subject: Fun Games & Activities For Your Office Valentine's Day Party [print this page] Working might not seem like all fun and games, but sometimes you must be silly and make work fun. Valentine's Day is a time to do just that. There are lots of activities you can incorporate into the work world. If your office is particularly close-knit, that opens the door to even more activities.
Start with the basics. Valentine's Day is all about the chocolate. Buy a huge glass jar with a lid and make clear this chocolate is not for eating (a huge sign on the front might help make this clear). Have everyone guess how lots of items are in the jar. You can fill it with just about anything, but Hershey's Kisses seem to make the most sense. You can fill with a mix of Kisses (hugs, regular, etc) or with just the classic chocolate kiss. In event, have people guess how lots of kisses are in the jar. Their guesses should be written on a slip of paper and put into a box near the jar. The winner gets the jar of kisses on Valentine's Day. If your office is a bit more generous, a small dinner gift certificate could accompany the jar.
Another fun idea is V-day bingo. Create Bingo cards with various Valentine's Day pictures on them. There might a heart, a cupid, a couple kissing, as well as so on. These are clip art pieces that are able to easily be printed off the computer. Each day, someone will call out a square. It might be "HEART!" or "KISSING!" and everyone marks their bingo card. Start the game perhaps three weeks or so before Valentine's Day so someone has a chance to win before Valentine's Day. This is something that will take literally 30 seconds a day but will be fun and is sure to make some silly tension. The winner gets a prize.
Perhaps free lunch in the company lunchroom, or a kiss from the boss, or something else silly.
If you have a few cooks in your office, you can suggest a "heart a day". Each day, someone must bring in something shaped like a heart, a food item, that is. One day it could be cookies, as well as another pancakes. A truly original thinker might figure out how to bring heart-shaped lasagna or something else.
Perhaps little finger sandwiches cut into heart shapes.
Often officemates become more like family. Why not use the holiday of love to share your memories of your own loves? Have everyone write a quick story of how they met their wife or husband and put it in a jar. They shouldn't include names and shouldn't identify their spouse either. One day at lunch, when everyone is sitting together (this could be at a Valentine's Day lunch with your homemade goodies), read the stories and have everyone try to guess which one belongs to which office friend.
Some of the stories might make you think it actually happened to someone else. Some of the stories are surprising and sometimes even funny.
