A collection of recreation and game ideas to liven up Valentine's Day
Everyone enjoys Valentine’s Day in their own way—some give chocolates to someone they like, while others exchange chocolates with friends.
How about adding a group activity to make your Valentine’s celebration even more exciting? With Valentine-themed fun like quizzes or heart-inspired games, you can spend a special time that’s a little different from the usual.
In this article, we’ll introduce recreational activities perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Be sure to enjoy them together with your friends and family!
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Ideas for Valentine’s Day Recreation and Party Games (31–40)
Tissue Paper Heart Collecting Game
Whoever piles the most small hearts made from tissue paper onto a big red heart cut from construction paper wins! It’s simple, but it really gets everyone excited.
First, use red or pink construction paper to make a big heart shape.
For the small hearts, fold fluffy, lightweight tissue paper into heart shapes ahead of time.
Once everyone is ready with a fan in hand, start at “Ready, go!” and fan the tissue paper hearts onto the big heart.
The small hearts move in unexpected ways, so everyone’s sure to be on the edge of their seats with excitement!
Tyrol Chocolate Flavor Guessing Game
With its wide variety of flavors, Tirol Chocolate has long been a favorite treat among children.
Precisely because there are so many types, a blindfolded taste-guessing game is likely to be exciting—you can’t easily narrow down the answer.
Even with flavors you usually eat, not being able to see them makes them surprisingly hard to identify, which is a fun point that lets adults enjoy the game too.
It’s a perfect Valentine’s recreation using sweets, so give it a try!
Heart matching game
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Aren’t these rounded, lifelike heart cookies adorable? Here’s a heart-shaped, cookie-style matching game.
The rules are simple: match the same heart pictures, and whoever collects the most wins.
Beforehand, cut cardboard into heart shapes and prepare pairs of heart cookies so there are two of each pattern.
When making the cookies, use slightly thick paper like cardboard to increase durability.
It’s also a great idea to hand out two heart-shaped cardboard pieces per child and have them draw the designs themselves.
Valentine Basket Game
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How about a cute handmade basketball game? First, make a basketball hoop by attaching decorated paper cups—adorned with heart-shaped paper or stickers—to an empty box.
Next, cut a slit at the front of the box and insert a plastic spoon.
Put cute candies, like heart-shaped chocolates or ramune, into a bottle cap and place it on the spoon.
Launch it, and if it lands in the paper cup, you’ve scored a big success.
With adorable decorations like hearts and sparkles, it’s sure to make for a heartwarming Valentine’s Day.
Chocolate hunting game
If you’re playing in a slightly larger indoor space like a school or after-school facility, how about turning a treasure hunt into a chocolate hunt? If you’re playing in a single room, you can simply search for chocolates hidden at random.
If the space is larger, it’s also fun to make it like a puzzle-solving game—follow clues as you solve riddles to find the chocolates.
If there are many participants, split into teams and cooperate to search for the chocolates.
Ideas for Valentine’s Day Party Games and Activities (41–50)
Heart Getter
Since you use your arms, this Heart Getter game is fun as a bit of exercise, too.
You’ll need two pieces of string, a few sheets of construction paper, and some toilet paper rolls.
First, draw hearts and point values on the construction paper, punch a hole at the top, and thread a string through.
Cut a slit at the bottom and thread another string through there as well.
Then, thread a toilet paper roll—weighted with two marbles glued to the lower string—onto the bottom string.
Once everything’s set, swing the toilet paper roll to hit the hearts and compete for points.
As for prizes, cute chocolates are perfect!
Valentine’s gift raffle
A Valentine’s gift-pulling game where you place a box on a table, attach a long string to it, and reel the string in toward you to see who can pull the box in the fastest.
If you pull too quickly, the balloon on top will fall off, so you need to be careful—but the key to the game is to pull quickly enough to reach the goal as fast as possible.
Since it’s for Valentine’s Day, try placing a heart-shaped balloon on top of the box.
Heart-shaped balloons are less stable than regular round ones, making it a bit more challenging—but it should make the game more exciting.