Have Nothing Planned For Valentine's Day

[Josiegirl]

What are you all doing? I want to keep it simple. No exchanging cards because it's chaotic, the kids don't care and it's just extra work for dcps. Don't really want to decorate or have a party. Bleh, so not into it right now.
Maybe I'll make some heart cookies and let the dcks decorate them. Any simple artsy craftsy ideas?
Thanks!

[Cat Herder]

We are making mini-cheesecakes and washing strawberries together for afternoon snack. They can take some that they make home to their parents if they don't get too erm, well, you know. :: If in doubt I will make some for them to give their parents/siblings.

[DaveA]

Honestly I'm not doing a dang thing for Valentine's Day with DCKs. ::

[Mad_Pistachio]

13-th is Mardi Gras. Try looking into masks and over-eating sissy pink hearts are so last century...

[Cat Herder]

13-th is Mardi Gras. Try looking into masks and over-eating sissy pink hearts are so last century...

:::: But Kingscake is too hard to make with daycare kids, plus the plastic babies inside are kinda freaky in the wrong context. :::: I don't want to hold that conference.

https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/mi...1-c46abe1fc7d5 - I take that back, just found an easy one.

[Jupadia]

We will do a card exchange and have the kids decorate bags for the cards, probley make mom and dad a card as well.
For lunch we will have pink pancakes and milk (with eggs and veg).
For snack we have birthday cupcakes cause it's also my son's birthday so I save a treat for that.

[Cat Herder]

https://www.thehappierhomemaker.com/strawberry-heart-mini-cheesecake-bites/

I realized I forgot to give the cheesecake activity link. ::

I am doing it mostly because I want to have fresh cheesecake for my husband after dinner on valentines.

[LostMyMarbles]

We will decorate bags a couple of days a head for the Valentine Exchange. We play games that have a lot of pink Foo-Foo hearts, like pin the heart on Cupid. We decorate heart-shaped cookies. And make heart-shaped pizzas

[Josiegirl]

13-th is Mardi Gras. Try looking into masks and over-eating sissy pink hearts are so last century...

I love it! And lately I've got the whole over-eating thing down.

[Ariana]

I have a big heart cookie cutter than we usually practice tracing with, we do painting with pink and red and we have strawberry pancakes in heart shapes for lunch. Nothing fancy!

[AmyKidsCo]

My families love the Valentine exchange so we'll do that. We'll decorate bags and have red/pink/white food all day. That's pretty much it.

[Mad_Pistachio]

:::: But Kingscake is too hard to make with daycare kids, plus the plastic babies inside are kinda freaky in the wrong context. :::: I don't want to hold that conference.

https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/mi...1-c46abe1fc7d5 - I take that back, just found an easy one.

I have no idea what Kingscake is, but we are planning masks for 13-th because it's Mardi Gras (and watch me wave my Lenten cross around on Valentine's). overeating is hit or miss, though...

[HappyEverAfter]

We will have cupcakes that day and I got each of them a Valentines Day book as a gift but that’s it.

[Cat Herder]

I have no idea what Kingscake is, but we are planning masks for 13-th because it's Mardi Gras (and watch me wave my Lenten cross around on Valentine's). overeating is hit or miss, though...

Sorry. I have family originating in both Mobile (first to celebrate mardi gras in 1703, USA) and New Orleans (more famous parades). They take it a bit seriously. :::::: I also close for Jubilee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Bay_jubilee

The King Cake tradition is thought to have been brought to New Orleans from France in 1870. A King Cake is an oval-shaped bakery delicacy, crossed between a coffee cake and a French pastry that is as rich in history as it is in flavor. It's decorated in royal colors of PURPLE which signifies "Justice," GREEN for "Faith," and GOLD for "Power." These colors were chosen to resemble a jeweled crown honoring the Wise Men who visited the Christ Child on Epiphany. In the past such things as coins, beans, pecans, or peas were also hidden in each King Cake.

Today, a tiny plastic baby is the common prize. At a party, the King Cake is sliced and served. Each person looks to see if their piece contains the "baby." If so, then that person is named "King" for a day and bound by custom to host the next party and provide the King Cake.

Mardi Gras Day has a moveable date and may occur on any Tuesday from February 3rd to March 9th. It is always the day before Ash Wednesday, and always falls 46 days before Easter.

https://www.randazzokingcake.com/pages/History-of-King-Cakes.html

[BrynleeJean]

I never do a party, the kids don't exchange valentines, maybe make cards for each other that day during free art but nothing big. I do pretty much always get pink red and white balloons and we play with those for like an hour in the morning and the afternoon because its usually still super cold here where we live.
I may also do a parent gift, i think last year i made a bookmark? or the salt dough thumb print keychains?
and ill send the kids home with a little goodie bag of stickers and pencils and stamps (dollar store stuff) themed for the occasion.
If I'm feeling super into it and RISKY we ill go those YUMMMMY sugar cookies with the icing on top that just melt in your mouth! only if I'm asking for trouble that afternoon