Valentine's Day Games for Elementry School
Keep your elementary school children interested in Valentine's Day with fascinating games. From a Valentine memory game to a blindfolded heart-drawing contest, all you need is a few supplies and a creative imagination. Awarding small prizes, such as Valentine candy and toys, to the game winners will have the children eager to play the next Valentine's Day game.
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Valentine Memory Game
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Print two identical pictures of Valentine items -- such as roses, a box of chocolates, a conversation heart and teddy bear -- on several slips of paper. Laminate the pictures to make them last longer. Show all the pictures to the children and place them face-down on a table. Have the children flip over two cards. If the cards are a match, they keep them and go again. If they are not a match, they flip them back over and it is the next player's turn. Award a prize to the child who has the most pairs at the end of the game.
Chopsticks and Hearts
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Give each child a bowl of conversation hearts and a pair of chopsticks. Give the children one minute to practice using the chopsticks to pick up the conversation hearts. After they practice, set a timer for two minutes. The child who picks up the most conversation hearts, using only her chopsticks, and places them on her desk wins the game.
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Tissue Heart Relay Race
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Divide the children into three or four even teams and have them line up at a starting line. Mark a finish line about 10 feet away from the starting line. Cut several straight straws into 3- to 4-inch pieces and give one to each child. Cut 4-inch diameter hearts out of red and pink tissue paper. Give a tissue paper heart to each child. Place a brown paper bag at the finish line for each team. When you say, "Go," the first player in each line must use the suction of his breath the keep the tissue paper on the end of the straw, while walking toward the finish line. He cannot use his hands at all. If the heart falls, he must suction it back to his straw before walking again. Each child must walk the tissue paper heart to his team bag at the finish line. Once his heart is in the bag, he can tag the next player on his team to go. The first team to have all their hearts in the paper bag wins the game.
Blind Heart Draw
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Have three or four players stand at a dry-erase or chalkboard and place a blindfold on each child. Give her a dry-erase maker or piece of chalk and spin her three times. When you say, "Draw a heart," she must draw a heart on the chalkboard. The child who draws the best heart wins a small prize.
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