Want to do something fun with your high school students? Reward them with these easy-prep Valentine’s Win-it-in-Minute games.
Need some fun, Valentine's games for high school students where they won't roll their eyes (or, at least not too badly)?
These Valentine's Minute to Win It games are designed for high school students (and middle school students). They're great for Valentine's Day classroom party games, too!
They're quick (just 60 seconds each!), and you can let them compete individually or as a group with the free printable scorecard PDF below.
Valentine’s Minute to Win It Games for Teens
Each of these games should be timed for 60 seconds (1 minute).
Click here to automatically download this free scorecard.
Hint: the timer in each photo is this one.
1. Hearts Cliffhanger
Supplies needed: candy conversation hearts, and straws (one for each participant)
Teens will take turns blowing air through a straw to make their heart candy move across a table.
The goal is to get the candy as close to the other edge as possible, without it falling on the ground.
Try with as many heart candies as they can in the 60 seconds. When time is up, whoever has the heart candy closest to the edge, wins a point (OR, you can reward one point for each heart candy on the edge).
2. Cupid’s Arrow Practice
Supplies needed: marshmallow blaster, candy conversation hearts (or small marshmallows), and some sort of target
Teens will use this marshmallow blaster and candy conversation hearts to take a shot at a target.
Each time they hit the target, they get points.
Don’t want to track different points on a target? You can also cut a pool noodle in half (crosswise), then put a slit through the top and put a ring from a ring toss in it, standing it up.
Each time they make it through the ring = 1 point.
Hint: here are 14 more Valentine's Activities for teenagers.
3. M&M Shuffle
Supplies needed: turkey baster, M&Ms, and two bowls
It’s actually challenging – but doable – to use a turkey baster to suck up one M&M at a time and move it from one bowl to another.
Hint: this doesn’t work with Sweatheart candies – they won’t suction to the turkey baster.
At the end of 60 seconds, whoever has moved the most, wins.
4. Red Ribbon Walk
Supplies needed: thin ribbon, candy conversation hearts, and masking tape
Have students pair up with each other. Pick a finish line that’s far enough away to be challenging, and put a piece of masking tape on the ground so everyone knows where it is.
The goal is to balance as many candy conversation hearts onto the red ribbon and get them over the finish line, as possible.
5. Build a Love Bridge (Or Friendship Bridge)
Supplies needed: two straws, one popsicle stick, one type of Valentine’s Day candy (like cinnamon hearts, candy conversation hearts, etc.)
Pair teens off. One person needs to hold the bridge together, and the other person needs to stuff as many pieces of candy onto the bridge as possible.
Whoever has the most number of candy pieces on the bridge at the end of 60 seconds, wins.
Hint: this is harder than it looks! Right after my son snapped the photo of me holding bridge, the candies scattered absolutely everywhere:).
6. Words-Up Candy Hearts Catapult
Supplies needed: candy conversation hearts, and a homemade catapult (big popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and an empty bottle cap)
The goal of this is to fling candy conversation hearts in a way that they land with the words face up.
Teens can place them inside the bottle cap part any way they’d like (words up, words down, etc.).
Count up the number that lands word-side up, and add them to their points.
7. Cotton Ball Catapult
Supplies needed: cotton balls, and a homemade catapult (big popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and an empty bottle cap)
Want something a bit…softer less damaging to let teens catapult? You can use cotton balls!
Since they don’t go as far, teens will have fun trying to figure out who can fling theirs the furthest (that’s the winner!).
8. Tabletop Hearts Shuffleboard
Supplies needed: candy conversation hearts, masking tape, and popsicle sticks
Use masking tape on the side of the table to mark off a scoring zone.
Teens take turns using a popsicle stick to push (in one push) a candy heart far enough along down the table to land in the scoring zone.
Each candy heart landed in the zone in their 60 seconds is a point.
9. Oven Mitt Pick-Up Game
Supplies needed: oven mitt (that covers a person’s hand), two plates, and candy conversation hearts
Just how many candy conversation hearts can someone pick up, using an oven mitt, in 60 seconds?
Well, you’re about to find out!
This one can get pretty hilarious.
Well, those are the Valentine's Minute to Win it Games for high school students (and middle school students) I've got for you. I'd love to hear in the comments below what you tried and what worked best for your classes and youth groups. Also, share any ideas you've got to help other teachers out!
Amanda L. Grossman
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