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)
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 Day: A bouquet of roses for you
Introducing a perfect card game for Valentine’s Day: “A Bouquet of Roses for You”! You secretly give a face-down card to someone other than yourself, and the recipient chooses to accept or refuse it.
If they accept, they flip the card face up.
If they refuse, the card returns to you and you reveal it.
Each card shows the number of roses and thorns.
Collect roses to exchange them for heart tokens in the center; collect five heart tokens to win.
But if you accumulate five thorns, you lose all the roses you have.
It’s a card game full of tense mind games!
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.
