Fun Games for Valentine's Day Parties or Other Occasions

by Lois Breneman, © 2008, Heart to Heart Newsletter

These games are suitable for Valentine's Day parties.  The King of Siam and the Airplane Ride are also great games for birthday parties for teens or adults.  They are all lots of fun!

Nobody Knows Noses Like I Do
(Suggested for Married Couples)

Choose about 5-6 couples for this game.  Husbands sit behind a very large piece of cardboard (or several taped together) with numbered holes for only their noses to fit through.  Their blindfolded wives come in the room, one at a time, and must feel the noses to determine which one is her husband's nose.  The husbands must keep very quiet!  The winners are the wives who chose their husband's nose!  There may be more than one winner.

Patches
(Suggested for Engaged or Married Couples)

Have fabric patches about 4-5 inches square, all the same size, as well as needles and spools of thread -- one set per couple.  The husbands should bend over a table (a ping pong table works great), while the wives sew the patch on the backside of her husband's pants.  Whoever finishes first is the winner.  Caution: You may hear a few ouches!

Airplane Ride
(Suggested for almost all ages - except the elderly)

For Valentine's Day, call this "Flying to See My Sweetie!"  It's best to do this in a carpeted room or outside in the grass -- for a softer landing.  For this makeshift airplane you need a strong board about 4-5 feet long and about a foot wide, with two strong men on each end to lift the board with a person standing on it.  A board for used for stair casing is strong enough for adults.  Another strong person is needed as an assistant to help the passenger board the plane and endure the flight!  The passenger comes into the room blindfolded.  He/she is told to step up onto the airplane, which is close to the floor, held up by a brick or some books on each end.  The assistant tells the passenger to prepare for take off!  The two men at the ends of the board lift the board only an inch or two upward as they shake it back and forth (not too much).  The assistant tells the passenger there is turbulence and to hang on.  After 30-60 seconds, someone in the room makes a booming noise and the assistant tells the passenger that the turbulence is getting much worse because of an explosion on board (two men on ends of board shake it a little more).  Tell her she must jump - now!  She will probably feel like she's way up in the air and will be afraid to jump, but tell her she must - now!  When she takes off her blindfold, she will be amazed that she was only a few inches off the ground!  No prizes - just lots of fun for everyone!

Wink'em 
(Suggested for Youth or Singles)

The gals sit on chairs in a circle, with a young man behind each one, except the guy starting the game has no girl sitting in his chair.  All eyes of the girls need to be on that young man without a girl.  He is to wink at any girl in the circle, and she is to quickly escape and run to his chair, but if the guy behind her put his hands on her shoulders before she starts to get up, she had to stay.  The young man continues to get a girl to his chair.  If the girl does escape, that chair is removed from the circle and the guy goes too.  The winners are the one guy and gal left, thought that last one can be a hard one.  It the winking guy is unable to get the last girl over to his seat, the guy keeping the girl from leaving and that girl are the winners.

The King of Siam 
(for all ages)

A young man sits on a chair, posing as the king of Siam, with a big ring on his finger.  A blindfolded person enters the room and is told to bow down to the King of Siam and kiss his ring, saying this quote (in his own language) very distinctly, emphasizing the underlined parts -- "O Wa Ta Goo Siam!"  Let the blindfolded person know the quote must be said just right!  The point of the game is to have that person keep saying it over and over - until he or she realizes just what they have been saying -- "Oh, what a goose I am!"  When that person is able to remove the blindfold, the one posing as the king should have his shoes and socks off and a ring on one of his toes, making that person think she kissed his toe, when in reality she kissed a ring on his finger. (It would be best to have two large rings).  There is no winner, just lots of laughs!