Valentine’s Day can be such a fun holiday to celebrate with your kids! I haven’t really celebrated it with Lizzie and David yet, because last year they were too young to really get it. Last year, David was almost a year old and Lizzie was 2.5. Now that Lizzie is almost 4 years old, I think she can understand the meaning behind different holidays and I really want to make this one fun for her.
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As I peruse the holiday aisle I am shocked (but not really) at how many red and pink “love” themed toys are for sale. If people didn’t buy them, they wouldn’t be for sale – so who is buying these things? To me, Valentine’s Day is just a fun day to express how much you love someone. So if you accomplish that by purchasing Valentine’s Day Teddy Bears for the little girl in your life, then great! There is nothing wrong with it and some girls really love getting stuffed animals.
My personal favorites are Gund – they just have so much personality! I am biased against the red and pink ones though. I prefer a cute bear that isn’t holiday themed. That’s just me. (but the one above – that is too cute for words!) HuggableTeddyBears.com has some really fun teddy bears on there and I can see why people buy them for their little girls.
But me personally? I prefer not to buy toys and gifts on any day for Lizzie and David except their birthday and Christmas. I use Valentine’s Day as a way to teach them how to show their affection in creative ways – like coloring a huge heart and adding glitter, or making special pink cookies. I also really like showing Lizzie and David that doing things for people (like picking up their toys for mommy) can really show someone you love them.
So while I don’t like to get these as gifts for Lizzie and David, I sure love to get them as gifts! I think gift giving is an expression of love, but would rather teach my children while they are young all the different ways of expressing your love that isn’t as easy as swiping a credit card.
What about you? What do you think of giving gifts to kids on Valentine’s Day?
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We celebrate with our (almost) 2-year-old, but I don’t do the toys for her, either. I personally find alot of the themed stuff just a bit over the top.She’s getting a new book, because it’s something I encourage, she loves, and we can enjoy together.
Now my husband… well, he better get me something nice 😉
A book! That is a really good idea! There are some really great “love” themed books that are fun to read with kids (Counting kisses is my fav so far)
My husband is getting me something this year – he totally missed last year. that was awful LOL
Valentine’s Day is my husband’s birthday so it’s usually more about daddy to us 🙂 However, I usually get a small 99 cent card and a cute book because my parents and grand parents usually get Ethan candy anyway. Books A Million usually has a great selection of hard backed books for really cheap. Growing up my dad and grand dad was the ones who got us a card and candy and still do 🙂
When we were young, we got a small box of the little valentines’ hearts at breakfast or after school. Probably cost mom a quarter, but it was special. I too hate the themed toys.
I grew up getting pink heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast, pink mashed potatoes and pink milk (not strawberry, just red food coloring) for dinner and dessert was a heart-shaped red velvet cake. We each got a little gift at breakfast with a card and some chocolate. My mom taught us that Valentine’s Day was a day to celebrate everyone you love, not just a commercialized holiday for boyfriends, husbands, etc.
Tate is getting a boxcar for his Thomas the Train and Mayer is getting a new pair of pajamas. They will both get a homemade card. Tate will eat pink heart-shaped pancakes and mashed potatoes. We will make red velvet cake cookies or whoopie pies this weekend. Keep it simple, it’s the little things that count! 🙂
I think it’s fun to give the kids a little Valentine’s treat – nothing too extravagant, but maybe a book or a cute little stuffed animal. I also think it’s fun to have the kids make cards for Daddy and their grandparents, so that they have a chance to give a little love too.
Sometimes I do get my kids a little something. This year I am thinking about getting them a few Valentine’s Day surprises.
I give my children Valentine’s. They wake up the morning of (much like Easter) to a little gift from Mommy & Daddy.
My mother in law goes INSANE for every holiday — and Valentine’s Day is no exception. The kids get about as much for VDay as they do Christmas, which I think is a bit ridiculous.
I generally give them a handmade card, a new coloring book and maybe a couple of things I’ve picked up from the Dollar Store or Dollar Spot at Target. Just little trinkets I know they’ll enjoy.
Other than that, we don’t do a ton for the day b/c Daddy’s birthday is the day before and birthdays are much more important in our family.
After reading The 5 Love Languages of Children, I have one child whose love language is gifts. I do a very small gift for them on Valentine’s day in the range of a candy bar they love, a Matchbox car, etc. Nothing too over the top. Our other child thrives on words of affirmation. Since they’re so different, I try to incorporate a lot of the ideas you mentioned in your post, but the kids still get just a little something as a gift as well.
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