Musical Valentine :

You Will Need:
small wrapped valentine presents

Gather the kids in a circle and give one of the children a wrapped Valentine present. Play music and have them pass the present around the circle. When the music stops, the child holding the present gets to keep it and then sits out of the game. Start another present around the circle until all presents are gone.

Heart Ring Toss:

Play ring toss with heart ring toss game. You can buy one at most party centers.  Have the children toss the heart shaped rings onto the target. Have small prizes for those successfully tossing the most onto the target.

Hidden Valentine:

Wrap up a small Valentine prize in paper. Paste a sheet of paper with a riddle on the wrapping. Wrap up the prize once again. Do it 10 times. Placing a riddle relating to the prize on each sheet. The players get into a circle. Give the wrapped up prize to one of the players. The player takes away the 1-st wrapping, reads the riddle to him/herself.
If he/she answers the riddle he/she says answer aloud. The player who answers this riddle has the right to take away the next wrapping, etc. The player who manages to answer all the riddles is the winner of the prize.

RED AND WHITE:

You Will Need:
Red Jellybeans
White Jellybeans
Small decorative Jar

Place a pre counted number or both red and white jellybeans into a jar.
Have the children guess how many white or red jellybeans or combination of beans the jar contains.  The child's guess coming the closet to actual number takes home the jar of jellybeans.

OR you can substitute conversation hearts in a jar.

HOW LONG IS MY HEART??

You Need:
1 long ribbon
1 weighted heart or Valentine decoration.

Hang the ribbon up in a spot in the classroom where all can see.
Have the children guess the length of it writing down their guess in feet.  The child guessing the closest wins a small prize (Valentine pencil, eraser etc.)

GUESS THE PAGE MY HEART IS ON!!
You will need:
1 classroom book
1 Decorative Valentine's bookmark.
 

Place the bookmark randomly in the book allowing the marker to dangle from a page.  Walk the book slowly around the classroom and have the children write down their guess as to what page the bookmark is on.  The child guessing the page or coming the closest to it without going over is the winner of the bookmark.

For the older child. You can also vary this game by placing it in a Valentines book and have the child that guess the closet read the story/article or whatever to the class. They also take home the bookmark.

Valentine Toss:

You will Need:
3 Heart shaped containers that fit into one another. (Dollar Store)
Candy Kisses

Place the 3 containers inside one another.  Draw a line or place a piece of masking tape on the floor some distance from the containers.  Start each child with 3 kisses. Have the children try their luck in tossing their candy getting them into the smallest heart. The person landing the candy in the center heart can collect all the candy from the area (this can be his prize).  The game can continue on & each time a child lands one in center he too collects the candy until all the candy is gone.

 

Pass the Heart Please!!

You will Need:
1 Large Spoon
Hearts cut out of Fun Foam in various sizes.

Each child is given a few hearts of various sizes to start. The first child is given the spoon and told to place one of his hearts into it and pass it onto the next person. Each child must add a heart to it and pass it along to next child without losing any hearts!!
If they lose a heart they are out of the game.  The spoon is then handed to next person who adds TWO of his hearts and passes it along with each player now adding two of his hearts. Each time the spoon is restarted add a HEART to the count to speed it up. The dropped hearts maybe redistributed to those still left in the game.
Have a little prize ready for the winner that is age appropriate.

**This game may be modified to be played in teams with a little bit of imagination. Pass it up the line, team not losing their hearts or having the most in spoon win.

Valentine Bingo:

You Will Need:
Bingo Boards
(Click here to see sample board.)
Rest to follow....taking a break :)  ..
*You should be able to printout 2 per page.
Bags of cinnamon red hot markers.
Update!!!
I have now placed the gamebooard pieces at the following URL
http://www.geocities.com/nettie103/bingo1.html
You will need to manually advance pages by changing the bingo1.html to bingo2.html and so on I have 7 pages (28 board pieces) up there.  If you want to run them off please do so by the end of February as I will be removing them forever to make room for new stuff.
 
 

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