Want to have some fun this Valentine’s Day? One of the best ways to liven up the day is by playing some games. Whether you want to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a classroom filled with kids, at a house party with a bunch of adults, or simply with your significant other, these are the best Valentine’s Day games to play.
Below, we’ll go over the best Valentine’s Day games, divided into these categories:
- Valentine’s Day games for kids
- Valentine’s Day games for adults
- Valentine’s Day games for couples
VALENTINE’S DAY GAMES FOR KIDS
If you’re hosting a Valentine’s Day party for kids or want to celebrate it in the classroom with your students, these are the Valentine’s Day games for kids you’ve got to consider organizing for the best party ever.
1. VALENTINE BINGO
The great thing about bingo is that it is a simple game you can play in pretty much any setting. And you can set up the bingo cards so that they match the theme of any day, including Valentine’s Day. To make the bingo game Valentine’s Day-themed, feature hearts, cupids, roses, and chocolates, among other things, on the bingo cards that you’ll hand out to every player. Then, simply call out the images or words, one by one, until someone manages to cross out a line, whether it be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
2. CUPID SAYS
Are you familiar with Simon Says? To put a Valentine’s Day twist on the game, instead of saying “Simon says”, followed by an action, say: “Cupid says.” Try to follow it up with actions that are more on brand for Valentine’s, such as:
- Blow a kiss
- Hug someone
Remember, if you say an action without saying “Cupid says” beforehand, whoever does the action is out of the game!
3. VALENTINE’S DAY WORD SEARCH
Another simple game you can easily turn into something that’s perfect to play on Valentine’s Day is a word search. You’ll need to either find a Valentine-themed word search with a quick Google search online or make your own using a word search maker.
Fitting words you can include include:
- Love
- Valentine
- Romance
- Heart
- Chocolate
4. MAKE-A-VALENTINE STATION
If the kids want to get into some arts and crafts, set up a make-a-Valentine station filled with markers, pencils, stickers, glue, paper, and some glitter to boot. Have the children make their own Valentine to give to a special someone, whether it be a friend, a crush, or a parent.
5. HOW MANY CANDIES?
This is a very simple game to play for everyone to participate in without taking up too much time. Fill up a jar with candies and ask everyone to guess how many candies they think are in the jar. Whoever has the closest answer gets to take the jar full of candies home!
6. PASS THE CHOCOLATE
Hot potato is one of our favorite indoor games for kids. But, of course, to stay on theme, swap out the “potato” with a piece of candy, such as chocolate. Everyone sits in a circle and passes this chocolate down. Whoever is holding the chocolate when the music stops gets to keep the chocolate and removes themself from the game until everyone gets a chocolate!
7. BALLOON POP
Popping balloons can be plenty of fun! Blow up some pink and red balloons and put small prizes, such as candies, or notes inside the balloons. Then, release all the balloons into the designated playing area and let the kids run around and pop as many balloons as they can. They get to keep whatever is hiding inside the popped balloon.
8. VALENTINE CHARADES
Prepare some Valentine-related words, such as:
- Cupid
- Rose
- Kiss
- Love letter
- Teddy bear
Then, have someone go up in front of everyone and act out one of these words by drawing from a hat or bowl. They must then mime the word to the best of their ability! The first person to guess whatever is being mimed gets to go next.
9. LOVE POTION STATION
Have all the kids brew their own love potions by mixing colorful drinks and edible glitter liquids in plastic cups to make their own love potions.
10. CANDY SORTING RACE
Give each player a bowl of candy. When the timer starts, everyone must race to sort the candy by color. The first player to sort all their candies wins!
This would also make a very good minute to win it game for kids.
11. VALENTINE’S DAY FREEZE DANCE
If you’ve not had enough time to prepare for some games for this Valentine’s, Valentine’s Day freeze dance is a great game option to get the party started. In this game, simply play some love songs and have everybody dance their hearts out. But when you stop the music, everyone has to freeze in place! Whoever is caught moving is out.
Freeze dance is also one of our favorite back to school games.
12. PIN THE HEART ON CUPID
You can either DIY your own cupid and hearts or purchase one online with a quick Google or Amazon search. Just like the classic pin the tail on the donkey, blindfolded players try to pin a heart closest to Cupid’s hands where it belongs! Whoever is closest wins.
13. V-DAY SCAVENGER HUNT
Organize a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt! Scatter some Valentine-themed treasures, such as candy or cards, around a designated playing area, and give the players clues to get started on their hunt.
14. CUPCAKE DECORATING
This is another game that will get everybody’s creative gears turning. Prepare some plain cupcakes and fill the table with cupcake decorations, ideally that come in the colors pink, red, and white in order to celebrate V-Day! Then, have the kids simply decorate their cupcakes however they want. If you want to turn this into a competition, have everyone vote for their favorite cupcake!
15. VALENTINE RING TOSS
Ring toss is a fun game you can play either indoors or outdoors. But to make this classic yard game more Valentine-themed, decorate the pegs with hearts. This allows you to combine some arts and crafts with a fun game where you toss the rings onto the pegs for points.
VALENTINE’S DAY GAMES FOR ADULTS
Now, what about some awesome Valentine’s Day games for adults? You may be hosting a Galentines or simply throwing a party for all the lovers out there. Whatever it is, here are the best Valentine’s Day games for adults you’ve got to play to liven up the party.
16. VALENTINE TRIVIA
Who doesn’t love to play some trivia? Divide everybody into small teams and give each team a pen and a piece of paper. Then, ask some love-themed trivia questions that teams must write down the answers to. The team with the most correct answers wins.
By the way, we’ve got a whole list of 400+ trivia questions and answers that may come in useful when planning this game!
17. ROM-COM MOVIE CHARADES
Do you think you know your rom-coms? Test your movie knowledge with a game of charades. Either play this game individually or in teams. Whichever way you choose, one person stands in front of everyone and mimes a rom-com that either their team or everybody must try to guess. Whoever guesses first mimes the next rom-com. The player or team with the most points wins.
18. NAME THAT LOVE SONG
If love songs are your thing, this is the game for you. Prepare some love songs ahead of time and give every player a piece of paper and pen to write down their guesses. Then, simply play the first few notes of a famous love song and have everyone write down the artist and song title of each. 1 point for each correct answer, so 2 points maximum for each song.
19. LOVE LETTER MAD LIBS
If you’re looking for a funny Valentine’s Day game that all adults will love, you’ve got to play some mad libs. Don’t worry if you’ve never played mad libs before; it is very easy to set up and play.
First, to set up the game, write a love letter, but leave out some key words, such as nouns, adjectives, and numbers. Then, have the players fill in the blanks by asking them for a random noun, adjective, or number. When everything is filled out, read the story out loud! Get ready to laugh your head off with this game.
20. BLINDFOLD CHOCOLATE TASTE TEST
One of the best things about Valentine’s Day is the chocolate. Blindfold players one by one and have them taste different famous brands of chocolate and guess which is which! The player who gets the most correct wins.
21. VALENTINE PICTIONARY
One of our favorite dinner party games that can easily played for a Valentine-themed party is Pictionary. But instead of using the board game itself, simply have the player stand up one by one in front of everyone and draw a Valentine-themed word on a board. The first person to guess wins a point and gets to go next!
22. BLIND WINE TASTING
Wine is just as quintessential to Valentine’s Day as chocolate. Line up some different varieties of wine in opaque glasses or cups and have players drink from them one by one while blindfolded. The player who guesses the most wine varieties wins.
23. BUILD-A-BOUQUET
For this game, simply prepare a variety of flowers and place them on a table for all of your guests to make their own floral bouquets at their leisure. If you want, you can turn this into a competition by asking all players to vote for their favorite bouquet.
24. MATCH THE FAMOUS COUPLE
This is a simple and fun game to play during any Valentine’s Day party. Prepare a list of one-half of a famous couple on one side of a sheet of paper and the second half on the other side, but make sure to shuffle. Players must then pair celebrity names with their partners!
25. ROMANTIC MOVIE QUOTES
A similar game to the above, romantic movie quotes involves matching iconic love quotes to their movies.
26. VALENTINE’S DAY POKER
Whether you want to play Texas Hold’em or Five Card Draw, it can be fun to play poker with friends and family. But to turn this into a proper Valentine-themed party, use candy hearts as betting chips!
Here’s our poker rules for beginners if you’re new to this type of game!
Valentine’s Day Poker: Play poker using candy hearts as betting chips.
27. SPEED DATING
Speed dating is a super fun icebreaker to play at a party where your guests may not be too familiar with one another. Have everybody pair up and get to know each other in 2 minutes before moving on to someone else.
Looking for other icebreakers to play at an adults-only party? Here are the best ice breaker drinking games.
28. CHOCOLATE RELAY
A relay race is a fun way to get those hearts pumping! In this chocolate relay race, players transfer chocolates using spoons from one end of the playing field to the other and back. Once the first player of the team returns, the second player of the team can then have their turn. The first team to complete the relay wins the race!
29. WHAT MOVIE AM I?
Grab a stack of Post-it notes or some paper and tape to play this super fun guessing game. Have everyone write down a movie on a Post-it and stick it on someone else’s forehead. Once everyone has a movie on their forehead, they must ask yes or no questions to try to guess what they have on their forehead! Try to limit the movies to romantic movies or movies with romance in them to fit with the Valentine’s theme.
30. VALENTINE KARAOKE
Who doesn’t love a bit of karaoke once the Valentine’s Day party is in full swing? Turn on some love songs on YouTube and get singing with your friends and family to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
VALENTINE’S DAY GAMES FOR COUPLES
If you are celebrating Valentine’s Day with your significant other, don’t feel left out. There are just as many games you can play with just two as you can with multiple other people. Here are our favorite Valentine’s Day games for couples.
Psst! For more, check out our date night games and drinking games for couples!
31. THE NEWLYWED GAME
The Newlywed Game is generally a game you play at bachelorette parties, engagement parties, bridal showers, or weddings, but they can be just as fun with just two people.
In this game, one-half of the couple will prepare a list of questions and answer them. The other half must then try to guess what their partner answered. They win a point for every correct answer. Then, vice versa!
If you want to turn this into a quick drinking game, take a drink for every wrong answer.
32. LOVE NOTE EXCHANGE
This is a super cute activity any couple should partake in for Valentine’s Day. Write surprise love notes for each other for the romantic day and exchange them!
33. DATE NIGHT JAR
Grab an empty jar and decorate it together to create a date night jar. Then, write down date night ideas so that you never have a boring date night again! You can use popsicle sticks or pieces of paper to write down these ideas and pop them in the jar.
34. DIY CHOCOLATE
It can be fun to make your own chocolate this Valentine’s Day. Grab your partner and some chocolate, and make and decorate your own chocolate bars with various toppings of your choice!
35. TRUTH OR DARE
What about some truth or dare to get those hearts racing? Take turns picking a choice between truth or dare and then answering a question or doing a dare. And if you refuse? You have to take a shot! Here are some truth or dare ideas to get you started.
36. MEMORY LANE
Put some old photos that you have together at different stages of your relationship into a bowl. Then, take turns drawing out a photo. Reminisce and talk about that moment together.
37. ROMANTIC MOVIE MARATHON
If you and your partner love movies, why not watch a bunch of romantic movies for Valentine’s Day? Grab some popcorn and cuddle up on the couch all day and evening!
Here are some of the best romantic movies to watch for your movie marathon:
- Me Before You
- Valentine’s Day
- About Time
- The Notebook
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
- 50 First Dates
- Titanic
Did you know you can also turn movie-watching into a drinking game? Here are movie drinking game ideas!
38. ROMANTIC BLIND TASTE TEST
Blindfold your partner for this super fun and flirty game to play this Valentine’s Day! Then, hand-feed your partner various candies and have them guess what they are.
39. A COUPLE’S MAKEOVER
Head to the mall for a makeover session! Go shopping for each other and dress each other up for date night.
40. COOK-OFF
If you and your partner like to cook, one of the best Valentine’s Day games to play as a couple is a cook-off. Play against each other and try to cook the best meal for Valentine’s. One person can be in charge of lunch, and the other of dinner. Vote on who cooked the best meal for V-Day, and best of all, you get two awesome home-cooked meals out of it!
41. FLIRTY DICE ROLL
Grab two dice to play this flirty dice roll game. The six sides of one die represent actions (kiss, lick, hug), while the six sides of the other die represent various body parts (lips, cheek, foot). Then, roll the dice and do the action to the other person’s body part!
42. COMPLIMENT BATTLE
This is a very simple Valentine’s Day game to play with your partner if your love language is words of affirmation. Take turns giving each other compliments, and whoever runs out of ideas first loses! No repeating compliments!
43. ROMANTIC PAINT NIGHT
If you want to show off your artistic side to your partner, you’ve got to organize a romantic paint night for V-Day. Prepare some paint and a canvas each, and you each paint your favorite memory with your partner!
44. CARD GAMES FOR TWO
All you need is a deck of cards to play these super fun card games that you can play with your partner this Valentine’s Day if you’re having a night in.
45. BOARD GAMES FOR TWO
If you prefer board games, don’t worry. There are plenty of board games for two that you can play as well. Some of our favorites that we recommend playing for Valentine’s Day include:
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