I had the kiddos match the colored foam hearts to the correct color of candy heart conversation mini basket. You can also use candy hearts or small hearts from construction paper. My class loves color sorting.
Well, the Valentine's Day party went better than expected. Here is the gift I made for my class... goody bag of candy and a Valentine card with a photo flower (laminated) of each child attached to their bag and tied with curling ribbon to a little red shovel that says, "I Dig You!" I purchased the shovels from ebay back in January. :)