This is a casual and fun party that can take place just about anywhere. Aside from someone’s house or a party room, some fun locations for this bash are a roller rink, bowling alley, restaurant/bar, or even at a park if the weather will cooperate.

Valentine's Day Invitations

Send a homemade valentine to each of your friends inviting them to your Matchmaker Party. Or for a "sweet" invitation, hand deliver a box of Conversation Hearts to each potential guest with a matching invitation glued on to the back of the box. You can even give each guest an extra box of candy to give to his or her platonic "date."

A red or pink ticket invitation works perfectly for this party.  It will make your guests think this is a party not to be missed - and it won't be!

If you are looking for a silly way to invite your guests, buy plain white cards and design your own invitations with stickers, confetti (inside), and a lipstick adorned mouth imprint on the front of the invitation. Make sure to include all of the pertinent details such as the date, time, dress, location, impending activities, and don’t forget to tell them to bring a friend. 

Valentine's Day Decorations

This is not rocket science. In fact, just go to Valentine's Decorating411 for some fun decorating ideas you can order from the comfort of your home.

As your guests enter, have a lifesize cutout of you "Love Struck".  It will give everyone a laugh and calm any nerves about meeting new people.

Decorations for this party are really inexpensive and easy. If you are having the party in your home you will want to provide your guests with a fun and romantic atmosphere (it is Valentine’s Day after all). Cover your tables with red metallic tablecovers and Valentine's confetti. For an added treat you may want to add mini conversation hearts candles all over the tables as well.

For a warm touch add a few scented candles to the room as well as some Heart & Cupid Cut Outs either on the walls or hanging from the ceiling. Music is a must at this type of party. Whether you choose to play classical music, love songs, anti-love songs, swing music, pop tunes, or country jams is completely up to you.

Games & Activities

Piñata Time - Everyone will love taking a swing at a Hot Lips piñata. Don't forget the piñata blindfold & bat (the blindfold is red - perfect!) and piñata filler. Or you can always fill the piñata with chocolate kisses!

Grab a Man - This is a quick game to pair up couples (if they are not already paired). Blindfold all of the women and have all of the men walk around them in a circle. When the host/hostess says, "Go", have the women each grab a man. When all of the men have been caught, have them remove the blindfolds.

Proverb Partners - Before your guests arrive, write proverbs in two different pieces on index cards. For example, write "Honesty" on one card, and it’s match, "is the best policy" on another card. Tape a card to the front of each person who arrives at the party. Once everyone is there and has a tag, tell people to mingle until they find the person who completes their sentence! The last couple to find each other gets a "booby prize".

Here are some popular proverbs to get you started:

• A penny saved is a penny earned
• Beggars can’t be choosers
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder
• Every cloud has a silver lining
• He who laughs last laughs best
• Blood is thicker than water
• Handsome is as handsome does
• Make hay while the sun shines
• Haste makes waste
• Familiarity breeds contempt
• Let sleeping dogs lie

(This is also a fun game to play with classic movie lines or lyrics from your favorite songs!)

Pass the ‘Pick - Separate your groups into teams that are lined up man-woman-man- woman and so on (with at least 6 people per row, and as many rows as you would like). Put a toothpick in the mouth of the first person in each line, and the line to pass it the quickest from person to person wins a prize. This can also be done passing an orange under the chin, or a dollar between the knees.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker - For a fun way to find your perfect match, at your huge singles party, have everyone write down 5 things that are true about them, and 5 things that are important to them in a mate. Everyone has to walk around the party and find a person who fits at least 3 of the criteria on their list, or whose criteria they fit. It should be fun to see how long the game lasts before people start talking and forget about finding their "perfect match". This game is just a great way of breaking the ice and meeting new people.

Can't Get Enough - Have each person at the party write down 5 things that they can't get enough of (or a list of favorite things), and make sure that they don't put their names on the lists. Gather the lists and read them to the group one by one. Everyone has to try and guess which list belongs to which person.

For more games and activities, see our Games for Couples.

Party Favors & Prizes

There are so many cute prize ideas in stores around Valentine’s Day! I will list a few fun ideas, but you really should check out the stores (and of course the Internet) for yourself. Heart shaped anything is always a winner. Whether it is candy, pads of paper, pens, shoelaces, stuffed animals, note cards, or socks, if it is red or white and adorned with hearts it is cute. Some other fun ideas are chocolate body paint, champagne, or gift certificates to a multitude of romantic stores and restaurants.

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