What candy to send in with child's valentines?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We send a card with a heart-shaped lollipop.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure that when I was a kid we only gave out and received cards, not candy. Am I remembering this wrong?

Yes. You have no memory of candy hearts that say LUV or B MINE? Really? Heart shaped red-hots? Necco wafers? Been around FOREVER.

Not pp, but we didn't get those from other kids. There would be a bowl of them at a party. We just gave each other cards, usually ones you punched out.

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[Anonymous]

Goldfish bags - they come in a bag of 25 at Safeway, and she is attaching them to a simple card with a saying we got from Google. Super easy, and hopefully no allergy issues.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to attach extra candy this year.

[Anonymous]

I have never sent candy before but this thread inspired me to send in jolly rancher lollipops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm.... I find the candy hard to avoid now that most of the valentines aimed at kids come with candy.

There were tons of options sat Target last night that did not include candy

[Anonymous]

I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

I'm not the PP, but I love his/her attitude. I don't find it at all silly for kids to enjoy things like this. I do find it silly for adults to judge kids for enjoying a relatively harmless treat. I remember having fun with the cards, candy, stickers, etc as a kid, and I will help my kid - and his classmates - enjoy the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

Bringing happiness and delight is one of the most important things in life, so not silly at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

No, I don't feel silly at all for enjoying something meant to be fun. I don't know what world you live in that you feel silly for enjoying little things in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

No, I don't feel silly at all for enjoying something meant to be fun. I don't know what world you live in that you feel silly for enjoying little things in life.

I don't think it was silly, either. I liked Valentine's cards as a kid. I liked looking at the pictures and reading the jokes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, That is wonderful that you want to make the holiday fun for your child. You must be a good mom.

Fitting in is so important to kids, especially when they have something that makes them stand out like you mentioned for your daughter.

When you can make her happy by something as simple as taping a lollipop to her valentines cards, go for it. It costs very little and ks well worth the fun.
Our favorite is small boxes of conversational hearts. You know, the kind of treat all of us (including the rabidly anti candy folks posting right now) gave to our friends in elementary school, (little pastel hearts with messages on them.)

If those are sold out, we try to get the traditional heart shaped lollipops. You can get these at any Target, Walmart, grocery or drug store.

My older kids like to give out popular candy like nerds. Right now, the coolest of the cool is dipsticks. If you give those away in the older elementary grades your kid is golden.

Don't listen to the hags who berate your parenting decisions for giving a small treat with the cards. They are the outsiders and do not represent most parents.

I would recommend that you stay away from chocolate, as that crosses into allergy teritory due to cross contamination risks.

Have fun!

Actually, I went to school in Europe where Valentine's Day was for grown-ups to celebrate with their significant other. It's cute for kids to want to celebrate it too, but I dislike how commercial the holiday is and how it to leads, again, to overconsumption. You know all about the obesity epidemic, I suppose.

PPs have stated that "it is just one day". NO, it's not. Easter candy, Halloween candy, Christmas chocolate, etc. Every major holiday is geared around food (that's fine) and candy is pushed on the kids more and more often (not fine).

And please, "fitting in"??? Don't be ridiculous. I am happy not to "fit in" if it means dissociating a celebration from too much candy. By the way, lots of people find the constant pressure to follow unhealthy nutrition habits very irksome. In my circle no one adds candy to Valentine cards. Hopefully we will not be in the minority much longer.

Lord.

I count 4 "candy" holidays for kids - Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas. That's 4 days out of the year. You can let kids have as much candy as they can eat on those 4 days a year. Four days of sugar isn't going to turn them into obese little monsters.

You and your circle sound like rigid, unpleasant, joyless freaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still remember Valentine's day in elementary school as being so special - making the mailbox, writing out all the names, and handing them out one by one. Then returning to my desk to find a glorious pile of all different cards and treats. It's cute to see my kids work hard on their class Valentines and come home and look at each one. If you can't stand the waste and excess of a few pieces of candy once a year, you should feel free to keep your child home from school on Valentine's day.

If you want to give candy, do it. If you want to give stickers, do that. But there's no need to criticize others choices. That's what makes these days special - getting something different from each person.

PP, now that you're an adult though, don't you see how silly your enjoyment actually was?

I was being sarcastic, people.

[Anonymous]

Last year in K my DD gave cards with an individually wrapped single piece of gummy candy - larger than the usual size. I always do non chocolate treats like lollypops or gummies because I feel they are the most harmless in terms of allergies. But she mostly brought home just cards. I suppose there is a possibility she ate all the candy in aftercare This year we are doing just cards, and she is perfectly fine with that too.