School Valentine's Day Party Ideas

Valentine’s Day is a great time to encourage kind and friendly behavior in kids of all ages. Whether you’re an elementary school teacher, a special education teacher, or just a parent looking for Valentine’s Day party ideas, you’ll want to take a look at our favorite easy, fun, and affordable picks.

Valentine’s Day Bingo

Everybody loves bingo, from young to old, and it’s an easy game that can be taught to even pre-schoolers. For this Valentine’s Day party idea, all you’ll need to do is print out some free Valentine’s Day-themed bingo cards and use candy hearts, M&Ms, or Skittles as game pieces. You may want to grab extra candy pieces if your students decide to gobble them up during the game! For prize ideas, shop our Valentine’s Day party decorations for party favors like stickers, tattoos, puzzles, finger puppets, and more.

Decorate Valentine’s Day Bags

Many years ago, there was a tradition for kids to decorate a small box at home and bring it to school to hold all of the Valentine’s Day cards and treats they received. That tradition has fallen out of style, but you can revive this Valentine’s Day Party idea in your classroom. Instead of boxes, opt for space-saving paper bags. You’ll probably already have things like crayons, dot markers, construction paper, and glue to decorate with. Kids love decorating with stickers so be sure to grab some sheets of Valentine’s Day stickers, too! 

Balloon Buddies Competition

Kids love a good game of “Keepy Uppy.” To bring this Valentine’s Day party idea to the classroom you’ll just need a prize and a bunch of Valentine’s Day balloons. Split the class into pairs and let them blow up and decorate their balloons with markers. If latex balloons are not an option at your school, swap for mylar balloons instead. When they’re done decorating, each pair will do their best to bounce the balloon and keep it from hitting the ground or popping. The pair who can hold out the longest wins.

Sugar Cookie Decorating

This Valentine’s Day party idea for the school classroom will need a little bit of prep work to help everything run smoothly. First, you’ll want to grab some fun Valentine’s paper plates, which you’ll find a large selection online at Ultimate Party Super Store. Next, head to the grocery store where you’ll need unfrosted heart-shaped sugar cookies. Of course, you’ll need some icing and fun sprinkle candies. You’ll also want to pick up some ziplock sandwich bags to divvy up the candies, popsicle sticks to spread the icing, and small two-ounce plastic containers with lids to give each child their own icing cup. 

Valentine’s Day Cake Walk

This is a spin on a classic kid’s game. Typically the prize is cake, but you can use whatever treat or prize you want. This game is perfect for littles and the moderator can easily make sure every kid is a winner. You’ll need to find some cute Valentine’s Day characters or animals that you can print out. You could cut and paste them onto colorful construction paper or just use your printouts as is. Lay them in a circle on the floor and have your students walk on them as you play music. When the music stops, they should get on one character and you call out a character to be the winner for that round. 

Valentine’s Charades

This is a Valentine’s Day party idea for kids who can read simple words. Fill a bowl with words like kiss, hug, heart, and other Valentine’s Day-themed phrases that kids can try to act out. You can make a bunch of teams and give them a couple of minutes to act out as many as they can in the timeframe. First group to 20 wins. Or, you could play as a whole class and the person to guess the word right first is the next one to act out a new word.

Paper Plate Heart Craft

Who do kids love the most? Their parents or guardians! So making a lovely keepsake craft to take home for them is a lovely Valentine’s Day party idea. You’ll need a bunch of red or pink colored paper plates to start. Help young students shape their plates with scissors to look like a heart. After that, set them free to decorate their heart plate with stickers, felt, markers, poof balls, google eyes, glitter, etc. 

When working with younger kids, it’s often best to choose 4 or 5 different activities and break the class into small rotating groups. This keeps the kids entertained with variety and it’s often easier to manage games with fewer children playing. All of the activities mentioned above can also be adapted to family time with your children at home.

Don’t forget to set the scene for your Valentine’s Day party ideas by decorating your school classroom or home with super cute Valentine’s Day decorations! Ultimate Party Super Store’s huge online collection has fun, trendy, and adorable decorations, party supplies, party favors, and gifts to make your Valentine’s Day one to remember this year. Shop our party store online now and get free shipping on orders of $59 or more.