Monday, February 13, 2006
We just had a fun Valentine's Party at Nate and Devanie's. Devanie fired up the chocolate fountain and the cousins exchanged valentine's which was almost as exciting as Christmas and we played a really fun game. The game is super simple to put together and tons of fun to play, especially if you have competitive kids that like to run around. Here's what you do: cut up a bunch of little hearts--mine were about an inch and a half wide. I did about twenty gold hearts with gold cardstock and sixty pink hearts with pink cardstock. If you don't have gold, do red or white or whatever, you just need two different colors. Then have the kids hold a bed sheet in the middle of a large room, like they would if they were playing with a parachute in gym class. Throw all of the hearts in the center of the sheet and have the kids gently shake the hearts around, mixing them up. At some random point shout "Hearts up high," and have the kids shake the sheet really big and toss the hearts up into the air. Then, after they've fallen to the ground have the children scramble and pick up as many hearts as they can. Have the children count their hearts and tally their points--pink hearts are worth one point and gold hearts are worth three. Whoever gets the most point wins. The game only took minutes to throw together but we had so much fun with it--even my sister Melanie couldn't resist joining in and throwing the hearts around!
posted by Shana # 9:59 PM 
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