Does anyone do cutesy things for the kids for Valentine's day in real life?

[Anonymous]

I always feel like a total failure when I read Parents magazine or "Mommy blogs" and see "projects" that involve crafts, decorating, heart shaped pancakes and the like for Valentine's Day.

I'm very curious: does anyone in real life do these types of things? If so, how old are your kids? what sorts of things do you actually do??

[Anonymous]

3 kids under 5.
I do shaped pancakes regularly...they are actually super easy, so my kids will get heart pancakes tomorrow.

I also made my daughters heart barrettes (just a plain barette base covered with pink ribbon with a felt heart glued on it).

I don't do any decorating.

[Anonymous]

Very minimally if at all. I'm talking making one heart shaped card and attempting to decorate it.

[Anonymous]

I wasn't planning to do anything, but now I will! (make a card that is. I did get them little gifts, for one a water bottle and for one a book)

[Anonymous]

Tomorrow is my son's birthday, so we don't do much about V Day at all. I'm still trying to figure out some cutesy stuff for his birthday, to somehow make it special on a school day!

[Anonymous]

DD is 2 and this year we aren't doing anything for her. Together we made cards for her daddy and daycare providers. We also baked heart-shaped cookies and tarts (from Weelicious.com) to eat at home and take to daycare. That was "for her", I guess, in that it was a fun little activity related to the holiday.

My approach with the holidays is to do a bit more each year until she can truly appreciate and have fun with it. By that I mean, decorations or hiding an Easter basket or going trick or treating.

I also think my DH ordered flowers for both of us.

[Anonymous]

We decorate, get the kids a small gift and a box of conversation hearts and usually bake heart shaped cookies, which we decorate with pink and red sugars and frosting or cupcakes for which we use Valentine's themed cupcake papers.

[Anonymous]

kids are 5, 5, and 2.

home made Valentines to take to school
conversation hearts and valentines from me in their lunch boxes tomorrow

and that's all.

[Anonymous]

We'll all dress in red for the day. And I may use a little pink or red food coloring to tint DD's breakfast as a surprise.

[Anonymous]

Adult now - my mom always got us little heart pajamas or a tshirt or socks. Sort of like an easter basket but much more played down - that way we could wear our "cool" stuff to school that day

[Anonymous]

We made Valentine's to take to daycare (just easy ones with stickers) but that's it. I'm not all that crafty.

[Anonymous]

Uh oh. ANOTHER parenting failure on my part!

[Anonymous]

DD, 7 and DS, 2. We all exchange gifts and cards and have a special family dinner. Go to DD's party at school where she hands out Valentines to the whole class. A small party at daycare for DS, but no Valentines yet. Decorate home with heart lights, heart-shaped candle and red tablecloth. Grandma gave DD a kit to make Valentines, so that will be her cards to the family.

[Anonymous]

My girls make their own valentines for classmates each year -construction paper, scissors, glue and stuff to glue etc.

My husband gets them each a small box of chocolates. I get them each a small valentines present (like a stocking stuffer).

[Anonymous]

My kids get a card and a heart-shaped box of chocolates (one of those little ones with like 3-4 pieces of chocolate in it).

I helped them make Valentines for their classmates (simple construction paper, handwritten, etc. - they definitely look like they were made by a 7-yr old).