Valentine’s Day isn’t always about sweet couples and exchanging of I love you’s with people. It can also be a great opportunity to spend more time with your kids, and most especially teach your kids about love and compassion.
Here’s a couple of suggestions to make your Valentine’s Day with your kids sweet!
Home “sweet” home
Start with your home. Craft together and decorate. What could be better than making the little ones feel more loved at home when they see all the hearts and decorations in every corner? Our friends from
Oh Joy! & Co. has a lot of crafting ideas to share, and they’re also starting to post craft ideas for Valentine’s Day.
Better than lunchbox notes
More than just preparing a note, you can also prepare a sweet box of desserts in the form of hearts, not just for your kids but also for them to share with their classmates. It doesn’t just make your son/daughter feel loved, but also teaches them the importance of letting everyone else feel they’re loved as well. You can also
browse through our fun-to-cook recipes here.
Movie night!
Kids love watching movies, especially ones from Disney! You can also turn it into a Valentine-themed movie night Choose from watching the unconditional love of Beauty and the Beast, the forever cute love that was formed between Wall-E and Eve, or how Frozen made a twist in the concept of a “true love’s kiss.”
Capture love
Take photos of your kids on Valentine’s Day. You can go through a list of creative photo session ideas, and Pinterest is your best friend! Or take the photos in advance, print them, and turn them into greeting cards to give out to your relatives.
Share the love
Make greeting cards and ask your little one to give it to the people who he/she thinks will be happy if they received it. It’s important that we teach our kids how nice it feels to always feel loved by someone, and how it feels to be appreciated.
More than these suggestions, it’s important that we always take the opportunity to teach our kids about appreciating others, and how they can make everybody’s days brighter not just on Valentine’s Day.
