Ideas – not only for valentines day

Ice-breaker... The best kiss

Aim: Everyone paints their lips with lipstick and kisses a piece of paper. Everyone then votes for the best kiss.

Length: 5 minutes

Material: Paper, lipstick, sticky tape and pens

Game:

This game might only be suitable for girls. Prepare some paper and lipsticks during the introduction phase. Everyone should kiss a piece of paper with lipstick on their lips and leave their mark. Once everyone is finished, the nicest kiss is chosen. The shape and the look of the kiss should be judged. If the announcements are also being made, do the judging after the bingo game. You can also think up other categories of judging. You can also guess whose lips they are.

A different game might have to be played with the boys who don't want to put any lipstick on their mouths during this game. They might be able to make tongue prints with coloured sweets which are judged similarly to the kissing lips.

Game 1: Blind date

Aim: This game works like the television show Blind Date where volunteers must choose a secret date from three contestants on the other side of a screen.

Length: 5 minutes

Material: Sheets with questions and answers, stools, screen, envelope with prize (where the date will take place) and music.

Preparation:

This game should be kept as close to the original as possible and you should go as over the top as possible. You will need a leader to play the host (as authentically as possible) and several volunteers to act as the contestants. Choose people who can narrate well and who can let go and play a role (because you will handing out notes to read out). The game deals with 3 secret players sitting behind a screen or wall - the players are famous personalities (sport or pop stars). Choose characters who would be an absolute nightmare for young people. Write down 5 questions which the volunteers should read out (see attached game) each with relevant answers from the VIPs with should be as funny as possible.

In addition, you should prepare some envelopes with possible aims for the lucky couples (you can cut them out of newspapers). You might even want to video the original show and play it while playing the game. Prepare the stage by positioning 4 stools so that the players are facing the audience. A sheet/wall blocks the view of the 3 celebrities.

Game:

Choose a male contestant for the first round to read out the questions and send him out of the room. Then you choose three female contestants to play the VIPs and sit them on the stools. Make sure that the male contestant cannot see the 3 girls when he enters the room. Give them the numbers 1-3 and give each player an answer paper.

Tell the audience which celebrities they are playing. Fetch the volunteer back into the room and give him the sheet with the questions. He should pick three questions and read them out one after the other, but he must say which player he is posing the question. The girls replay with the relevant answer from their sheet. After three questions and answers a speaker should make a short conclusion of the answers (Heinz, are you choosing contestant 1 who wants to...?...). The volunteer should choose one of the VIPs according to the answers. Once the volunteer has chosen his VIP, the other two VIPs are introduced and they say who they are and what he has missed out on. Then the volunteer should meet his chosen VIP and the show presenter gives them an envelope with the prize – the location where their date will take place. Then the presenter sends then off and makes them promise to come back next week and tell us how it went. After their applause, the new "lovers" take a seat. Repeat the game again with one female volunteer and 3 male VIPs.

Volunteer questions:

• What is your idea of a romantic evening?
• What type of man/woman are you looking for?
• Would you kiss on a first date?
• Why should I go out with you?
• What is your favourite hobby?

Arnold Schwarzenegger:

• Weight training in the gym
• Someone who doesn’t push me out of the limelight
• Obviously, if you can fight the other girls off...
• Because my body is irresistible!
• Hunting the bad ones and shooting people

Mr. Blobby only says “blobby, blobby” to every question!
The queen:

• Drinking a cup of hot chocolate at home
• I need a man with a strong voice who can ride a horse!
• I haven’t kissed anyone in 50 years!
• I can make you the richest man in the world
• Going walkies with my dogs in the park

Game 3: Heart charades

Aim: A charade for chocolate!

Length: 5-10 minutes

Material: A box of „I love Milka“, charades phrases (think up yourself if necessary)

Game:

Split the group into teams and choose a volunteer from each team who should act out sayings without speaking. The team has 90 seconds to guess the saying/phrase. If they are right, they receive two points. If not, the other team has the chance to win a bonus point if they know what the phrase is.

True love

Aim: To show three principles which should help keep feelings under control.

Length: 5 minutes

Material: „True love“-sheets (see below) and pens.

Event:

The copy of the sheet should be filled out in small groups together with a leader. The results can also be discussed within the group.

Chat: Three types of love

Aim: To show that unconditional love is the best type of love.

Length: 5 min

Material: red card, pen

Preparation:

Cut out three large hearts from cardboard and write the words: IF, BECAUSE and ALTHOUGH on them.

Order of events:

Keep this part as short as possible. Explain that people can love in three different ways which you want to present. Show the different hearts during the explanations of each.

IF –

Choose a volunteer who should give you some money. Explain that this type of love is a love which says: "If you give me money, then I love you!" On the other hand, this love also says: "If you do not do what I want, then I don't love you!". This love is conditional. It is only present when you fulfil a condition – no sure thing...

BECAUSE –

Bring the game with the money along. "I love because he gave me his money." That is the message of this love. If there is no more money there or if the person can no longer afford what he should, this love is over. No certain thing...

ALTHOUGH –

This time the volunteer should demand his money back. Complain that you find this mean and awful but that you love him anyway (hug him or shake hands). This is a love which is not conditional. You love someone regardless of how much he loves you. To love someone despite his faults means loving someone just as they are.

Question:

Which type of love do your parents give you? Which type do you show them? What about your brothers and sisters? How do you encounter them? Which type of love do your friends have for you? What do you give them? Which type of love is the best? The best relationships are based on "Love, although" and that is a type of love which we all need.

CRUNCH... holding hands

Aim: Boy/girl pairs must complete tasks as quickly as possible with their hands taped to together.

Length: 5 minutes

Material: Sticky tape, crackers, balloons and prizes

Preparation:

Place a row of chairs at one end of the room, one stool per couple. Approx. 5m away from the first row is a second row of chairs which crackers (or similar) on them. Another 5m away is a third row of chairs with a balloon on each chair.

Game:

Introduce the game as a game for real romantics. Choose boy/girl pairs whose hands to tape together with strong sticky tape (parcel tape). They should stand against the wall behind the first row of chairs. On your signal, the pairs must remove their shoes and stand on the first chair. Then the game carries on to the next stool where everyone has to eat a cracker. At the last stool everyone must blow up a balloon until it bursts. The winners are those who complete all of the tasks first without cheating. The prize should be something romantic (a love story or a big candy heart).