Child Valentine Games
A few child Valentine Games can make a party fun and exciting for every child. Some of the games will serve as ice-breakers to help shy kids feel comfortable.
Valentine's Day Fun!
If you are planning a Valentine's Day party for children, games are essential. Here are some games appropriate for the elementary-aged children. These can also be used for school, Sunday school, Bible school and even on a rainy day. See notes for Christian ideas.
Kid's Relay Race: Bring in two large stuffed hearts (either pillows or just plush stuffed hearts). Divide the kids into two teams and tell them they must run to the finish line with the heart between their legs, so that they won't run as much as stumbling along. Once they return to the group, they should take the heart and give it to the next child, who puts it between their legs and so on. Whichever group finishes the entire relay first wins.
Note: if some of the children are very small have a couple of smaller pillows on hand.
Package Wrapping: Give
the children a couple rolls of toilet paper and instruct them to wrap
another child mummy style. This is a popular game at Halloween, but in
this case they are wrapping a present. Divide the kids into two teams
and time them. The team that finishes first, wins, and gets to put a
big red bow on their "package".
Matching Pairs Game:
Help elementary students remember some of the great couples
by having them complete the match to a famous other half. For example,
if you say "Romeo" their answer would be "Juliet" (hopefully). To play
this game, divide the kids into two groups and give each a buzzer or
similar type item. Present the famous pair mentioned to begin. You
might say, "peanut butter" and if one of the teams knows the match is
"jelly" they will buzz in with their answer.
"Eggs and
(bacon)"
"Coffee and (sugar or cream is OK here)"
"Cinderella and (Prince Charming)"
"Cookies and (milk)"
This can work
well as a Sunday School
Bible game. Pairs can be "the cross and Jesus
Christ,"
"David and Goliath", "Moses and Aaron", "Jonah and the
whale", and so forth. One only need to search children's Bible stories
for ideas.
More Child Valentine Games:
Stacking Hearts: Kids love those little Valentine candy conversation hearts available everywhere around Valentine's Day. Create a heart-stacking contest, which is a lot of fun and can create some team spirit. Initially, each child will get many hearts. Plan to have a few bags on hand if you are doing this game with a classroom full of kids. Have them build as high as they can with the hearts within in a given period of time (30 seconds to a minute is plenty). If their stack falls, they are out. Keep playing the game over and over again until you are down to two final contestants. Have everyone cheer him or her on as they try to build the highest (and longest lasting) tower of hearts. Be sure to have a prize for the winning architect.Balloon Aiming Game: This game is always a hit with kids because all children love balloons. Give each child a balloon (not inflated) and have him or her blow it up. Have a target somewhere in the room, and in this case a big heart would be perfect. Have them let go of their (untied) balloon in the direction of the target. Whoever gets their balloon the closest to the target gets a prize. If someone gets a direct hit, that's two prizes. To make the game easier, place the heart target on the floor. Based on the ages and abilities of the kids in the group, you can have them stand close or somewhat far away from the target when they let go of their balloons.
This can also be used for other occasions than just child Valentine games. It can be used at any time. For Sunday School children you can make this a symbolic game where they are giving their hearts (the balloons) to Christ.
Bingo: All kids love a good game of Bingo. For a seated game that might help the kids rest for a minute, play a game of Valentine's Day-themed bingo. The bingo squares might have pictures on them like hearts, flowers, cupid, arrows and the like. Be sure to have a prize for the winner, and play the game over and over so the kids can all have a turn at winning.
The Smile Game: Have the kids create a happy mood by playing a game of "throwing the smile". Sit everyone in a circle and have one person smile wide and kind of silly at the rest of the group. Everyone else must sit as stone-faced as possible. Then the person smiling dramatically wipes the smile off their face (by using their hand over their mouth in a swiping motion) and "throws" the smile to the next person in the circle. That person puts the smile on, and again makes a wide, silly smile at the group, then wipes it off and moves on.
As soon as someone smirks or smiles that is not supposed to be smiling at that moment, they are out. It's harder than it sounds and kids often end up in gales of laughter, even when they're trying to be serious.
This is one of the best child valentine games that can be used for a Sunday school, Bible School or an "anytime game" where many of the children don't know each other. This type of game is a real ice-breaker.
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