February Family Night Ideas and Fun Activities List
A regular family fun night can be so much fun! And I love coming up with new ideas for each month! This is our February family night ideas and fun activities list!
Is it just me, or did January absolutely FLY by!?! And here we are, in February, my favorite month! The month we celebrate LOVE! I’ve always thought that Valentine’s Day was an excellent family holiday, not just a holiday for couples that are in love. I think you should celebrate all kinds of love on Valentine’s Day, and what more fun way than with your whole family? As a matter of fact, let’s just go ahead and celebrate love all month long! Let’s jump right into our fun family night ideas for February.
Importance of Family Time
A happy family is always super important to me and the value of family time cannot be overstated. Regular family nights as well as general family time are really important and strengthen your family bond. It’s a good idea to spend time together with the entire family regularly because it’s key to the development of your kids, and it boosts your general well-being also! It’s a fundamental part of offering emotional support, sharing triumphs, and navigating through challenges.
What To Expect?
What should you expect from each month’s guide for fun family night ideas? Each month will have a theme and then it will include the following ideas and activities planned around that theme!
- Family Dinner Conversation Starters
- Printable Conversation Starter Cards
- Game Night Ideas
- February/Valentine Weekend Activity List
- Family Theme Night Suggestions
- Movie Night Ideas – Valentine’s Theme
- Valentine Baking Ideas
- Valentine Craft Ideas
- Blank Valentine’s List
- Notes Pages
More on each section of our guide to come!
When To Have Family Night
Any night is fine for family night. You’ll want to do it on a night when there are no other activities planned. It is supposed to be a fun night, not something you stress about fitting into the schedules. Make the time and do the family nights regularly. It’s one of the best things in life, and you don’t want to miss it! I think Friday night is kind of fun to do them on so we don’t have to worry about homework or it being a school night. Try out some different times and see what works best for your family.
February Family Night Guide
Conversation Starters:
These are so much fun. Use them all month long! You can use the conversation starters regularly at the dinner table with your family members or even on a longer car ride. Have fun with it and play along too! It’s truly a great way to get the conversation flowing!
Here’s February’s conversation starters:
- What’s your favorite Valentine’s candy? Chocolate or sweet candy?
- Name 3 things you love…
- Name a place you LOVE to go…
- What are some good ways to show people you love them?
- What’s the food you most LOVE?
- What makes you feel the most loved?
- If you could go anywhere right now, where would you choose?
- What message would you put on a conversation heart?
- What do you love about yourself?
- I think Valentine’s Day is a good day to…
- Go around the table and tell each person one thing you love about them.
- Everyone deserves to be loved because…
- I love ______ more than anything else in the world.
- The best Valentine’s Day ever would be…
- How can you make others feel special on Valentine’s Day?
- Do you like to make a Valentine’s card? Or buy a card?
- My favorite Valentine’s Day tradition is…
- If I were Cupid, I would…
- Cake or candy?
- People love me because…
Printable Cards
If you sign up for the free February guide, there are printable cards you can print out. I love to print them on cardstock, cut them out, fold them up, and put them in a jar. Then each night at dinner you can draw a conversation starter and everyone gets to answer the question each day. You can modify it for little kids or big kids as best suits your family’s needs.
Game Night Ideas
Family Game Night is such a fun way to connect! Here’s a list of games we think are great fun with Valentine and February Theme! Some of these will require a little more work and prep than a regular board game, but so much fun for the season. There are truly so many fun ideas and fun games out there to explore! Search Google/Pinterest for the idea for exact instructions! We’ve compiled a list of the treasures that we consider to be a fun game.
Some families like board games while others like video games. Some families are puzzle families while others are not! Do whatever fits you and your family’s personality the best! You can even play a bunch of different games for your game night. Make sure to pick games that are appropriate to the ages and number of players you have on hand.
Family Game Night Ideas:
Little Guys (Ages 3-6)
- ValentineThemed “I Spy”
- Heart Matching
- Snowman Bowling
- LoveBug Dice Game
- Valentine Memory Game
- Pin the nose on Cupid
- Snowball Throw
Bigger Guys (Age 7-10)
- Valentine Bingo
- Conversation Hearts Construction Game
- Valentine Tic-Tac-Toe
- Valentine’s Yahtzee
- Valentine Minute-To-Win It Games
- Valentine I Spy 20 Questions
- Valentine Edition Mini Ice Hockey
Big Guys (Age 11+)
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Sequence Board Game
- Monopoly
- Clue
- Spoons
- What Do You Meme, Family Edition
- Kids Against Maturity
- Taboo
- Farkle
- Yahtzee
- Scrabble
- Blokus
- Phase 10
- Uno
- Rack-O
- Table Football
February Weekend Activity Ideas:
It’s pretty darn chilly in February around here, so most of these ideas are indoor fun family activities!
- Superbowl Home Party
- Indoor Picnic
- Valentine Cookie Baking
- Make Valentine Chocolates
- Valentine Movie Marathon (Camp out in the living room and be comfy all day!)
- TV Show Binge Watch
- Valentine’s Craft Day (with lots of fun craft supplies!)
- Clean Out Your Closet Day
- Virtual Valentine’s Party
- Hot Cocoa Bar
- Ice Cream Bar
- Make a snowman
- Ice Skating
- Make Valentines to mail to loved ones
- Go for a hike/nature walk
- Winter Bonfire
- All Day Pajama Day
- Winter in-home scavenger hunt
- Rent a cabin for a weekend getaway
- Sledding
- Fondue Night
- Valentine Gingerbread Houses
- Make Bird Feeders
- Talent Show
- Visit the local library
- Mad Libs
- Play Card Games
- Scavenger Hunt (Check out Pinterest for a ton of fun scavenger hunt ideas!)
Family Theme Nights:
This is one of my favorite ideas. Family theme night is so much fun. Here’s what you do:
Pick a theme and go with it for a fun family night! There’s one for each week in February plus extras!! Some of these fun night ideas are more involved than others. The sky is the limit, so go for it and have some fun. (PS – As a side effect – trying some of these new ideas might even help your child expand their diet and try new foods!)
Pink Breakfast
Everything must be pink! Pink pancakes, pink eggs, pink muffins, pink fruit! You name it, it has to be pink or it doesn’t get to come to this breakfast! You may need a little help from some food coloring for some of the menu items. Go all out and get pink cups and paper plates and forks to go with the theme!
Fancy Valentine’s Dinner
Instead of going out to eat for Valentine’s Day (especially this year!), have everyone put on their best outfit and serve a fancy dinner. Use cloth napkins, set a fancy table, turn off the cell phones, and enjoy a nice Valentine’s Dinner as a family.
Paint Party Night
Everyone gets a canvas and paints and you all have a paint party together! Just like those paint parties you can pay to go to — you can do this one in your own house in your pajamas! There are tons of guided videos on YouTube these days! Like, you can watch actual step-by-step instructional youtube videos. It’s awesome.
Dance Party Night
Use a karaoke machine or videos on YouTube and have your own dance and karaoke party! Let the kids pick songs for you to sing or dance to and watch the hilarity ensue. It’s the perfect opportunity to take some updated family videos!
Superbowl Party
For the Superbowl, make all fun snack foods all day long and play fun games all day in honor of the Superbowl tonight! Let the kids watch the commercials and play board games and card games while the game is on to keep little folks entertained.
Superhero Night
Everyone picks a superhero and assumes their identity for the night. Make yourself a mask and cape and wear a costume for the evening. Serve superhero snacks and drinks and watch a fun superhero movie!
Book Night
You can do this night over and over again, with a different book each time! Pick a book, read it together and then plan dinner and the night around it. Try “Green Eggs and Ham”, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”, “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “Dragons Love Tacos” or “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”
Family Movie Night
Need some fresh ideas for Family Movie Night? Here are some that match the Valentine’s season! Check out the movie beforehand to make sure there’s nothing to scare your kids! There are suggestions for older kids and younger kids!
Movie Suggestions:
Younger Kids:
- Be My Valentine
- Charlie Brown
- Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
- Beauty and The Beast
- Madly Madagascar
- Lady and The Tramp
- Gnomio and Juliet
- The Little Rascals
- Up
- Enchanted
- Shrek
- Cinderella
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Little Mermaid
- Wall-E
- Aladdin
- Disney’s The Princess and The Frog
- Frozen
- Frozen 2
- Tangled
- Trolls
- Elemental
- Miraculous: Ladybug and Cat Noir
- The Peanuts Movie
- Luca
- Wish Dragon
- Inside Out
Older Kids: (12+)
- Enchanted
- Adams Family Values
- Up
- My Girl
- High School Musical
- The Sound of Music
- The Princess Diaries
- The Princess Diaries 2
- The Princess Bride
- Free Reign
- A Walk to Remember
- Ella Enchanted
- The Prince and Me
- E.T.
- Ever After
- The Parent Trap
- My Girl
- It Takes Two
- Little Women
- Sleepless in Seattle
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Tuck Everlasting
- A Cinderella Story
- Cinderella (2015)
- Cinderella (2019)
- You’ve Got Mail
- Leap Year
- Pride & Prejudice
- Always Be My Maybe
Baking and Crafting Suggestions:
Here are some ideas for fun baking and crafting sessions this month! Google or Pinterest for yummy recipes and craft ideas!!
Baking:
- Valentine’s Day Hershey’s Kiss Cookies
- Heart-Shaped Rice Krispy Treats
- Sugar Cookies with Valentine’s cookie cutters & Icing with decorations
- Valentine’s Bark
- Valentine’s Chex Mix
- Chocolate covered pretzels
- Red Velvet Cookies
- Caramel Apples with red sprinkles
- Chocolate Dipped fruit and marshmallows
- Valentine’s Cookie Bars Heart Shape Brownies
- Ladybug Cookies
- Chocolate Ice Cream
- Homemade Koolaide Sherbert – in Cherry or Strawberry for red color!
- Cherry Dump Cake
- Make a red and pink candy mix (using things like red Skittles, red M&M’s, pink sweet tarts, pink and red jelly beans, Hot Tamales candy, etc. )
- Red Velvet Cake
- Strawberry Cake
- Pink or red cupcakes
- Strawberry Ice Cream
- Homemade milkshakes
- Cake Balls
- Strawberry fudge
Craft Ideas:
- Q-tip Heart Art
- Hand Made cards
- Hand and Fingerprint Tree
- Valentine Slime
- Heart Wreath
- Make Your Own Conversation Hearts
- Bubble Wrap Hearts
- Love Bugs
- Valentine’s Head Bands
- Heart Stitch Art
- Love Birds
- Hand Print Bouquets
- Toilet Paper Roll Heart Stamps
- Valentine Holder Boxes
- Heart Rocks
- Paper Heart
- Sun Catchers
- Tootsie Pop Heart Bouquets
- No Sew Heart Pillows
- Salt dough fingerprint magnets
- Shaving cream marbled heart cards
- Valentine’s science experiments
- Friendship painted rocks
- Home-made Valentine’s fortune cookies
- Valentine’s bird feeders
Wrap-Up – February Family Night Ideas and Fun Activities List
All these ideas should keep you pretty busy for the month of February! I can’t wait to hear all about the fun ideas and quality time that you spend with your family this month! Spending time together regularly is so good for your kids and for the parents as well. So, take some of these ideas, or come up with a great idea of your own, and get going on your family night! I can’t wait to hear all about them! Until then… Just Keep Shuffling!
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