| Valentines Day party games and activities using the | | | | first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is |
| history of Valentines keeps with the party theme. Use | | | | believed that Valentine had a platonic love for the |
| the below information to create trivia questions, word | | | | jailer's daughter who visited him often during his |
| find and scramble games. | | | | confinement. Before his death, it is said he wrote her a |
| Valentine was a priest who served during the 3rd | | | | letter, which he signed "From your Valentine," an |
| century. February has long been a month of romance. | | | | expression we still use today. Cupid, another symbol of |
| February 14 was a day dedicated to the Roman | | | | the holiday, became associated with it because he |
| Goddess Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman | | | | was the son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love |
| Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as | | | | and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. If |
| the Goddess of women and marriage. The celebration | | | | Cupid shoots you with his arrow you're sure to fall |
| featured a lottery in which young men would draw the | | | | head-over-heels in love. |
| names of teenage girls from a box. The girl assigned | | | | Try this fun Valentines Day party game: |
| to each young man in that manner would be his | | | | THE CHOPSTICK IN THE HOLE: With a chopstick tied |
| companion during the remaining year. | | | | to each guys waist and hands behind his back, they |
| Saint Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains | | | | try to put the chopstick into a whole (can be a paper |
| vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. | | | | cup). A more mature version would be to tie the cup |
| Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made | | | | to a female participant. |
| better soldiers than those with wives and families; he | | | | Valentine party supplies like paper plates, napkins, and |
| outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine thought | | | | cups are a nice way to complete a Valentine Party |
| this degree injustice. He defied the emperor and | | | | Theme. Using party decorations like Valentine heart |
| performed marriages for young lovers in secret. When | | | | balloons as a centerpiece can also double as party |
| Valentine's actions were discovered, the Emperor | | | | prizes. Party favors like Valentine candy, cards, or |
| ordered that he be put to death. Valentine sent the | | | | glow jewelry suit a Valentine Party Theme. |