Pinatas are a perfect activity for Valentine's Day School Parties, since most classrooms offer the perfect space to clear desks and have some pinata fun!! Fill the pinata up with chocolate kisses and Valentine candies and what child could possibly be disappointed?! Big kids, don't despair. Pinatas are also great fun for a party with friends. Choose from several styles and sizes.

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Mending Broken Hearts

You'll need: Red construction paper, Scissors, Pencil, Large bowl

Use construction paper to cut one heart for every 2 party guests. Cut each heart in half in a unique way (one with a zig-zag, one straight, and so on) and place all the "broken hearts" in a large bowl. As each guest arrives, have them take a half-heart from the bowl. After everyone is there, have each person holding a heart find the person who has the matching half. The pair that finds their partner first, wins! For kids, you can combine this effort with even more fun by invoking the "Red light, Greenlight" or "Freeze Tag" principle. Stop the search when the adult yells, "Freeze" and then continue when the adult says "Go". Anyone caught moving during the freeze puts their heart back in the bowl, and sits out until the next person is caught and their heart goes back in the dish. Let kids who are out rechoose hearts from the bowl as they become available on subsequent "freezes", and go back into the game. This makes it harder for kids to find a match and keeps the game going longer!

Musical Hearts (just like Musical Chairs)

You'll need: Red construction paper, scissors, tape, music

Tape large red Hearts to the floor, one for each child. Every child stars the game standing on a heart. Start the music and have the children walk around the room. When the music stops, they need to stand on a heart or they are out. Remove one heart after each musical segment.