Romantic Game Ideas

Valentines Day Candy Toss

Take a piece of red construction paper and draw 3 circles in the middle of the paper. Make the circles three different sizes so the finished product resembles a bull's eye (the size of the circles will depend on the age of the children, the older the kids the smaller the circle).

Color each circle a different color and write in different point values for each circle. Have the kids each throw a different type candy (e.g., one child would only have cinnamon red hots to throw, another would have one color of jelly bean, another child another color, etc.

Prizes are awarded depending on which circle the child's candy lands on.

The child who lands on the bull's eye in the middle gets the big prize

The prizes can be stuff like:  chocolates, candies, audio tapes of kids music, videos that kids would like, little stuffed animals, whatever you'd like).

Valentine's Day Heart Relay Race

Cut out a bunch of different-colored hearts and write different actions on them (e.g., hop, clap, crawl, skip, etc.) and place the hearts in a decorated box.

Divide the kids into 2 teams and designate who goes first.

The leader of each team would run up to a box and pull out a heart. Each child must do that particular action back to their team. The next child in the line is given the heart and they also must do that action back to the heart box. The games continues until every child has a turn.

The first team to finish wins a prize of your choosing.

Note: for older kids why not make the game a little more difficult. Maybe have them pick the hearts out of the box, one at a time, using chopsticks. You can also make the actions the kids have to perform a little more difficult.

Valentines Day Candy Hunt

Hide miniature candy bars and other candies around the house and have the kids search for them.

Designate a certain type of candy as the valentine's day first prize (maybe a giant Hershey's Kiss).

The child who finds this Big Kiss wins a prize of your choosing.

The other kids should also win small consolation prizes to avoid hard feelings.

Have prizes for finding this type of candy or that type of candy; for finding the least amount of candies, finding no candies, etc., etc. This ensures that everyone has a good time! Very important, especially when smaller children are involved   : )

You could offer similar prize for everyone (except first prize). Have the kids pick out what they want from a box that's been decorated with Valentine's Day pictures and stickers. A heart-shaped box that chocolates come in would be a cool prize holder.

Pin the Arrow on the Heart.

The same idea as "pin the tail on the donkey".

Have each kid draw a picture of a big valentine on red construction paper and then have an adult cut it out. Next have each child draw a picture of an arrow on different colored construction paper and have an adult cut that out also. Hang the heart on the wall.

Have the kids try to pin their own arrow onto their own heart (use scotch tape rather than pins if smaller kids are going to be playing). Spin the first kid around three times and let him have a try. Leave his arrow on the heart and remove the heart from the wall. Put up the next child's heart and let him try. Repeat until each child has had a turn.

Award the grand prize to the child whose arrow is closest to the middle of the heart. To avoid hard feelings with younger children also include prizes for "arrow that's lowest on the heart", "farthest to the right", etc.

Cut out a bunch of red paper hearts. On one heart write the name of each person at the party. Hide all the hearts around the room and have the kids search for them. The one who finds the most red hearts is the winner; the first one to find the heart with his name on it wins the grand prize.