Valentine Party Ice Breakers

Here's a collection of Valentine Party Ice Breakers that are loads of fun and very easy to play. They will help to break the ice at any party or friendly get-together.

No matter what the age group, whether they'll admit to it or not, everyone loves to join in the fun of silly party games.

Vintage Valentine Party Ice Breakers and Fun Party Games

Mom's Recipe Scrapbooks (c. 1920s)

These Valentine party ice breakers might be simple and corny, but they will generate tons of laughter and invite friendly competition among your guests.

• Guess the Comic Valentines
• Guess the Nations Riddles
• Musical Word Contest
• The Farmer's Love Letter
• Do a Cupid's Judy-Walk
• Jungle Din
• Racing Hearts
• Cupid's Hurdles

Feel free to adapt these games to the participant ages. All are great fun for older kids, yet they're also enjoyable for adults. Choose several and enjoy an old fashioned evening of fun.

Valentine Day Word Games

Guess the Comic Valentines

Have the contestants correctly identify the beloved of:

• Olive Oyl? — Popeye the Sailor
  
• Daisy Mae Scraggs? — L'l Abner Yokum
  
• Blondie? — Dagwood Bumstead
  
• Minnie? — Mickey Mouse
  
• Daisy? — Donald Duck
  

Add familiar comics and cartoon characters that are familiar to the players.

Guess the Nations Riddles

For this Valentine party ice breaker, supply a candy prize for the person correctly guessing the most answers. Have guests guess the answers to the following word riddles:

What NATION

1. Has caused the most war? — Indignation

2. Creates fear and terror? — Consternation

3. Has the greatest lure? — Fascination

4. Has produced the most kings and queens? — Coronation

5. Presents men and women for office? — Nomination

6. Presents men and women for the ministry? — Ordination

7. Is slowest? — Procrastination

8. Is famous for its lighting system? — Illumination

9. Is immune from smallpox? — Vaccination

10. Returns one’s youth. — Rejuvenation

Musical Word Contest

A suitable prize for this Valentine party ice breaker game is a small box of chocolates, or a CD of romantic music, depending on the age of the contestants. Twenty minutes may be allowed to complete this musical word game.

Guess the WORD

1. Used to secure a bundle — Chord (Cord)

2. A place of residence — Flat

3. A reflection on character — Slur

4. Bottom of a statue — Bass (Base)

5. An unaffected person — Natural

6. What does an actor have to learn? — Lines

7. What makes a check valid? — Signature

8. What we breath every day — Air

9. What is pressed on a typewriter? — Key

10. What betrays nationality? — Accent

11. An association of lawyers — Bar

12. Used in climbing mountains — Staff

13. Part of a sentence — Phrase

14. Belonging to a fish — Scales

15. Used in cycling — Pedals

16. Used to flavor soup — Time (Thyme)

17. Often passed in school — Notes

18. Used in stores — Counters

19. What should a razor be? — Sharp

20. A stitch in crochet-work — Treble

Farmer's Love Letter to His Valentine

Print a copy of the Farmer's Love Letter for each player in advance. Below, where blanks should be left for the contestants to fill in with the name of a vegetable or fruit, we have given the missing word:

My darling sweet POTATO,

Do you CARROT all for me? My heart BEETS for you and my love is as strong as an ONION for you.

You are a PEACH with your RADISH hair and your cute TURNIP nose. You are the APPLE of my eye.

So, if we CANTALOUPE then LETTUCE be married, for I know we shall make a happy PEAR.

Love, OLIVEr.

Valentine Group Action Games

Do a Cupid's Judy-Walk

The victim is allowed to walk among water-filled glasses and paper hearts scattered on the floor, without touching any of the articles.

Then, he or she is blindfolded and asked to repeat the performance, but the water glasses are quietly removed by the other guests, and the fun begins. This party idea is always a lot of fun.

Jungle Din

In advance of this vintage party game, hide mini chocolate bars or wrapped Valentine candies throughout the room or building.

Divide the crowd into equal groups. One player in each group is appointed the leader, and each group is assigned the name of some bird or animal whose call can easily be imitated.

The calls of ducks, sheep, crows, cows, cats, monkeys, and so on, are easily given. Only the leader of the group can pick up any of the nuts or candies.

Set a time limit and at a signal the hunt starts. Any player finding a nut or candy stands by it and repeats his call at the top of his voice until his leader hears him and runs to collect the booty.

The group with the most booty collected is the winner.

Racing Hearts

Each contestant is given two large hearts cut from construction paper, one for each foot. She places one forward and steps on it with the right foot. Then, she picks up the other heart for her left foot, and so on, being allowed to step only on the hearts. Contestants must race to a given mark across the room and back to win.

Cupid's Hurdles

For this Valentine party ice breaker, four long red streamers or ribbons of red crepe paper are held about two feet apart and one foot from the floor. They can be conveniently stretched between chairs placed at opposite sides of the room.

A row of chosen contestants is led up to the first streamer, and each is given paper hearts to balance on their heads, without using their hands. They are then blindfolded and told to step over the crepe streamers with their feet while not breaking them.

Nothing funnier can be imagined than the sight of blindfolded players walking stiffly in order to balance the paper hearts, while simultaneously stepping high over paper hurdles that have — unknowingly — been dropped. The one judged most graceful wins the prize.

To My Valentine

Have you heard the Latest News?
Some thief's been round today,
To rob me Dearest Valentine
And steal my heart away,
But this you see he could not do
I'd lost it long ago to you.