What did you send in for Valentine’s Day?

[Anonymous]

We put stickers and candy (3 Hershey’s kisses) in a little bag where my kid signed her name.

[Anonymous]

Cards (homemade) with chocolates. Enough for all the kids and teacher.

[Anonymous]

Kid 1 (K) - pencils/erasers (because I had bought them for daycare last year and then daycare didn't allow kids to bring anything in)
Kid 2 (2) - candy
Teachers - chocolates

[Anonymous]

Store-bought cards, one kid's came with stickers and one with little glow sticks. They look extremely cheap and crappy but my kids were thrilled and it was easy. We did send them in for the teachers as well. We weren't allowed to send food or candy and there was no ask for class party stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cards for classmates. Nothing for their teachers.

- a teacher

This made me feel better because we completely forgot about the teacher. But I'm guessing she wouldn't want heart-shaped slime, which is what DD gave the rest of her classmates.

[Anonymous]

I sent my child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We baked and decorated heart cookies and kid did the simple little valentines with the "to" and "from". I had to help with the valentines because she's not super proficient at writing yet.

I sort of regret the cookies because they wound up being hard to package (and I had to do that part on my own) and I wonder if people will just throw them away as a baked good from a stranger. But I mostly did it so we'd have an activity together and I just wasn't up for a crafty project. I bet the other kids will just give candy or toys like people are saying on here and my kid will let me know we did it "wrong." Sigh. This aspect of parenting is very hard for me -- I feel like I never quite get it right. I also think most of her classmates have older siblings so the parents know the drill and I very much do not. Oh well! I tried.

I wouldn’t throw your cookies away. We love baked goods and are not germaphobes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent my child.

+1 School says no food/treats and does not celebrate holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn't allow food/candy so sent in a keychain version of those pop-it fidget things.

Same for my K kid!

[Anonymous]

Nothing. My youngest kid is in middle school.

[Anonymous]

A card with a piece of candy stuck to it. Candy + a toy would feel like overkill for me. Teachers get the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Store bought cards w dum dums taped on them for my 1st grader’s classmates+teacher
Store bought cards w nothing attached for my prek kid whose school requested no candy/treats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We baked and decorated heart cookies and kid did the simple little valentines with the "to" and "from". I had to help with the valentines because she's not super proficient at writing yet.

I sort of regret the cookies because they wound up being hard to package (and I had to do that part on my own) and I wonder if people will just throw them away as a baked good from a stranger. But I mostly did it so we'd have an activity together and I just wasn't up for a crafty project. I bet the other kids will just give candy or toys like people are saying on here and my kid will let me know we did it "wrong." Sigh. This aspect of parenting is very hard for me -- I feel like I never quite get it right. I also think most of her classmates have older siblings so the parents know the drill and I very much do not. Oh well! I tried.

I wouldn’t throw your cookies away. We love baked goods and are not germaphobes.

I wouldn't either. I'd love to eat it. I love homemade baked goods.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised how many people said candy... LCPS doesn't allow candy so we just sent in the cards. I wish teacher had sent a list of kid's names so my kid could practice writing them all though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised how many people said candy... LCPS doesn't allow candy so we just sent in the cards. I wish teacher had sent a list of kid's names so my kid could practice writing them all though.

They specifically do not want you to address the cards. You’re only supposed to sign your kid’s name. They want to be able to quickly hand out cards not spend an eternity matching each card to a specific child.