing the heart and ask them to stick the arrow on the center of the heart. Be sure to mark each result on the heart making note of the name of the kid after each child has a turn since tape is not perfect and the arrows can fall off later. Once every kid has had a turn the closest arrow measuring from the pointy tip to the center wins!
The classic games have stood the test of time for a reason, they are fun to play! Pin Cupid’s Arrow to the Heart is a Valentine’s Day version of the classic Pin the Tail on the Donkey game that is sure to be a hit with the kids at your Valentine party.
Take a red poster board or large piece of paper and cut it out into a heart shape being sure to mark the center point. Then make or printout enough arrows for each kid. If you print them out and have enough scissors you can have the kids cut out their own arrows or optionally you can let the kids draw their own arrows and cut them out themselves. If you are looking to add an addition fun project for the kids, provide crayons or colored markers and let them decorate the arrows.
Place the heart on the wall at a height where the kids can easily reach it and clear out any potential obstruction in the area. Put double sided tape on the back of the arrows and one at a time blindfold the kids and spin them around three times leaving them facing the heart and ask them to stick the arrow on the center of the heart. Be sure to mark each result on the heart making note of the name of the kid after each child has a turn since tape is not perfect and the arrows can fall off later. Once every kid has had a turn the closest arrow measuring from the pointy tip to the center wins!
Simply make or print out cards with a 5 x 5 box square and CUPID printed across the top instead of BINGO. In the center square you can black it out, print “Free” or use a red heart.
Set number ranges for each letter and make small pieces of paper with each number and corresponding letter. Number the cards randomly yet make sure to balance that that each number is represented equally and only use the numbers you have assigned to each letter in the column under that letter.
Pass the cards out to the guests and provide several small bowls with Kisses or M&Ms for them to cover the numbers called on their cards. Put all the numbers in a small bag and have someone not playing the game draw the numbers and call them out making sure to keep the numbers available to check the cards once CUPID is called. Once someone gets five in a row(or whatever BINGO variation you chose) they call out “CUPID!” and win a prize.
A classic game for Valentine’s Day played exactly like the traditional game BINGO but it is CUPID instead.
Simply make or print out cards with a 5 x 5 box square and CUPID printed across the top instead of BINGO. In the center square you can black it out, print “Free” or use a red heart.
Set number ranges for each letter and make small pieces of paper with each number and corresponding letter. Number the cards randomly yet make sure to balance that that each number is represented equally and only use the numbers you have assigned to each letter in the column under that letter.
Pass the cards out to the guests and provide several small bowls with Kisses or M&Ms for them to cover the numbers called on their cards. Put all the numbers in a small bag and have someone not playing the game draw the numbers and call them out making sure to keep the numbers available to check the cards once CUPID is called. Once someone gets five in a row(or whatever BINGO variation you chose) they call out “CUPID!” and win a prize.
There are two ways to handle the set up for this game. Choose which ever set up option works best for your party. The advantage of option one is that the spice rack can also serve as the prize for the winner of the game. The advantage of option two is that it is considerably cheaper since most people have enough spices already in their homes to play the game without further expense.
Buy a spice rack and then cut out pieces of paper the right size to cover the labels so the guests cannot see the name of the spice. Tape the blank pieces of paper over the labels and then number each of the spices. Place the spices on a table.
Take 10-12 random herbs and spices and put them in small bowls. Use some easy spices that most everyone will know but also include some that are more difficult to guess. Designate a number for each bowl so the guests can record which one they are guessing. Then just line the bowls up on a table or tray.
From this point forward the game is the same. Give each guest pen and paper and ask them to identify each spice by smelling and tasting them. Whichever guest gets the most correct answers wins.
Stimulate the senses of your guests with this fun yet surprisingly challenging game which is sure to add spice to your Valentine party.
There are two ways to handle the set up for this game. Choose which ever set up option works best for your party. The advantage of option one is that the spice rack can also serve as the prize for the winner of the game. The advantage of option two is that it is considerably cheaper since most people have enough spices already in their homes to play the game without further expense.
Buy a spice rack and then cut out pieces of paper the right size to cover the labels so the guests cannot see the name of the spice. Tape the blank pieces of paper over the labels and then number each of the spices. Place the spices on a table.
Take 10-12 random herbs and spices and put them in small bowls. Use some easy spices that most everyone will know but also include some that are more difficult to guess. Designate a number for each bowl so the guests can record which one they are guessing. Then just line the bowls up on a table or tray.
From this point forward the game is the same. Give each guest pen and paper and ask them to identify each spice by smelling and tasting them. Whichever guest gets the most correct answers wins.
Have your guests apply brightly colored lipstick and kiss a 3×5 card, sheet of paper, or even someone’s cheek. When everyone is done putting their “Best Smooch” forward, vote on them! You can select a “Messiest Kiss” winner, the “Tiniest Kiss” winner, the “Biggest Kiss” winner, or just a “Top Pucker” winner.
If your party is all or mostly couples, have the girls heavily apply a brightly colored lipstick and then kiss their husband or boyfriend somewhere and leave a sexy lip print. You can also encourage the men to participate by putting on the lipstick and kissing their wives or girlfriends for added fun.
If your party has a lot of single guests then try printing out pictures of popular stars for them to kiss or alternatively print out pictures of people they might not be too excited about kissing.
Every love letter is sealed with a kiss, and for Valentine’s Day the best one wins! A simple game with a couple variations to best fit your party.
Have your guests apply brightly colored lipstick and kiss a 3×5 card, sheet of paper, or even someone’s cheek. When everyone is done putting their “Best Smooch” forward, vote on them! You can select a “Messiest Kiss” winner, the “Tiniest Kiss” winner, the “Biggest Kiss” winner, or just a “Top Pucker” winner.
If your party is all or mostly couples, have the girls heavily apply a brightly colored lipstick and then kiss their husband or boyfriend somewhere and leave a sexy lip print. You can also encourage the men to participate by putting on the lipstick and kissing their wives or girlfriends for added fun.
If your party has a lot of single guests then try printing out pictures of popular stars for them to kiss or alternatively print out pictures of people they might not be too excited about kissing.
This is a simple game with a couple of optional variations. The basics are cut hearts out of red construction paper and hide them when the children and unable to watch. Then give all kids bags/baskets or break them up into teams and turn them loose. Whoever finds the most hearts wins and gets a prize.
Pre-cut the hearts for the children and provide colored markers, glue, glitter, scissors and colored construction paper and let the kids decorated the hearts. Encourage them to let their creativity flow and award prizes for the best hearts.
If you want to raise the stake a little bit for the kids, number each heart and assign an a small prize from a prize pool to each number. Once the hearts are collected the kids can turn them in for the sweets, Valentine stickers or small toys associated with the numbered hearts they found.
Once finished the kids can take the hearts home with them, trade them with other kids, or you can allow them to use the markers again and personalize the hearts to use as Valentine gifts for parents, siblings, family members and friends.
This is a party game that you will not have to spent too much time explaining to the kids. It is a Valentine’s Day version of an Easter egg hunt and most kids are quite familiar with how it works.
This is a simple game with a couple of optional variations. The basics are cut hearts out of red construction paper and hide them when the children and unable to watch. Then give all kids bags/baskets or break them up into teams and turn them loose. Whoever finds the most hearts wins and gets a prize.
Pre-cut the hearts for the children and provide colored markers, glue, glitter, scissors and colored construction paper and let the kids decorated the hearts. Encourage them to let their creativity flow and award prizes for the best hearts.
If you want to raise the stake a little bit for the kids, number each heart and assign an a small prize from a prize pool to each number. Once the hearts are collected the kids can turn them in for the sweets, Valentine stickers or small toys associated with the numbered hearts they found.
Once finished the kids can take the hearts home with them, trade them with other kids, or you can allow them to use the markers again and personalize the hearts to use as Valentine gifts for parents, siblings, family members and friends.
Set up a traditional Scrabble board game and divide into couples who will plays as a team. The rules of Valentine Scrabble are almost exactly the same as normal Scrabble except that all words used must be romantic in some way. This is easy with words like love or crush, but what about other words that are not so obviously romantic?
If a couple places a word that you are not sure can be romantic in nature any of the other couples can challenge that the word is indeed romantic. At that point one of the members of the team placing the word must look into the eyes of their teammate and use the word in a romantic sentence or at least suggestive sentence. For example if the word is “tree” you might allow, “I’d like to climb you like a tree”. The justifications for the words become as fun as the game itself as the couples both struggle to find words and use them in a properly romantic way. Keep score and award a prize to the winning couple.
-Optionally you can also award prizes to the couple with most creative or funniest justifications for their words. Remember the fun is more important than the winning.
Almost everyone knows how to play Scrabble, so this Valentine game will take very little time to explain and yet the small twist in the rules will provide many laughs and loads of Valentine fun for your party guests. Valentine Scrabble works best with a group of 3-5 couples.
Set up a traditional Scrabble board game and divide into couples who will plays as a team. The rules of Valentine Scrabble are almost exactly the same as normal Scrabble except that all words used must be romantic in some way. This is easy with words like love or crush, but what about other words that are not so obviously romantic?
If a couple places a word that you are not sure can be romantic in nature any of the other couples can challenge that the word is indeed romantic. At that point one of the members of the team placing the word must look into the eyes of their teammate and use the word in a romantic sentence or at least suggestive sentence. For example if the word is “tree” you might allow, “I’d like to climb you like a tree”. The justifications for the words become as fun as the game itself as the couples both struggle to find words and use them in a properly romantic way. Keep score and award a prize to the winning couple.
-Optionally you can also award prizes to the couple with most creative or funniest justifications for their words. Remember the fun is more important than the winning.
Place a large bowl filled with Valentine conversation hearts or some other small heart shaped candy in the center of a table(preferably a round table). Setup the kids around the table making sure to allow a lot of wiggle room since the game can get pretty crazy. Each kid gets a set of chopsticks and the object of the game is for the kids to use only the chopstick to steal hearts from the bowl and place in a pile, paper plate or bowl in from of them. Set a time limit of 2-3 minutes and keep track of who steals the most hearts. Repeat the game until all the kids have played once. The winner gets a prize and all the kids win since they get to keep the hearts they steal.
-If you have some kids that just too young to use the chopsticks but still want to be included in the game, let them play with the same rules but using a small spoon
A fun Valentine Party game for the kids that is fast paced, competitive and in the end all the kids are happy since the walk away with candy.
Place a large bowl filled with Valentine conversation hearts or some other small heart shaped candy in the center of a table(preferably a round table). Setup the kids around the table making sure to allow a lot of wiggle room since the game can get pretty crazy. Each kid gets a set of chopsticks and the object of the game is for the kids to use only the chopstick to steal hearts from the bowl and place in a pile, paper plate or bowl in from of them. Set a time limit of 2-3 minutes and keep track of who steals the most hearts. Repeat the game until all the kids have played once. The winner gets a prize and all the kids win since they get to keep the hearts they steal.
-If you have some kids that just too young to use the chopsticks but still want to be included in the game, let them play with the same rules but using a small spoon.
Get a big jar and fill it with Hershey kisses making sure to count them as you go. You can decorate the jar with ribbons, Valentine themed stickers, permanent markers; whatever you like. Just make sure that you do not cover up too much of the jar since guests are going to want to pick it up and look at it to try and estimate the number of Kisses.
Provide pen and paper and allow each guest one attempt at guessing the number if Kisses in the jar by writing down their guess and name on a slip of paper and placing it in a box next to your jar on a table. Optionally you can decorate the box as well. Near the end of the party open the box and whoever was closest in their estimate wins the jar of Kisses as a prize.
It has been said that “k-i-s-s” stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. That is a perfect way to describe this fun get easy Valentine party game.
Get a big jar and fill it with Hershey kisses making sure to count them as you go. You can decorate the jar with ribbons, Valentine themed stickers, permanent markers; whatever you like. Just make sure that you do not cover up too much of the jar since guests are going to want to pick it up and look at it to try and estimate the number of Kisses.
Provide pen and paper and allow each guest one attempt at guessing the number if Kisses in the jar by writing down their guess and name on a slip of paper and placing it in a box next to your jar on a table. Optionally you can decorate the box as well. Near the end of the party open the box and whoever was closest in their estimate wins the jar of Kisses as a prize.
Make printouts with “Happy Valentine’s Day” in large letters across the top of the page and many blank lines to write the answers. The object of the game is to write down as many words as possible in 5 minutes of 3 or more letters only using the letters from Happy Valentine’s Day. It is allowed to use letters appearing only once multiple times in your answer.
You can give them a few examples like “ten, naval, last” or if there are kids playing just print a couple of examples in the first few lines of the printout to help the children understand. Make sure they have extra paper available just in case some of the Einsteins actually fill up the worksheet before the time limit is up. Award a prize to the person with the most words and optionally award prizes for other achievements like word with the most letters, word best related to Valentine’s Day, or the most creative word.
Easy to play and fun for almost all ages, this simple Scrabble style game makes your guests put on their thinking caps in a fast pace spell off.
Make printouts with “Happy Valentine’s Day” in large letters across the top of the page and many blank lines to write the answers. The object of the game is to write down as many words as possible in 5 minutes of 3 or more letters only using the letters from Happy Valentine’s Day. It is allowed to use letters appearing only once multiple times in your answer.
You can give them a few examples like “ten, naval, last” or if there are kids playing just print a couple of examples in the first few lines of the printout to help the children understand. Make sure they have extra paper available just in case some of the Einsteins actually fill up the worksheet before the time limit is up. Award a prize to the person with the most words and optionally award prizes for other achievements like word with the most letters, word best related to Valentine’s Day, or the most creative word.
Take several pieces of red construction paper and cut out identical hearts. You can decorate the hearts, but if you do be sure to keep them as close to carbon copies of each other as possible. If you can printout multiple copies of the same heart on construction paper that works even better.
Next you are going to cut the hearts and this is where you need to adjust the level of difficulty based on the kids. For younger children cut the heart in half with a wide zig-zag line that is easy to recognize and differentiated. You can raise the level of difficulty by making the cut more refined and difficult to recognize. If you have older kids then consider cutting the hearts into thirds or even quarters to raise the difficulty level even further.
Take all of the pieces and mix them up, then pass them out one to a child. Now turn the kids loose and have them try to find the person with the their respective piece so they can fix the broken heart on Valentine’s Day. Once they find their partner have them tape the heart back together and award prizes to all the kids as they finish.
Afterwards you might consider explaining to the kids that there will be times in their lives when family members or loved ones are sad, they have a broken heart. When that happens it is important try and help them mend their broken heart.
A cute Valentine party game for kids that can be adjusted in difficulty level and conveys an important message.
Take several pieces of red construction paper and cut out identical hearts. You can decorate the hearts, but if you do be sure to keep them as close to carbon copies of each other as possible. If you can printout multiple copies of the same heart on construction paper that works even better.
Next you are going to cut the hearts and this is where you need to adjust the level of difficulty based on the kids. For younger children cut the heart in half with a wide zig-zag line that is easy to recognize and differentiated. You can raise the level of difficulty by making the cut more refined and difficult to recognize. If you have older kids then consider cutting the hearts into thirds or even quarters to raise the difficulty level even further.
Take all of the pieces and mix them up, then pass them out one to a child. Now turn the kids loose and have them try to find the person with the their respective piece so they can fix the broken heart on Valentine’s Day. Once they find their partner have them tape the heart back together and award prizes to all the kids as they finish.
Afterwards you might consider explaining to the kids that there will be times in their lives when family members or loved ones are sad, they have a broken heart. When that happens it is important try and help them mend their broken heart.
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