Valentine Party Kids Games

Heart Hop Relay	Divide the kids into two groups (if not even, have one child go twice) Give each team a small stuffed valentine heart Have one child from each team place the heart between their legs and hop to the end of the room and back They give the heart to next child in line, and this repeats until children have had their turn The first team done is the winner
Valentine Present Wrap	This is a version of the mummy wrap game for Halloween. For valentine's day you instruct the children that they are wrapping a valentine gift. When they are done wrapping their "gifts" give them a big red bow to finish the package. You can put the children in pairs or small groups.
Heart Candy Guess	Fill a clear container with valentine candy (small hearts, M&Ms) and count when filling the container. Pass around the container when the children are eating and have them write down their guess on how many are in the container. The one that is the closest takes the candy home.
Valentine Relay	Cut one heart for each child (an extra one if an odd number of kids) Write a different instructions on each heart for the relay race such as crawl, hop, walk backwards; write the same thing to do on 2 (one for each team) Divide the children in 2 groups (if not even, have one child go twice) Put the hearts at the end of the room in 2 piles On go, the first player on each team runs up to the pile and takes a heart The players come back to the group doing what it says on the hearts When the first players get back the next players run to the hearts
Valentine Pictionary	Divide the kids into two groups (if not even, have one child go twice) Have one kid from each team draw a valentine object on the blackboard while the rest of the team tries to guess what is being drawn You can have one team draw at a time, both teams draw the picture at the same time, or both teams draw different pictures at the same time
Musical Chairs	Musical chairs can be played with a set of chairs with large red hearts tied to the front of the chairs.
Pin the lips on Ms. Valentine	Create a Ms. Valentine on a large, heavy posterboard or cardboard. You can use moving eyes, false eyelashes and pipe cleaners for hair (everything but the lips). Put each kids name on a pair of red lips cut out of construction paper and place tape on the back. Place a blind fold on the child and have them place the lips on the Ms. Valentine.
Valentine Bingo	You can make your own bingo cards with valentine items instead of numbers to call. You could use a February theme to increase the number of items (groundhogs, President Lincoln, Washington, candy, hearts, doves, valentines, for some examples).
Fishing for Love	You can make a simple fishing game by taking two small cut out hearts (the same size) and taping a large paperclip to one heart, and taping the two hearts together. You can make different size hearts to catch and have each one be good for different "goodie" such as a chocolate kiss or small valentine trinket. You make the fishing pole by taking a short stick (or valentine pencil, not sharpened), tie a string around the end of the stick and tie a magnet to the end of the string. You can buy magnets with holes in the center at most school supply stores.

A good drink for the Valentine Party is "Love Potion". You can take cans of soda or drink boxes and make labels out of construction paper and decorate with stickers (cupid or hearts). Something like "Love Potion #9", Warning - Extra Strength, or Cupid's Special Potion will make the children giggle.

You might serve pizza instead of a sweet treat since the kids will have lots of candy all day long. You can have the local pizza place deliver to the office. Most schools have an arrangement with a pizza place and you might want to use the same one. Be sure and check with the school and office ahead of time.

Make sure you leave enough time for the children to pass out their valentines and look at them, unless the teacher has them do this before the party.

If you would rather not cut out hearts and other shapes visit you school supply store. They often carry holiday cutouts at reasonable price. If you live in St. Louis, Bradburn's carries cutouts, stickers, and large supply of craft supplies.