Posted by swistle on 3rd February 2010
Categories: Books, Crafts and activities, Gifts, Holiday, Toys
4 comments
Farrell asked last time about Valentine’s Day gifts for children. Here are some of the things I’ve done in previous years:
1. Small heart-shaped box of chocolates, the kind that has about 4 pieces in it.
2. Box of conversation hearts.
3. Plastic heart full of Skittles or M&Ms.
4. Baggie into which I’ve put a couple pieces each of all the Valentine-wrapped/colored candies I bought for myself (Kit Kats, M&Ms, Hershey Miniatures).
I used to make heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast on Valentine’s Day morning, but that, uh, didn’t go so well.
More ideas for kids:
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! book by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond (photo from Amazon.com)
Shrinky-Dinks Valentine tree craft kit (photo from Amazon.com)
Heart Crayons by lil boo & co. on Etsy (photo from Etsy)
Orange and Red Polka Dot Heart Shirt by piccadilly circus designs on Etsy (photo from Etsy)
Robots in Love shirt by Happy Family on Etsy (photo from Etsy)
Valentine’s Day Cookie Set (photo from Target.com)
Valentine Box of Play-Doh (photo from Target.com)
Webkinz Love Frog (photo from Amazon.com). Have your kids had a Webkinz yet? The stuffed animal comes with a year’s access to the website, which lets the child adopt the pet and print out a certificate, and then play with a virtual version of the pet online, buying it clothes and treats and furniture.
Oooh, I loooove that little robot shirt. So cute! You can totally make those heart crayons, btw! A heart shaped muffin tin, silicone ones work great, and some old crayons + a few minutes in the oven and voila!
Devan | February 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Thank you! I love them all and Sophie wants them all! I mean, at least I’m pretty sure she would. I will have to restrain myself but it will be hard because everything is SO CUTE!
My fav. is the mouse book because we have the Mouse “IF” book and we love it!
And who doesn’t love Shrinky Dinks? And making heart-shaped cookies? And V-day play dough!
And how flippin’ cute is that frog?!
Farrell | February 3rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Cool ideas! For us, Valentine’s Day was always just a few Valentine’s Themed chocolates or candies. Some of my friends got gifts from their parents, but my parents so didn’t roll that way. Same with Easter; we always got some chocolates/candies from the Easter Bunny, but it was totally not a “gift” holiday otherwise. But like I said, some of my friend’s parents were all about giving gifts at both of those holidays to their kids. I’m not sure what I’ll do as a parent, but just something small and to the theme seems about right.
Steph the WonderWorrier | February 5th, 2010 at 2:51 am
Thanks for the great ideas… Beautiful blog, btw!
I’ve linked your post in my blog… http://somegirlswebsite.com/showing-love/2010/02/valentines-day-tradition-2/
Love, Michelle
SomeGirl | February 6th, 2010 at 5:40 pm