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Fun Valentine's Day Parties for Kids – at School or Home

Whether you're helping with your child's Valentine's Day party at school or planning one at home, there are so many fun, creative ways to keep kids busy and make their party a blast. Try some of these ideas for virtual or in-person activities kids are sure to love.

CRAFTS

Heart suncatcher. Place a sheet of wax paper on the table and offer red, pink and white tissue paper for kids to cut into squares or other shapes. Next, lay a tissue square on the wax paper and brush it with liquid starch. Continue overlapping the pieces of tissue to create an 8” x 8" collage. When the collage is dry, carefully peel the tissue away from the wax paper. Cut the collage into a big heart. Then put a single hole punch in the heart and thread a piece of yarn or ribbon through it to hang it.

Heart structures. Provide each child a supply of gummy hearts and toothpicks, and let their creativity take over. They can build a house, sphere, rocket, airplane, or whatever their imagination desires.

Finger paint Valentine. Fold a piece of paper in half and cut out a large heart. Next, place the paper with the big heart-shaped hole on top of another piece of paper. Dip a thumb or finger into the paint and make a finger impression within the heart-shaped area. Alternate colors and fingers until the whole area is filled with colorful fingerprints. When done, remove the top sheet, and you'll have a colorful heart image underneath.

Valentine candle holder. Give each child a glass jar. Have them start by cutting red, white and pink tissue paper into small hearts or other shapes. Using a mixture of one part flour to two parts water and a paintbrush, paste the tissue shapes onto the jar overlapping each other until the jar is completely covered.

GAMES

Musical hearts. This game is played similar to musical chairs. Cut out enough hearts for the number of players. On each heart, write an action such as “rub your belly,” “dance” and “pretend you're an elephant.” When the music stops, everyone must act out the heart they landed on. Adapt for a virtual setting by numbering the hearts and asking kids to pick a number when the music stops. They can then act out the action assigned to each number.

Pin the heart on the Tin Man. Draw the Tin Man on a large sheet of poster board, then cut it out. Have each kid cut out a heart from construction paper. Then blindfold and spin each child around and have them try to place the heart on the Tin Man's chest.

Candy heart bingo. Buy a Valentine's Day bingo game available through many online retailers. Then use candy hearts for the markers. Provide printable bingo cards for virtual gatherings.

Valentine's Day word find. Have each kid write “Valentine's Day Cupid” on a sheet of paper. Then have them write down as many words as they can make from it. Offer prizes for the most words, longest word, and the most rhyming words.

BOOKS

What would Valentine's Day be without a special Valentine's story or two? Read aloud to younger kids. If they're readers, have each kid take a turn reading a page.

Classic reads include the following:

Happy Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz, ages 5-7

Amelia Bedelia's First Valentine, Herman Parish and Lynne Avril, ages 4-8

Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime, Barbara Park and Denise Brunkas, ages 6-9

Happy Love Day, Daniel Tiger! Becky Friedman and Jason Fruchter, ages 3-7

Thomas in Town: Valentine's Day in Vicarstown, Rev. W. Awdry, ages 3-7

Dumpy's Valentine, Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton, ages 4-7

Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse, Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond, ages 4-8

Ruby Valentine and the Sweet Surprise, Laurie B. Friedman and Lynne Avril, Agesa5-9

Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry, Lee Bennett Hopkins, ages 4-8

 

Kimberly Blaker is the founder and director of KB Creative Digital Services, an internet marketing agency, at kbcreativedigital.com.

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