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Valentine's Day Games, Party Ideas, Scavenger
Hunt, Movies and Recipes
As a
girl scout leader for many years and a homeroom parent for both of my
children I have planned many Valentine's Day Parties. You will find some
great games, receipes, crafts and movies for kids parties
listed below.
VALENTINE'S DAY GAMES FOR KIDS
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Cookie
Decorating
Make
a heart-shaped cookie ahead of time for each child.
Prepare
colorful frostings (pink, red, and white.
Get
Valentine
sprinkles
Purchase
Valentine candy such as red
hot candies, conversation hearts etc..
Let the fun
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Heart
Penny Pitch
Use several small
paper or cardboard hearts or one large heart.
Place the
heart(s) a couple feet away.
Give each player ten pennies.
Every time a penny goes
onto the heart, a piece of candy is
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Donut Bite
Wrap an old mop handle
up in red and pink crepe paper with matching ribbon.
Purchase
enough donuts for each child.
Loop
ribbon through the donut hole. Tie the other end of the
ribbon to the decorated mop handle. Hold mop so that
children have to kneel to reach the donut. The object is
to see who can grab the donut with their teeth -- without hands! For older kids you may want to
cover their eyes with a bandana. Hang a new donut for each
player. If you want you can time each player to see how long it
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Musical
Hearts
Give each child one sheet of large
red construction paper. Have them cut it into the shape of a
heart
and using markers, glue sticks, sparkles, scissors, construction
paper etc… decorate their hearts.
For smaller groups place a
heart on the back of a folding chair. Or if you have
a large group place the hearts like stepping stones on the
floor rather than using
chairs.
Follow
the usual rules for musical chairs, When you
stop the music, everyone rushes to find a chair or heart. The player left
without one is out of the game; he takes his heart and trades it
for a cupcake. The game
continues, with you removing a chair/heart at the start of each
round, until one child is left sitting. A bag of Hershey kisses
can be given to the winner along with a cupcake.
Hop Game
Divide the kids into two groups and put them in a straight line.
Give
each team a small stuffed Valentine heart.
Have
the first person in each line place the heart between their legs
and hop to the other end of the room and back.
They
give the heart to the next child in line and the process repeats
until everyone has had a turn. The first team to finish
wins.
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Valentine Relay
Cut out a heart for each
child and an extra one if you have an odd number of kids.
Write a different
instruction on each heart such as hop, walk backwards, take
giant steps, take baby steps. Make two of each instruction
so that you have one for each team.
Divide the kids into 2
groups and put them in line.
Put the hearts at the
other end of the room in two piles.
On your command the
first person in line should run up to the pile, take a heart and
follow the instructions to get back to his team. Play goes
to the next person and the game continues. The first team done
wins
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Balloon Bust
Divide the
group into two teams. Blow up red or pink balloons and
tie one to everyone's ankles. Say "go" and watch the teams
trying to burst the other team's balloons first. The team with
the last balloon wins. As your balloon is burst you withdraw
from the game.
Valentine Air Balloons
Keep the
balloons floating in the air while thinking and saying words
from a chosen category.
To begin
get everyone into a circle and start the balloon going around
from player to player keeping the balloon in the air at all
times. The catch however is before he can bat the balloon each
player must call out a word (no repetitions, please) to fit an
agreed upon theme.
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Candy
Ring
Drop a
plastic table cloth on the floor (preferably red or pink).
Cover it with Valentine candy and trinkets such as
stickers, pencils etc. Have the children stand a
distance from the table cloth and toss one or two rings.
Whatever their ring encompasses they get to keep. Be sure
to have goodie bags available. This game has always been a
great hit with the kids.
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Valentine Face Paint
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. water
1/2 tsp. cold cream
2 drops food coloring
In a small mixing bowl, combine all ingredients, mix well. Draw
a heart on everyone's face.
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Heart Relay
1 Ping pong
ball for each team (painted
with a heart on it)
1 spoon for each team
Divide children into teams. Give the first child on each team a
spoon and a ping pong ball. Set up the course to where they have
to carry the "Heart" on the spoon to the end of the course and
come back. Hand off to the next child and continue until all
children have played on the team. First team done wins.
Peekaboo Treats -- Craft
Draw a
hear on card stock that measures about 51/2 inches across.
Place a sheet of see-through vinyl (available at fabric stores)
over the card stock heart and cut along your outline so that you
have 2 hearts.
Write a
message on the back of the card stock heart. Trim the edge
of the vinyl heart with pinking shears.
Lay the
vinyl heart on top of the stock card heart and punch an even
number of holes around the edges.
Lace the
2 hearts together most of the way with a yard of 3/8 inch wide
ribbon. Glue a few pieces of wrapped candy in the center
then finish lacing the hearts and tie the ribbon in a bow.
HERSHEY'S HUGS AND
KISSES
This is
a great candy for Valentine's Day fun.
Make
sugar cookies or cupcakes -- ice in red icing and add a hug or
kiss to the top. (Note remove the foil first)
Create a
blank Tic Tac Toe game for half the number of kids in class.
Have them pick a partner and give one of them 5-6 hugs and
the other 5-6 kisses and a Tic Tac Toe sheet. Have them
play the game and then eat the kisses when play is done.
Fill a
jar with hugs and kisses and have the kids guess how many are in
the jar. The winner gets a prize -- how about a large
Hershey Kiss?
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Have
a Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt is probably one of
the most popular party games and I have done them many times with my
kids. A few pointers to help you to get starated:
- Identify Your
Teams
Divide the kids into teams and have them select a “heart filled”
name for their team. Suggestions: Conversation Hearts,
Cupid's Kids, Loving Hearts, Red Hearts
- Select The
Area For The Hunt To Take Place
You will want to select boundaries and keep the area limited.
Use caution tape to create the boundaries. Hide the items
within the boundaries. Make sure the lighting is
adequate. You can use indoors or outdoors.
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Bags Are Required
Decorated bags should be given to each
child. This will help them
to navigate and keep organized.
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Prizes Make It Fun
Select prizes for each team. Even if it is just a certificate
of accomplishment.
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Starter List of Scavenger Hunt Ideas
- Just wanted to tell you how special you
are to me?
A Valentine Card
- Family, Friends -- a special
feeling.
Paper with the word Love
- I am stuffed with something
and feel really cuddly
Stuffed animal
- Sweet and sugary, loved by
all, makes Valentine fun.
Candy
- How you knew to come here
tonight?
Party Invitation
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Valentine Movies for Kids
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
A great Peanuts story where Charlie Brown dreams of getting just one
Valentine's day card.
Winnie the Pooh -
Un-Valentine's Day.
Rabbit has banned Valentine's Day.
Mickey and Minnie's
Sweatheart Stories.
Contains some of Disney's best loved animated short films.
Favorites like Donald and Daisy and Mickey and Minnie are featured.
Alvin and the
Chipmunks - A Chipmunk Valentine.
Alvin turns into a Casanova when he is rejected by Brittany. Alvin
style problems arise that prove to be hilarious. |
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Teacher's Gift for Valentine's Day
Decorate a medium terra cotta pot with hearts and fill it will
Styrofoam.
Cover the foam with moss.
Attach the candy bars referred to in the poem below to bamboo skewers
(tape to the back so that you do not ruin the candy)
Place skewers into the pot at varying heights,like a flower
arrangement, and attach the following poem.
Dear
______:
We want
to thank you for all you do for us. You do "Good
and Plenty" around here. You help us by giving us "Mounds"
of homework, so we can "Skor" well on
all or our tests. We know that the lessons you have taught us will
help us both "Now and Later" in life.
Sometimes you are a "Hot Tamale", and
other times a "Big Red", but we know
that you love us to (Reeses) "Pieces".
We also know that we make you "Nutrageous"
at times. We wish we could give you a "100
Grand" on "Payday" but all we
have is "Hugs" and "Kisses" and a"Symphony"
of voices saying Thank You....Happy Valentines Day. Hope this gift
brings a "Bit o Honey" to your day
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VALENTINE
PARTY RECIPES
EASY COOKIES
Ingredients: Vanilla wafer cookies
1 bag Hershey's kisses
Conversation Hearts
Valentine M&M candies Instructions:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees
Place vanilla wafers on an ungreased
cookie sheet 1-inch apart.
Set a Hershey's kiss on the center of
each wafer.
Bake for 5 minutes at 200 degrees.
Remove from oven and gently place M&M
or heart into the center of the softened chocolate Kiss.
Allow to sit long enough so chocolate
will harden again. Do not put in the refrigerator.
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Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Pretzel Rods
3 or more bags of melting chocolate
(depends on the number of kids)
Halloween Sprinkles
Wax Paper
Melt chocolate in crock pot on high stirring
occasionally. Once chocolate is melted have kids dip the pretzel
into the chocolate and then into the sprinkles. Give them a piece
of wax paper to put it on to dry.
Love Potion
Drink boxes, bottles or cans.
Create labels out of red and pink construction paper
to fit your drink. Decorate each label with stickers and/or glitter and
add a slogan.
For example Love Potion, Cupid Juice, Heart Warming Syrup, Warning -
Extra Strength.
Heart
Rice Krispie Treats
1/4 cup butter
1 (10 oz., about 40) pkg. regular marshmallows or 3 cups miniature
marshmallows
6 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and
continue to stir until the marshmallows have completely melted. Add red
food coloring to desired color. Remove from heat.
Stir in the Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal coating them well with the
melted marshmallow mixture.
Using a buttered or silicone spatula, press the mixture evenly into a 13
x 9 x 2 inch pan which has been buttered or sprayed with non-stick spray
or lined with wax paper.
Use a heart cookie cutter to cut when the mixture cools.
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Candy Necklace
I have made this many times will all age children.
Younger children will need a bit of help but kids all love it!
I would recommend that you make a sample so that
you can judge how much candy and ribbon you will need to purchase.
That is the most difficult part of this project if you are making it for
a group. Also, you can vary it for different holidays by changing
the color ribbon and candy used.
Supplies
Plastic wrap (Saran wrap)
Individually wrapped Valentine candy.
Pink, red and white curling ribbon cut into 6 inch strips
Instructions
Lay out three feet of plastic wrap, cutting it in
half lengthwise. Place a few pieces of candy every three inches.
The exact number will vary based on the size of the candy. You
want each section to look full.
Roll the plastic over the candy to cover
completely and seal the candy in the middle.
Tie ribbon (knotted) between each section of
candy.
Tie the two ends of plastic wrap together and
cover the knot with another ribbon.
Finished product will be a great hit!
Love Potion Smoothie
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1 small carton of vanilla yogurt
1/2 Cup ice cubes
1 cup apple juice
Place strawberries, raspberries
and juice in blender. Blend several seconds. |
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