Fun Valentine’s Day Activities for the Whole Family

When you think about Valentine’s Day you probably think about spending a romantic evening with your partner. Unfortunately this can leave your children feeling left out in the cold. They love Valentine’s Day as much as you do, so why not think of fun Valentine’s Day activities for the whole family to enjoy together?

Plan to spend part of the day with your children but leave some time for your partner. Make heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. For a different twist, add red hot candies to the batter. Allowing your children to eat candy for breakfast isn’t something you’ll do every day, but Valentine’s Day does come but once a year.

When you?re preparing their lunch or making sure everything is in their school bag, slip in a special Valentine for each one. Perhaps you can include a coupon for a ?date? with either parent to be used at a later date. Of course, if your children are older, you?ll want to be sure not to include anything that would be embarrassing to them if their friends saw it.

Take a little time to create a family photo collage or scrapbook from pictures taken during the previous year. You don?t have to make something elaborate, rather something your family can enjoy looking at as the years pass. Depending upon the ages of your children, you may want to allow each child to create one page to be included in the scrapbook.

Design a scavenger hunt for Valentine?s Day. Write up clues (or draw pictures for younger children) to lead them through the house. Have a wonderful sweet treat or movie the entire family can enjoy together as the final prize.

You may want to eat dinner with the children and get them to bed early. That will leave you at least some time to spend with your sweetie.

Rather than going out for Valentine?s Day, enlist the help of the children to prepare dinner. Pizza is a great meal for Valentine?s Day. There is red sauce and white cheese on each one. Your children can also place some pepperoni on the pizza in a heart shape if that?s what they want to do.

Be prepared for there to be a mess in the kitchen, but try not to stress over it too much. Having toppings already prepared will make clean-up a little easier and you won?t have to worry about a little one cutting themselves slicing onions or another topping.

After dinner you could snuggle together on the couch and watch a movie together. If you think your family watches too much television you could also play a board game. When bed time comes, kiss the children goodnight and tell them you?re glad they are your Valentine.

When the children are finally down for the night you can concentrate on your main Valentine sweetie. Create a spa-like atmosphere in your bathroom. Draw a bubble bath you can share with your partner if your tub is large enough for both of you. Be sure to lock both the bedroom and bathroom doors to avoid any interruptions.

Valentine?s Day is a day for lovers but that doesn?t mean your children don?t need to feel special, too. Take time to do something special with your children to make them feel important. However, you?ll also want to get them into bed early enough to spend quality one-on-one time with your partner as well.

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