With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I wanted to share a few activities to help keep your little ones engaged and your party well-managed! Typically, our classroom Valentine’s Day party includes five/six 15 minute stations. With these Valentine’s Day games, activities, crafts, science experiments, snacks, read alouds and movie ideas… you can easily plan the ultimate Valentine’s Day party!
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Classroom Valentine’s Day Party Games
Amp up the learning with a few Valentine’s Day literacy and math activities. Bingo is a great way to review letters, sounds, numbers, math facts, CVC words, rhyming, as well as sight words, during your classroom Valentine’s Day party. For maximum engagement, toss in some festive bingo markers!
During math time, the students can use candy hearts as manipulatives for counting, graphing and measuring. They will roll a die and count that many pieces of candy.
For a more challenging version, they can roll a plus/minus die and add or remove that many candies.
This “Heart Stack” challenge is always a hit! The kiddos can stack and graph how many hearts tall they can make a tower. To make stacking the hearts a bit more challenging, have the students use one hand.
To practice estimation, as well as area, you can have the students estimate how many candy hearts will fit inside different sized hearts when they complete the “You Fill My Heart with Love” challenge.
The key to a successful classroom party is keeping the little ones moving. This “Lovely Charades” game is a great heart healthy activity to include at your classroom Valentine’s Day party. The students will choose a card and act out that motion. As a brain break, have the entire class complete that motion once they have correctly guessed the animal.
Valentine’s Day Crafts
I always make time for a craft or two during our classroom Valentine’s Day party. Crafts serve so many important purposes. They help build fine motor control, scissor skills, visual-spatial relationships, creativity, as well as the ability to listen to and follow directions.
This love monster glyph is a fun way to get to know your students a little bit more during Valentine’s Day.
One of my favorite Valentine’s Day crafts are these mosaic hearts made from cut up foam pieces. Add a magnet strip to the back, so that the kiddos’ loved ones can hang it on the refrigerator.
Directed Drawings
An easy addition to your classroom Valentine’s Day party are directed drawings. Your students could draw a love monster or love bug. When they are finished, they can color or paint their creation.
Valentine’s Day Science Experiments
Poppin’ Love Potion Punch is my all time favorite Valentine’s Day science experiment. It erupts when you add the magic ingredients! Plus, it’s super yummy!
Love is in the air with this Cupid science experiment. Blow up a white balloon and pinch the end closed with a binder clip. Attach some wings and draw a Cupid face on the balloon. Secure a straw to the back of the balloon using tape. Thread a good 15 feet of string through the straw. Tie the ends of the string to two chairs. Slide the chairs apart so the string is taut. Remove the binder clip, and watch Cupid fly through the air!
Valentine’s Day Play Dough Kits
Let your little one’s creativity run wild, as they strengthen their fine motor skills using these Valentine’s Day play dough mats. To encourage open-ended, sensory play, fill the individual play dough kits with various loose parts, including pipe cleaners, pom poms, pony beads, paper straws, buttons, foam hearts and googly eyes. Your kiddos can build a love monster, decorate a heart cookie and make a love bug while using the supplies in the kit. At the end of the day, they can take their baggies home… a little Valentine’s Day gift from you!
Valentine’s Day Dance Party
Who doesn’t love a good dance party?! Here are just a few of my favorite Valentine’s Day songs for kids:
- Valentine’s Day Song by Jack Hartmann
- Valentine’s Day Heart Song by The Kiboomers
- Baby Shark Valentine’s Day by Pinkfong
- If You’re a Kid (Valentine’s Day Remix) by Harry Kindergarten Music
- Boom Chicka Boom Valentine’s Day by The Learning Station
Valentine’s Day Read Alouds
I always like to read a Valentine’s Day read aloud during our morning meeting, as well as a few throughout the day. Here is a look at a few of my favorites:
Classroom Valentine’s Day Party Movie Ideas
At the end of our classroom Valentine’s Day party, I have my students watch a short movie. This gives me a chance to clean up and pack away all of the party supplies and games for next year.
- Madly Madagascar
- Winnie the Pooh, A Valentine for You
- Pete the Cat: A Very Groovy Valentine (available on Prime Video)
- If You Give a Mouse a Valentine’s Cookie
- One Zillion Valentines
Valentine’s Day Snack
During our Valentine’s Day classroom party, the students will make a heart-shaped mouse cookie. While we are watching the movie, we’ll eat our cookies and other Valentine’s Day snacks.
Since you and your class “go together like milk and cookies,” milk and cookies are a fun way to end your Valentine’s Day party. Grab the free tag here!
Please remember to check for student allergies and/or health concerns.
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Valentine's Day Party Games:
- Bingo is a great game to review letters, sounds, numbers, math facts, CVC words, rhyming, and sight words.
- Candy hearts can be used as manipulatives for counting, graphing, and measuring.
- The "Heart Stack" challenge involves stacking and graphing how many hearts tall the students can make a tower.
- The "You Fill My Heart with Love" challenge involves estimating how many candy hearts will fit inside different-sized hearts.
- "Lovely Charades" is a heart-healthy activity where students act out motions on cards and the class guesses the animal.
Valentine's Day Crafts:
- Love monster glyphs are a fun way to get to know students better.
- Mosaic hearts made from cut-up foam pieces can be turned into magnets for students to take home.
- Directed drawings of love monsters or love bugs can be a creative activity for students.
Valentine's Day Science Experiments:
- Poppin' Love Potion Punch is a favorite science experiment that erupts when magic ingredients are added.
- The Cupid science experiment involves attaching wings and a straw to a balloon, then watching it fly through the air.
Valentine's Day Play Dough Kits:
- Valentine's Day play dough mats can be used to strengthen fine motor skills.
- Fill individual play dough kits with various loose parts like pipe cleaners, pom poms, pony beads, paper straws, buttons, foam hearts, and googly eyes for open-ended sensory play.
Valentine's Day Dance Party:
- A dance party with Valentine's Day songs can be a fun way to end the party.
Valentine's Day Read Alouds:
- Some recommended Valentine's Day read-aloud books include "Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch," "Slugs in Love," "The Day It Rained Hearts," "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!," "Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool," "The Invisible String," "The Biggest Valentine Ever," "A Crankenstein Valentine," "I Love You, Stinky Face," "Hug Machine," "Love Monster," and "Love Monster and the Last Chocolate".
Valentine's Day Party Movie Ideas:
- Some movie suggestions for the end of the party include "Madly Madagascar," "Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You," "Pete the Cat: A Very Groovy Valentine," "If You Give a Mouse a Valentine's Cookie," and "One Zillion Valentines".
Valentine's Day Snack:
- A heart-shaped mouse cookie can be made as a snack during the movie.
- Milk and cookies can also be a fun way to end the party.
These ideas and activities can help make your classroom Valentine's Day party extra lovely and engaging for the students. Remember to consider any allergies or health concerns of the students when planning snacks or activities.
