Valentine's Day Fun: Tons of Crafts, Printables, & More (All Candy-Free!)

Ready for some more Valentine fun? (Here's my previous post in case you missed it: Valentine's Day Fun: 30 Fun Food Ideas.)

Today's post includes 6 different categories, and all of the ideas are candy-free!  

• Gifts to give your kids
• Printable Valentines
• Valentine's Day Crafts
• Adorable Valentine Hair Ideas
• Educational Activities & Printables
• Family Activities

Enjoy!

Gifts to Give Your Kids

Printable Love Coupons

(I am SO excited to give these to my kids this year. With coupons like "No chores for a day," "Your pick for dinner for an entire weekend," and "One date night with just you and me," it allows me to give one of the gifts my kids cherish the most: my time. My kids will LOVE these!)

Secret Messages Valentines

(Cut out hearts and then write on them with a white crayon. Hide them in strategic morning places. The kids have to paint over them to reveal the secret messages. Cute idea!)

You Rock My Socks Off!

Heart Pencil Toppers


Valentine's Day Chapter Books for Kids


Printable Valentine Bookmarks

"Love" Juice

Printable Valentines

Free Printable Valentines with Bible Verses

Free Love Paper Paint Valentines (Boys)

Free Love Paper Paint Valentines (Girls)

Free Printable Vintage Valentines

(There are even more styles if you click through)

Valentine's Day Crafts

Valentine Paper Bag Book

Rainbow Stacked Hearts

(I adore this craft! And it could easily be modified to be made out of colored cardstock if you prefer)

"I Love You" Sign Language Card

The *Love* Goggles

Valentine Puppy


Easy DIY Paper Hearts


Owl Valentine Bag
(Adorable!)

Adorable Valentine Hair Ideas:

Heart to Heart Valentine's Day Hairstyle

The Heart Braid

Elastic Braid Heart (You can see more Valentine hairstyles here.)


Braided Pigtail Hearts

Pinterest Triple Heart Braid 

(There is no tutorial for this, just a picture. Sorry!)

Another Pinterest Heart Braid

(No tutorial for this one, either. Just the photo.)


DIY Heart Hair Clips

Educational Activities & Printables

Making Jesus Their #1 Valentine

Love Bible Verses for Children

100s Chart Heart Activity

Love Bible Verse Tracers

Love Is... Printable Poster

All songs centered around "Jesus Loves Me" message

Valentine Cupid Color by Letter Coloring Page

Valentine Color by Sight Word

Magnetic Valentine Maze

Lots of Links to Free Educational Valentine Printables

(Including Printables for the Upper Elementary Grades)

Valentine's Day Color by Number: Addition to 10

Valentine Sentence Scramble

Valentine's Day Monsters ABC Order

Family Activities

Share the Love: 20 Acts of Kindness to Do with Kids

Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

10 Ideas to Make Valentine's Day a Family Day

15 Family Valentine Traditions

Need Even More Valentine Fun?

50+ Valentine's Day Ideas

The Big List of Free Valentine's Day Resources

If, by some crazy chance, you need even more  ideas, you can check out my Valentine's Day Board on Pinterest.

This post has been linked with these great linky parties:

           

      Sun Scholars                   The Better Mom            Time-Warp Wife                New Nostalgia


Raising Arrows

Valentine's Day Fun: 30 Fun Food Ideas

I just love fun food, don't you? Especially if the meal/snack isn't too difficult or require too much time or effort. Making "fun food" helps make holidays and other special days more memorable (and tasty!). Because even if you don't do anything else holiday related, you still gotta' eat, and so do the kids.

I am not a big fan of loading my kids up with a lot of fat and sugar just because the day happens to be a holiday, and, unfortunately, it seems like most holiday food ideas out there are filled with just that. Because of this, a lot of the ideas here are of "real food," and not just chocolate/sugar covered cookies and desserts. (I don't know if I would go so far as to call all of these ideas healthy, but at least hot dogs and grilled cheese will provide more nutrients than 30 different versions of the Valentine cupcake! And I did scatter several healthy ideas throughout as well.) Because a lot of these ideas are for "real food", you can feel free to try several of these ideas without having to worry about whether, in the name of holiday fun, you are filling your children with too many sweets.

I hope you enjoy this list of Valentine fun food ideas from around the web. Stay tuned for Valentine crafts and other Valentine freebies lists--those are coming soon! (You can find the next Valentine post on crafts, printables, and other Valentine's Day activities here.)

"Lovely" Breakfast

Valentine's Day Egg in the Basket

Bacon of Hearts

Heart-Shaped Cinnamon Rolls

Heart-Shaped Boiled Egg

Valentine's Day Fruit

Healthy School Valentine's Snack

Hearts in an Apple Sandwich

Valentine Floats (plus more Valentine ideas!)

"Chicken Soup Recipe with Heart-Shaped Carrots

Simple Heart Lunch

Mini Grilled Cheese Hearts

Heart-Shaped Toast

All-Natural Pink Milk

Cupid's HeartDogs

Hot Dog Heart

Mini Heart Pizzas

Valentine's Jello Hearts

White Chocolate Raspberry Valentine Bites

Heart-Shaped Pretzels

Happy Hearts Snack Platter

Mozzarella and Tomato Salad

Heart-Shaped Strawberry Pink Ice Cubes

Valentine Jelly Pops

Cinnamon Candy Apple Cider

Strawberry Hearts Dipped in Pink, Cherry Yogurt

(Other fun Valentine food ideas there, too!)

Struck by Cupid's Arrow Cherry Tomatoes

Valentine Brownies

White Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter & Ritz Crackers

Making A Meaningful Valentine's Dinner

If you liked this post, stay tuned for more Valentine links coming soon! And if you just can't wait, you can check out my Valentine Board on Pinterest. Happy food making!

This post is linked up with these fabulous linky parties:

        
       Sun Scholars                The Better Mom            Time-Warp Wife

Raising Arrows
 

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Tons of Valentine Activities & Printables