These Valentine’s Day Games for Kids to Play are perfect for kids, teens, and even adults. Get the kids moving with these fast-paced Valentine’s Party Games that would make great Minute to Win It Games for your party.
Valentine’s Day Minute to Win It Games
These games are set up in Minute to Win It style, which is always hilarious to watch and play. You can change that to fit your party needs. If you like these games then you will love these Minute To Win It Valentine’s Day Games, these Easy Minute To Win It Games for Your Party with Kids, and Valentine Balloon Stomp Game and Word Scramble – so fun!
How to Play Minute to Win It Games
One Player at a Time Version for Small Groups
A player will go up against the clock. Tasks must be completed in under 1 minute. If they perform the task in under one minute – you can award a certain number of points.
Tasks too hard to complete – If another player goes after the participant, they can compete to see who does the most in under 1 minute. The player who does the best will get some points but not the full amount for completing the task.
Team Member vs. Team Member from another team – for Medium groups
Playing with Large Groups –
Points are awarded in order of completion. Players from each team will compete against each other, and points are awarded in order of completion times. The first team to complete the task earns 5 points, the second team to complete it earns 3, and the third team to complete the task earns 1 point.
Zero points are awarded if the task is not completed
Scoring Minute to Win It Games –
- The first team to finish gets the most points – let’s say 3 points for their team.
- The second team to finish gets 2 points for their team
- The third team to finish gets 1 point for their team
- Everyone else gets zero points
A scoreboard might resemble this one
Starting Minute to Win It Games
Once the game is set up and the instructions are explained, the timer should be set to 1 minute, and the host yells go. Players have one minute to complete the task. If they mess up, the timer does not stop. They have to start over and try again and still try to complete the task under the 1-minute timer.
Prizes for Minute to Win It Games – Ideas
- The pride of winning the game
- A candy bar
- A trophy
- A ribbon – homemade or ordered
- Money
Difficulty Levels for Minute-to-Win IT Games
Games are ranked 1-5 meaning easy, medium, hard, extreme, and nightmare
Here’s a quick video of these Valentine’s Day Minute To Win It Games…
Our first Valentine’s Day Party Game for Kids, Teens, and Adults to Play is…
Valentine’s Game 1
Blow me a Kiss!
This is a Valentine’s Day game that requires someone with persistence and good aim
Difficulty level – 2
Numbers of Players – (1 player per team)
Supplies Needed
- Red balloons
- 5 Hershey Kiss
- Table surface
Set up…
- place 5 Hershey’s Kisses about 1 foot away from the table’s edge
- Space them about 6 inches apart
How to Blow Me a Kiss
- Have players start out with a balloon that is already blown up
- In under 1 minute (or time your players to see who does it the fastest), blow all Hershey’s Kisses off the table – in a straight line (no short cuts to the side)
Valentine’s Game 2
Candy Sort
This is a fun Valentine’s Day game that involves sorting colors
Difficulty Level – 1
Number of players – 1 per team
Supplies Needed for Candy Sort Game
- 40 pieces of candy per player
- A cup or bowl to keep the candy in
- Paper plate
Set up…
- Place 40 candies in cups or bowls or cups – 1 ready for each player
- Have empty plates ready for each player
Here’s how you’ll play Candy Sort
- In under 1 minute, or time them to see who finishes first…
- One at a time, sort the candy colors into color groups on your plate
Valentine’s Game 3
Finding Love
This is my favorite Valentine’s Day game, which is a fast-paced and fun game. You’ll want to pick someone who is a quick thinker
Difficulty level – 1
Number of Players – 1 per team
Supplies Needed for Finding Love Game
- 25 cups
- 4 Stickers (hearts or the word Love)
- Table surface
Set up...
- place stickers on ONLY 4 cups
- place cups – sticker ones and ones without the stickers right side up on the table surface
- *Mix them up so players have no idea where the stickers are
How to Play Finding Love
- Players have to (one at a time) turn over the cups to try and reveal the 4 with stickers on them
- The players to find the stickers fastest wins
Valentine’s Game 4
Cupid’s Arrow Game
This Valentine’s Day game requires someone with good aim and coordination
Difficulty Level – 3
Supplies Needed for Cupid’s Arrow
- 6 plastic cups
- rubberbands – the nice thick/strong type
- A table surface
Set up…
- Stack cups in a pyramid
- Have rubberbands nearby
How to Play Cupid’s Arrow
- Players should shoot the rubber bands to knock down all of the cups off of the surface
Valentine’s Game 5
Valentine Unicorn
This Valentine’s Game will require someone who can sit very still and another person with good balancing skills.
Difficulty level – 2
Number of Players – 2 players per team
Supplies Needed
- About 1 dozen Valentine’s Day Cookies
Set up…
- Just have the cookies ready to go
How to Play Valentine Unicorn
- one player will stack 1 dozen cookies on another player’s forehead – in under 1 minute
- The fastest team wins
Valentine’s Game 6
Wrapped with Love
This Valentine’s Day Game is a fun and hilarious game that will require someone who can be still and another person who is fast on their feet
Difficulty level – 2
Number of players – 2 players
Supplies Needed for Wrapped with Love
- 50-foot bundle of streamer – Valentine’s Day colors
- Heart Headband
Set up…
- no setup – just have it all ready to go
How to Play Wrapped With Love
- One player should – starting at the ankles – wrap the other with the streamer
- Finish the ensemble with the headband
Valetine’s Game 7
Bucket Head
This is a fast-paced Valentine’s Day game that requires good hand-eye coordination for both players
Difficulty level – 3
Number of Players – 2 players per team
Here’s what you’ll need to play this game…
- A Valentine’s Day container or bucket
- Five ping pong balls
- table surface
Setting up…
- Not a whole lot, just have a cup filled with ping pong balls for one player and a bucket for the other
How to Play Bucket Head
- One player should bounce the ping pong balls onto the table surface so they launch back up into the air – toward their teammate.
- The other player should catch the balls in the bucket on their head. They can bend and stretch out to catch the ball.
Valentine’s Game 8
This Blows
This Valentine’s Day game is a fun game that requires someone full of hot air, good aim, and patience
Difficulty level – 2
Supplies Needed for This Blows
- Five plastic cups
- *we have found that the solo-type cups are the easiest to blow off of the table
- One balloon
- table surface
Set up…
- place cups upside down about 1 foot away from the edge of the table
- place them about 6 inches apart
How to Play This Blows
- players should use the balloon to blow the cups off of the table – going in a straight line
Valentine’s Game 9
Match Maker
1 player per team
Supplies Needed for Match Maker
- 18 cups + 1 for each color of candy
- 18 pieces of candy
- 2 surfaces across the room from each other
Set up…
- cover up 18 pieces of candy with your 18 cups
- place the empty cups (one per candy color) on the other side of the room
How to Play Match Maker
- players should flip cups over – one at a time – to reveal candy
- grab the candy and run!
- place the candy in an empty cup – sorting them by the color of candy
FAQs
Are these games good for all age levels (kids to adults)
- Absolutely. If you have a fun sense of humor and are competitive then Minute to Win It Games are for you.
Can you play all of these games indoors?
- Yes. These Minute To Win It Games are meant to be played indoors.
Do I need much space for these Minute To Win It Party Games?
- No. You do not need much space for Minute To Win It Games. You will need a level surface – table height, and a small amount of floor space for a few games.
Does it cost a lot of money for the supplies to these Minute To Win It Games?
- It does not cost very much at all to play Minute to Win It Games. You can find most of the supplies for these games at your local Dollar Tree.
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That’s it! Have fun and Happy Valentine’s Day!
~ Melissa – Kid Friendly Things To Do
