20+Valentines Day Activities for Kids

With Valentines day around keep you kids engaged with these fun and learning focused Valentines Day activities for kids. These indoor activities are perfect for Valentines party and Valentines Day celebration at school to keep kids off screen and have quality time. These are great for Toddlers and Preschool too and they will enjoy for sure.

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Valentine Learning & Thinking Activities

Alphabet Challenge

Let kids enjoy Valentine-themed alphabet challenge by writing Valentines Day related words for each alphabet. This activity will improve their recognition ability and develop vocabulary. Kids enjoy it as they come up with their own fun words.

Valentine Quiz

Ask kids simple, age-appropriate questions related to Valentine’s Day. It can be symbols, traditions, and fun facts. This helps to build general knowledge, encourages them to speak and recall information. They will enjoy this playful learning and feeling excited when they know the correct answer.

Valentine-themed Dictionary Activities

Valentine-themed dictionary activities like cute idioms, word scramble is another fun way to spend time on Valentines day. It helps them build vocabulary, learn new way to say things filled with positivity and love.

Valentine Themed Odd One Out

List out Valentines related emoji’s or symbols and let kids spot the odd one out. It’s a cute, easy and fun way let kids develop logical thinking and categorization skills. Just print some related symbols with an odd one and let kids circle them as they enjoy treats.

Spot The Coordinates of Cuteness

Print a grid labeled with numbers along with valentine objects and let kids spot the location of each item. It will help them learn spatial awareness, and logical thinking. They will enjoy to spot the plot points.

Make Valentine Sentences

Give kids sheets with cute Valentine pictures like teddy or heart and ask them to make sentences using each of them. This will help them learn to form sentences, build imagination. Instead of pictures you can also have some prompts such as ” I like Valentine Day because__” and let them fill in.

Cute Valentine Counting

Make a collection of different Valentine themed pictures and frame question to let them count them and find answers. For example you can have a mix different flowers and ask them to count specific ones.

Valentine Puzzles & Riddles

If your kids love solve puzzles and riddles than here are some Valentine activities that they will enjoy.

Valentine Maze

Finding the correct path through the maze is an exciting kids activity. It helps them learn problem-solving, visual tracking and develop concentration. And the fun part they enjoy searching for their little mission like finding carrot for bunny through the maze.

Valentine Jigsaw Puzzle

Get cute Valentine theme related images and cut them in different shapes and let kids build them. Another good activity them help the learn problem-solving and build concentration. My daughter loves fitting jigsaw puzzles and after few moments of figuring out she learns to be patient to finish it properly.

Valentine Secret Code

I love this activity. Make a list of Valentine symbols and assign each one of them a letter. Next make a message for kids but instead of using alphabets use the “Secret Code” and let them decode the message. Its a fun way to find the message. Kids love the feeling of cracking mystery.

Valentine Word Search

Hide Valentine-themed words in a letter grid and let kids find them. You can list the words below the grid to help them find or you can make it more difficult by letting them just know they have to find 5 hidden Valentine’s Day related words. It helps them learn visual scanning and learn spelling.

Valentine Riddles

List out some simple Valentine-themed riddle and say them loud or let kids read. Kids need to guess the correct answer. You can hand out a treat to each right answer to make it more fun. It encourages them to think and reason as they understand the word clues. It becomes a fun playful activity for them.

Valentine Creative Writing

You can turn activity time to creative expression with these simple Valentines day activities for kids that will help them to express themselves and improve their writing.

Valentine Haiku

In this activity you ask kids to write a short poem using the simple haiku structure related to Valentines celebration. This guides them to creative writing and express their understanding and emotions about the topic.

Valentine Story

Ask kids to write a Valentine story it can be as simple as asking them to write a story or give them prompts or characters to build a story. It helps them to imagine and learn to frame sentences and articulate better.

Finish the Phrase

This is a fun activity that will help kids improve language by learning use pf phrases. In this activity they will complete partially written phrases or use them in a sentence related to Valentine theme. For example Love is _____, let them finish it with how they feel about it.

Make Valentine Wishlist

Let kids do this activity as pre Valentine day activity or during the Valentine week. It will help them learn to express what is their version of celebration, think about what would like to do. It helps not just with self-expression and writing but also develop their personality as they what is Valentine celebration for them. And help you come up with some ideas that they will enjoy.

Create Valentine To-Do List

I encourage my kids to make to-do list, it teaches them to plan and get organized. And one of the fun way to do it, is to make a Valentine to-do list. Let them take time to think about all the things they would want to do on Valentines day or week. It makes them excited to look up for something on the day. It can be as simple as adding Valentine decor to their room or Valentine gift exchange at school. We al agree there is a sense of satisfaction when we check off a completed task.

I Spy (worksheet-based)

For a calm and cozy indoor time, let them play I spy on worksheets. Mix a bunch of v Valentine themed objects and let them search or count and right. To make it more exciting you can ask them to spot or count cupid and give a treat to one who spots it first. This improves visual discrimination, attention to detail.

Valentine Card or Treat

In this activity kids write and share if they would like to have a Valentine card or a Valentine Treat and why would they like it. This helps kids learn making choice and reason it. It will be fun and exciting to find what they prefer and their reasoning.

Valentine Love Sense

This activity is a creative way to encourage kids develop emotional awareness and sensory language to explain their emotions. They need to express the meaning of love they understand for each senses like eyes, nose, touch.

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