Love to Play: Creative Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Your Kids

Valentine’s Day isn’t just for couples—it’s a great opportunity to celebrate love, kindness, and connection as a family! Here are some simple and fun ways to make the holiday special while keeping your kids active and creative.

1. Heart-Shaped Obstacle Course

Create an engaging obstacle course inspired by Valentine’s Day! Use pillows, pool noodles, or masking tape to form heart-shaped pathways for kids to hop, crawl, or run through. Incorporate Bolder Play’s Ninjaline to add climbing and swinging challenges. At the end of the course, place a “treasure chest” filled with heart-shaped treats or Valentine’s notes.

2. Decorate with Red and Pink Lights

Transform your playroom or living space into a festive Valentine’s wonderland with red and pink string lights. Add paper hearts to the walls or windows, and let your kids help with decorating. Use the StairSlide to create a Valentine’s-themed slide and make the fun even more magical by draping the lights around it!

3. DIY Love-Themed Crafts

Get crafty with your kids by creating love-themed DIY projects:

• Valentine’s Cards: Let them design cards for family, friends, or classmates using glitter, markers, and stickers.

• Paper Heart Garland: Cut out hearts from colored paper and string them together to hang around your home.

• Handmade Gifts: Encourage your kids to paint rocks with kind messages or decorate photo frames for loved ones.

These activities double as creative fun and meaningful gestures of love.

4. Valentine’s Day Game Night

Plan a family game night with a Valentine’s twist. Play classics like “Pin the Arrow on the Heart,” or use heart-shaped bean bags for a fun toss game. Incorporate active play by using the Tri-Flyer as part of a relay race to deliver “love letters” from one end of the room to the other.

5. Sweet Treats with a Healthy Twist

Together, spend time in the kitchen creating treats with a Valentine's theme. Try using cookie cutters in the shape of hearts for homemade pizza, fruit, or sandwiches. While cooking, discuss how acts of kindness, such as providing food for others, may demonstrate love.

6. Love Scavenger Hunt

Create clues for your children to follow by hiding heart-shaped notes or tiny Valentine's Day goodies throughout your home. At each stop, give them easy tasks like "name three things you love about your family" or "give someone a hug." For a fun twist, set up the Swing House Round Swing as the final “prize station” where kids can relax and enjoy their treats.

Make Valentine’s Day All About Connection

This Valentine’s Day, focus on what truly matters: spending time together and celebrating love in all its forms. These easy activities can strengthen your family bonds and create a memorable day, whether you're decorating your house, making entertaining obstacle courses, or making thoughtful presents.

With a little creativity and some Bolder Play products, you can transform Valentine’s Day into a celebration of play, laughter, and love!