Seasons > Valentine’s Day > Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Kids > Valentine Love Box, Kiss Box, Can of Worms

A simple box or jar has so many possibilities! Your family can probably come up with even more ideas!

Fill a box, jar, or bowl with chocolate kisses, conversation hearts, or Jelly bean hearts, then make it a game:

1. Get one chocolate kiss for being “caught” doing a kind deed

2. 2.Get one kiss when caught saying predetermined word (such as red or valentine or love)
   

3. 3.Get one kiss for winning a challenge (see ideas below)
   

4. 4.Use a spinner to win a prize

Fill a box with love... choose one option:

1. 1.Fill the box with blank sheets of pink or red paper (white is boring, but it works, too) Leave it in a central place to encourage everyone in the family to write each other messages of love. Fun pens help, too.
   

2. 2.Fill the box with sheets of paper with words of affirmation written on them for anyone who needs a kind word
   

3. 3.Fill the box with sheets of paper with challenges for whoever wants to stage a duel to win a chocolate kiss/ conversation heart/ Jellybean heart (see ideas below)
   

4. 4.Fill the box with riddles to be solved for a chocolate kiss, etc. (see riddle ideas below)
   

5. 5.Fill the box with sheets of paper describing favors the receiver will get from designated giver (most likely mom!)
   

6. 6.Fill the box with a mix of silly antics, riddles, and favors--the chance to win a prize will keep them trying. But turn the cards face down so they don’t see what they are getting. You can either limit how many cards they do in a day, or only have prize cards show up occasionally.

Can of worms:

This idea is for boys who think they don’t want to have anything to do with girly stuff like a box full of pink hearts. Fill a can, or clear plastic jar with gummy worms, or slips of paper and adapt one the ideas in the left two columns.

Challenges or duels

(Be sure to have the materials on hand for each challenge card you make...you can’t play “War” without a deck of cards! Also, plan on losing most of the time--it’s supposed to be a fun thing for the kids, but it won’t be fun if they always lose!)

1. 1.thumb wrestle
   

2. 2.paper, scissors, rock
   

3. 3.staring competition
   

4. 4.arm wrestle
   

5. 5.tic-tac-toe*
   

6. 6.bean bag toss
   

7. 7.card game “War”*
   

8. 8.card game “Old Maid”
   

9. 9.Cuponk*
   

10. 10. table football
    

11. 11. battleship
    

12. 12. sock hockey
    

13. 13. balloon volleyball
    

14. 14. Nerf basketball (or paper wad into the trashcan)
    

15. 15. See who can sing or name more love songs
    

16. 16. tiddly winks
    

17. 17.Empty tin can and broom shuffle board
    

18. 18. Paper airplane race
    

For more than 2 people

19. 19. Hot potato
    

20. 20. Doggy, Doggy, who’s got the bone
    

21. 21. Musical chairs (or papers on the floor, or steps on the staircase)
    

22. 22. Mother May I
    

23. 23. Duck, duck, goose
    

24. 24. Red light, Green light
    

*see “Adapt Games For Valentine’s Day” for how to play these games

Valentine Riddles

It all depends on your children’s ages and what they know, for what kind of riddle will be too hard or too easy. If these don’t fit, make up your own, or look for a book at the library.

1. 1.Who was “Valentine’s Day” name after? ( St. Valentine)
   

2. 2.What shape symbolizes love? (a heart)
   

3. 3.What 2 shapes can make a heart when combined? (circle and a square) Hint: one shape has to be cut in half.
   

4. 4.What color do you get when you mix red and white paint? (pink)
   

5. 5.What month is Valentine’s day in? (February)
   

6. 6.What part of the body can make a heart shape? (2 hands)
   

7. 7.Name a kind of animal that mates for life (beaver, swan, penguin, barn owl, wolf)
   

8. 8.Unscramble this word: velo (love)
   

9. 9. Who loves you more than anybody? (God)
   

10. 10. What is a frown turned upside down? (a smile)
    

11. 11. In Roman mythology, it is said that an arrow shot into a person’s heart causes that person to fall in love. Who shoots this arrow? (Cupid)
    

12. 12. What symbol is sometimes used to depict Cupid in art (a fat baby angel)
    

13. 13. The Bible says to love your __________ (neighbor, enemy)
    

14. 14. What symbols stand for a kiss and a hug? (X and O)
    

15. 15. When is a kiss not something you do with your lips? (when it’s a chocolate one!)
    

16. 16. What kind of candy is often given as a gift on Valentine’s day? (chocolate)
    

17. 17. What kind of gift is given on valentine’s day that is not chocolate? (flowers or jewelry)
    

18. 18. What do people give each other on valentine’s Day that is not chocolate or jewelry or flowers? (cards)
    

19. 19. According to the Bible, which is greater--faith, hope, or love? (love)
    

Silly antics

1. 1.Make a face as if you just got a valentine cookie the size of your mattress
   

2. 2.Sing a song that has the word “love” in it
   

3. 3.Say, “Honey if you love me, please smile!” to each person in the room, and try to make them laugh
   

4. 4.Stand on your head and say “I love you.” 3 times
   

5. 5.Make a face you would have made if a dog ate all the valentine cards you just made
   

6. 6.Make your face turn red
   

7. 7.Make a face like your mom would make if you  had eaten all the cupcakes she just baked
   

8. 8.Use your body to make a heart shape
   

9. 9. Pop a red balloon
   

10. 10.draw a silly face on a pink balloon
    

11. 11. with another person, Imitate lovebirds
    

12. 12. Make a face that you would have if you saw 2 people kiss on T.V.
    

13. 13. imitate cupid shooting an arrow
    

14. 14. Make up a valentine handshake or sign
    

15. 15. Make the face you would have when you are trying to decide which piece of chocolate you want to eat out of a big heart shaped box
    

16. 16. Show me how much you love me