Valentine’s Day Games for Families and Groups: Simple and Fun Ideas for All Ages!
Valentine’s Day games are great for family night. Check out these classic games with a fun twist using the classic conversation hearts candy!
Valentine’s Day is a great time to give your family (and friends) a chance to get together. I always enjoy themed family fun nights when it comes to spending time together. It doesn’t take much – just a bit of creativity and a few supplies – to turn an ordinary gathering into an extraordinary and memorable event. For me, taking less than $5 and turning it into fun games is an absolute blast. Creating a themed atmosphere elevates even the simplest activities, making them all the more enjoyable, especially for kids. Valentine’s Day themed games are perfect for families and groups to add a touch of excitement and laughter to the celebrations without breaking the bank. I’ve put together some of our favorite Valentine’s Day games using “Conversation Hearts Candy” along with other regular household items to help you do just that!
Valentine’s Day Games
Conversation Hearts Stack Game
Challenge your dexterity with this game! Utilizing conversation hearts and a heart stack printable, players have one minute to stack as many hearts as they can. The printable includes space to record scores, with the tallest stack claiming victory.
Materials:
- conversation hearts
- heart stack printable (pictured below)
- pencil
- timer
How to Play: Players get one minute to see how many Valentine’s Day hearts they can stack up in this game. It’s okay to make multiple stacks. The highest stack wins! The printable has a place to record your score for each round.
Valentine’s Day Straw Transfer Game
This game requires nimble fingers! Using straws and conversation hearts, participants aim to transfer hearts from one plate to another within a minute by suction through the straw. The one with the most hearts on their plate at the end wins.
Materials:
- conversation hearts
- timer
- straws
- plates
- heart doilies (You could cut heart shapes out of paper or use fun napkins, too.)
How to Play: Players get one minute to see how many hearts they can transfer onto the plate by sucking through the straw. At the end of one minute, the player with the most hearts on her plate wins.
Sweet Storytelling Showdown
Unleash creativity with this game! Engage in a storytelling challenge where each player contributes a sentence inspired by the message on a conversation heart. The most entertaining and cohesive story wins.
Materials:
How to Play: Use the messages on the hearts for a story-building game. Each player adds a sentence based on the heart’s message. The most entertaining story wins!
Valentine’s Day Vase Drop Game
A test of precision and strategy! Using a vase and conversation hearts, drop as many hearts into the vase within a set time. Whether it’s a free-for-all drop or a timed challenge, the player with the most hearts in the vase emerges victorious.
Materials:
- conversation hearts
- vase (the smaller the neck, the more challenging the game)
- timer
How to Play: For this simple game, drop the Valentine’s Day hearts into the vase. You can set a timer, and the person with the most hearts at the end of that time wins. You could give each player a small bowl of hearts and let them drop them all. The person with the most in the vase wins. We don’t allow players to bend over during the game. They must stand straight. Also, hearts are dropped from their nose level.
The Great Candy Race
This game combines skill and balance! Participants must transfer conversation hearts from a central bowl to their own without using their hands. Using spoons held in their mouths, they race against the clock to gather the most hearts in their bowls within a time limit.
Materials:
- bowl of conversation hearts
- spoons
- timer
- small bowl for each player
How to Play: Players each get a spoon and 5 minutes to see how many hearts they can transfer into their bowl. I set up the main bowl across the room from the small bowls. Players can NOT use their hands at all in this game. The spoon goes in their mouth, and they may carry as many hearts as they want on the spoon. For this game, the player who gets the most conversation hearts in their small bowl at the end of 5 minutes wins. My children chose to crawl across the room. I didn’t make them, but I think it was easier.
Conversation Hearts Bingo
This unique twist on Bingo infuses the sweetness of Valentine’s Day by using conversation hearts candies as the markers for the game. It’s a delightful way to enjoy the holiday with friends or family, combining the classic game with delicious treats.
Materials:
- Bingo cards (custom-made or printable Valentine’s Day-themed Bingo cards)
- conversation hearts
- small, edible candies for marking the squares
- Bingo caller (someone to call out the items on the Bingo cards)
- small, fun prize for the winner
How to Play: Give each player customized Bingo cards using the different sayings on the conversation hearts along with Bingo markers. Add a bag of conversation hearts candy into a bowl and have the designated Bingo caller announce the saying on the conversation heart pulled from the bowl. Players place on Bingo marker on matching squares. Once a player completes a line or pattern, shout “Bingo!” to win. You can play multiple rounds, changing the winning pattern. Enjoy the sweet fun of Conversation Hearts Bingo this Valentine’s Day!
Heart Hopscotch
Combine physical activity and heartfelt expressions! Create a hopscotch grid using tape and replace the traditional numbers with conversation hearts. Players toss a heart onto the grid and, based on where it lands, share something they love about someone, starting with the letter it lands on.
Materials:
- chalk or masking tape
- conversation hearts for tossing (in place of traditional stones)
How to Play: Create a hopscotch grid with chalk for outside (or masking tape for indoors) and replace numbers with letters to spell “Valentine” in each box. Players toss a heart and must say something they love about someone starting with the letter where the marker lands.
These Valentine’s Day games for family and friends promise more laughter, engagement, and bonding during your Valentine’s Day celebrations. Gather your loved ones and let the fun begin!
Looking for More Valentine’s ideas?
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Through practical tools & Bible-based resources, Kim Sorgius is dedicated to helping your family GROW in faith so you can be Not Consumed by life’s struggles. Author of popular kid’s devotional Bible studies and practical homeschooling tools, Kim has a master’s degree in education and curriculum design coupled with over 2 decades of experience working with kids and teens. Above all, her most treasured job is mother and homeschool teacher of four amazing kiddos.
Looks like fun! I’m always on the lookout for fun family ideas. This would be perfect for a family Valentine’s party!
Kim, thank you for sharing these adorable Valentine ideas. You’re such a clever mama! I will be featuring your post this week at the After School Link Up!
What fun activities! Thanks for linking up to the afterschool linky; pinning this to my Valentine’s Day for kids board on Pinterest 🙂
What great ideas! They are easy for children of all ages, and good competitive fun. They are games that the kids may even be able to do better than their parents which they’ll love. LOL
I am trying them all this Sunday. THank YoU sO mUcH.
Love these games and want to use them in my children’s ministry.
thank you for sharing
Sylvie
These games will be fun to play with the grands. THANKS for sharing! ❤️
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Thank you for the fun games. These are going to be great for our Children’s Church group! I see the kids even making some of these into a friendly competition. So blessed to have found your site.
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