We aren’t stuck in a snowstorm but we are stuck waiting for our furnace to be fixed and moving keeps us warm and having fun. You can write anything on your hearts from numbers they need to identify, to physical tasks like we did to something trickier for older kids. Customize it to your child and have fun.
- Gather your materials. I am using foam hearts because they stand up well to being stepped and walked on, but paper would do in a pinch, just dont’ expect it to be used more than once. You will also need a marker and some music you can pause easily.
- Write out different tasks for your child to do when they come to this heart – mine were mostly physical things: Jump on one foot, crab walk, 5 push ups, break dance etc.. I also included sing the ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
- Lay the hearts out face down in a circle.
- Start the music and play. It’s just like musical chairs only when the music stops you do the task on the heart that you were standing on when you stopped. We had a blast! He preferred Bon Jovi to kids music so we were rockin’ out!
I would let them walk ( to the music) longer than we did for the video, we were trying to get a good snapshot for the post. After I put the camera down we all played for another full round. Fun family time !
Such a cool idea!
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Fun idea!
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Just love this! Can’t wait to try this over the weekend.
BTW his breakdancing is just too adorable!
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We have already finished our Valentine activities and are out of school until well after Valentine’s, but great idea! I think I’ll try it with shamrocks! Thanks so much for sharing it!
Loving that you rocked out to Bon Jovi!
I tried a few kids songs and he was refusing to play. Popped on “Livin’ on A Prayer” and magically he was game. The power of hair bands.
I love this idea! I think we will have to do this next weekend!
Thanks for your idea
Such a fun idea! We’ll try this tomorrow! We made your Olympic torches this morning and the kids LOVE them – they cannot wait to march around with them tonight during the Opening Ceremony. Thanks for the idea!
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What a super creative idea! LOVE the Bon Jovi! LOVE the reference to Legacy from SYTYCD! Hysterical! Terrific Ideas! I love when you post something new! Keep them coming! 🙂
We are doing this over the weekend! Great idea and I love the video :0)
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Love this idea! We aren’t snowed in, but it is really rainy! I think that will be a fun activity this weekend!
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Wow, such cute ideas! Does all this stuff just pop out of your head? Thanks for sharing as always!
You know, most of it really does just pop in. Some people have talent for writing or sports- mine seems to be brainstorming and adapting exisiting activities to meet my needs. I am glad you like it, we have really been having a blast with it.
Oh and yes we are huge SYTYCD fans and my son LOVED legacy he has no clue what it means to break dance but if I say ” Do your Legacy dance” he clues in.
So very cute! I´ll try it with my kids!
You are brilliant. The little man is adorable. I have to tell my son to “Break it down”. 😛
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My son was making a new playlist when I read this, so I quickly made some hearts and he provided the music while I played this with my 2 boys. They loved it!
O is SO cute! I’ll have to show this to Q–he’s still asking to play with O. We need to have our playdate! Is he playing a trombone while he marches?
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Yes Sarah we do! I just asked O and he said ” Oh yes I want a playdate, it’s been too long!” I agree.
He was playing the trombone 🙂
We loved this idea and have played a few times already. Now we’re making foam circles and the tasks are goign to be related to the Winter Olymbic games!
Love it!
I adore it when something we do can be a base for even better ideas.
A person continually create the best exciting articles. Therefore you always seem to consider bad/boring points as well as move these people into exciting/interesting items. I am the reader for a lifetime!
Just came across your website last night. Had some felt hearts from a Valentine’s Day decoration laying around so we whipped this up this morning. We wrote activities on both sides of the hearts so that each time we play, it will be a little different. My daughter loved it and can’t wait to teach her new game to daddy when he gets home tonight. Thanks!
Love this and the variation of using circles as Olympic rings. I do this as a Q./A. game: what to bunnies love? hop, hop, hop. What do birds love? fly around, etc.
I work at Jumping Jack’s Pre-K/Daycare in Owens Cross Rds Alabama. I tried this game with my 4yr old class and we loved it!!!!!!!
I love this! I’m trying to think of a way to customize it for a party with multiple kids playing at once. Any ideas?
Great idea! And cutest video ever
Thanks, have fun with it!
Oops! Forgot to say I’ll be using this for my preschool music classes!