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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Kids

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While you may spend Valentine’s Day night celebrating Valentine’s Day with your spouse, partner, or friends, there’s something sweet about having a little party with your kids. Whether it’s a Valentine’s Day breakfast before school or a family dinner, we’ve rounded up a few ideas to make it extra special.

Valentine’s Day Breakfast Ideas

Heart Shaped Pancakes or Waffles

You can our pancake batter right into a heart cookie cutter on your griddle or fry pan. This super easy hack makes heart shape pancakes without the pouring skills of a pastry chef. You can also make a few extra to throw in their lunch boxes. Breakfast for dinner is also a fun twist on a kid-friendly Valentine’s Day dinner.

Amazon also sells this cute little heart waffle maker that could make a cute gift idea.

Pink Smoothie

This super easy pink smoothie recipe features strawberries, raspberries, bananas, and bananas for a pink smoothie that’s jammed with nutrition.

Pink Smoothie Recipe

  • 1 cup of Strawberries
  • 1 cup of Raspberries
  • 2 Bananas
  • ½ cup of milk of your choice
  • ½ cup of water
  • ¼ cup of yogurt of your choice (I use strawberry to keep it extra pink)
  • 2 tsps of honey
  • Garnish with a fresh strawberry!

Kids Valentine’s Day Board

  • Pink yogurt-covered pretzels
  • Chocolate covered strawberries
  • Heart-shaped strawberries
  • Raspberries
  • Valentine’s M&Ms
  • Cheese
  • Salami
  • Pepperoni
  • Crackers

Heart-Shaped Pizza!

Make your own Valentine’s pizza. Using store-bought pizza dough, I cut out a heart shape for each kiddo. Add cheese, sauce, and toppings of your choice. I used pepperoni and cut them into hearts. Let kids top their own heart-shaped pizza for a fun Valentine’s Day dinner idea.

  • Store-bought pizza dough cut into hearts
  • Pizza or pasta sauce
  • Cheese of choice
  • Toppings of choice

Valentine’s Desserts for Kids

Valentine’s Day is really all about the sweets after all. Here are some of our favorite Valentine’s Day dessert ideas.

Valentine’s Day Drink Ideas for Kids – Valentine’s Punch Recipe

Pink Strawberry Milk

  • Use Hershey’s Strawberry syrup in milk
  • If you don’t have it, a drop of natural pink food coloring works in your milk of choice

Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate

  • Make hot chocolate of choice
  • Top with
  • Marshmallows
  • Whip cream
  • Pink and red sprinkles
  • Strawberries

Cranberry Lemonade Punch – Pink Valentine’s Punch

  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate
  • 1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
  • 1 liter carbonated water/club soda chilled
  • 1 lemon – sliced, for garnish
  • cranberries for garnish
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint, garnish (optional)

In large punch bowl, combine the cranberry juice concentrate, pink lemonade concentrate, limeade concentrate, and club soda. Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint leaves.

Raspberry Sherbet Punch – Raspberry Valentine’s day Punch

  • 1/2 gallon raspberry sherbet
  • 1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale
  • 2 cups of orange juice
  • Garnish with raspberries, rosemary, and lemon (optional)

Place frozen sherbet in the center of a large punch bowl. Add ginger ale and orange juice. Stir gently. Add raspberries and serve.

Valentine’s Decorations and Valentine’s Day Printables

Valentine’s Day Gifts for Kids

Valentine’s Day Songs for Kids

Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookie Recipe – One Recipe 5 Different Valentine’s Day Cookies for Kids

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This super easy Valentine’s Day cookie recipe can be used for 5 different Valentine’s cookies! This sugar cookie recipe doesn’t need to be chilled and it holds its shape really well. Its cloud-like texture is also easy for kids to roll and use with their favorite cookie cutter. With this recipe, we made traditional Valentine’s sugar cookies with icing, Valentine’s cookie pops, mini Valentine’s cookie sandwiches, black and white heart cookies, and mini Valentine’s sugar cookies.

https://youtu.be/fOBz_Fm01r0

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
  • 1 Cup granulated white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

  • PREHEAT oven to 350° F
  • In the bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth (about 3 minutes)
  • Add in extracts and egg
  • In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients of baking powder, salt, and flour.
  • Add a small amount of dry ingredients at a time to the wet ingredients.
  • Flour your surface and roll out the dough onto a countertop surface.
  • Do not chill.
  • Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes.
  • Let cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.

Icing:

  • 1 cup of confectioners sugar
  • 1 tsp of water
  • Food coloring as needed

Mix sugar, water, and food coloring together with a fork. Add more water or confectioners sugar as desired.

Valentine’s Cookie Pops

To make sugar cookie pop, follow baking instructions above. As soon as you take the cookie out of the oven, you insert a popsicle stick. Once cool, decorate as desired.

Mini Sugar Cookie Whoopie Pies/ Mini Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

To make mini-sugar cookies, follow the recipe instructions above. Your small dough ball will be about the size of a quarter. Flatten and use a fork to add indents to the top. Once the cookies are cool, place icing in the middle and make a sandwich with two cookies together.

Mini Sugar Cookies

To make mini-sugar cookies, follow the recipe instructions above. Your small dough ball will be about the size of a quarter. Flatten down gently and bake and decorate as instructed.

Black and White Heart Cookies

Bake sugar cookie as instructed above. Once the cookie is cool, add white icing to half of the heart. On the other half, we used Nutella for the black side. You can also use icing with black food coloring or melt dark chocolate.

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