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Valentine Crafts: How to Make a Mailbox from an Empty Cereal Box

Looking for fun and easy Valentine crafts? Kids can repurpose an empty cereal box into a Valentines mailbox used to hold cards from their classmates.

Indoor Party Games: A Quiet Guessing Game

Looking for indoor party games? This easy circle activity is a great game to play when you're ready to quiet the kids down before cutting the cake or heading home.

Looking for Birthday Party Games? Try This Fun Animal Activity

Looking for kids birthday party games? If your party has an animal theme--or even if it doesn't--try this fun large-group game where one team of children must guess the animal being mimicked by the other team.

Looking for Birthday Cupcake Ideas? Decorate with these Alphabet Cupcake Toppers

Looking for birthday cake or cupcake ideas? Make these alphabet cupcake toppers that spell out the birthday kid's name or age.

Doorway Ghost Decorations

Looking for ghost decorations to make for a kids Halloween party? This easy and inexpensive idea will add a bit of fright to doorways.

How to Make Cupcake Wrappers to Dress Up Your Dessert Table at a Kid's Party

Want to give cupcakes a unique look but don't know much about cake decorating? Adorn them with DIY paper cupcake wrappers that fit your party's theme, whether you're celebrating a kid's birthday or a holiday like Valentine's Day.

A Super Bowl Party Game for Kids to Keep Them Engaged in the Game

This Super Bowl party game for kids will keep young fans engaged in the football game while they're watching it on TV.

How to Make Cupcake Toppers from Vintage Cards or Other Pictures

So your cake decorating skills aren't up to par? No worries. These cute DIY cupcake toppers made from vintage Valentine's Day cards are an easy and fun way to make the dessert table at a kids' party more festive.

Valentine Crafts: How to Make an Easy Heart Garland from Recycled Materials

Looking for easy Valentine crafts? This heart garland only requires a few supplies and can be made from junk mail or kids' old artwork.

Kids' Party Games: Who Do You Love?

Looking for large-group kids' party games for a Valentine's Day? A game called "Who Do You Love?" gets everyone moving.

Kids' Party Games: Valentine's Day Pictionary

Looking for kids party games for Valentines Day? How about a game of Pictionary where all the words and phrases are somehow related to love?

Kids' Party Games: Valentine's Day Matchmaker

Looking for fun kids' party games for Valentines Day? If you have a large group of children, play matchmaker, where the players must ask clues to figure out their identity and then find their mate.

Kids' Party Games: Valentine's Day Story Telling

Looking for kids party games for Valentines Day in the classroom? Have the students write a love story together, five words at a time.

Kids' Party Games for Valentine's Day: Catch My Heart

Looking for kids party games for Valentines Day? Try this game of catch that gets more challenging as it goes.

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