This Candy Heart Dice Game for Valentine’s Day is a fast-paced, laughter-filled activity the whole family will love. With just a bowl of candy hearts (or whatever items you want!), a die, and a simple printable, you’ve got an instant game night hit that’s as adorable as it is fun.
Get ready to roll, giggle, and trade your way through the sweetest game of the season. Let the candy chaos begin!
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Objective of the Game
Have fun rolling the die and swapping without tons of setup or clean up!
Supplies You Need
All you need is:
- A group of 3 or more players
- A bowl of conversation hearts or small items (see ideas below)
- One die
- The free printable at the bottom of this post
How to Play the Valentine’s Day Dice Game
- Players sit in a circle.
- Have each player start with four items from the center.
- Give the die to the youngest player to go first.
- Players roll the die and follow the directions on the printable. (You can add in that players have to say the message on the candy heart too!)
- Play until someone has 10 pieces!
Ideas to Put in the Middle
For this game, you need a bowl of candy, snacks, stickers, or other fun items to pass around! Try any of these:
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Crazy Fun Valentine’s Day Dice Game Variations
Want to switch things up? Try one of these love–themed twists to keep the game fresh and exciting!
1. Color Challenge
Assign a color of candy heart a “power.” If a player pulls it from the middle, they can steal 2, roll again, or swap seats with someone.
2. Match My Heart
Before starting, each player secretly chooses one color of candy as their “lucky color.”
At the end of the game, whoever collected the most of their chosen color wins a bonus prize.
3. Team Love
Players pair up. Each teammate keeps their own candies, but their totals are added together at the end. It’s a fun twist for classroom or large-group play.
4. Cupid’s Gift
Place one “special” candy in the bowl (foil-wrapped or marked with a tiny heart sticker).
The person who draws it must give one candy to each player, but they also get to take an extra turn.
5. Sweet Sabotage
You can add on silly dares anytime someone rolls a 2 or 4.
Dares could be:
- Say a compliment to the person on your right.
- Do your best “Cupid shooting an arrow” pose.
- Sing one line from a love song at full volume.
- Act out being struck by Cupid’s arrow.
- Say something you love about yourself.
- Make a silly Valentine pun (like “You’re egg-cellent, Valentine”).
6. Roll for a Riddle
Create a card with Valentine’s riddles. If a player rolls a 5, they must answer one before taking their turn.
7. Love Note Bonus Round
At the end of the game, each player writes a quick compliment, encouraging word, or positive note to someone at the table. Everyone earns +1 candy for participating. This is a great family or classroom twist!
8. Speed Round
Set a timer for 2 minutes and see how many times players can pass the die. This makes it fast, chaotic, and ridiculously fun.
9. Play With 1 Larger Item
You can also play this like the Candy Cane Dice Game instead. For that game, every player gets one item, and you play 10 rounds (or until you feel like stopping). For that game, I like to use different flavored candy canes or candy canes wrapped in money to keep it exciting!
10. Lovebird Double Dice
Use two dice and let players pick which number to follow.
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