There’s still time to plan your Valentine’s Day but if you find yourself in a pinch or just need some additional inspiration, here are some easy and fun Valentine’s Day ideas.
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Menu Ideas
Making dinner reservations for Valentine’s Day can be hard and expensive. So why not keep it simple and serve a nice breakfast in the morning and a special cocktail in the evening. A few extra touches are all you need to make the day festive. It’s all about hearts right?
- Make heart-shaped pancakes by pouring your pancake batter into a squeeze bottle. Squeeze out a free-form heart onto your heated pan and fill it in with the batter. Serve pancakes with sliced strawberries or raspberries for a touch of red.
- Serve up some scones or doughnuts along with this easy Cappuccino Heart Foam.
- Cut out some heart-shaped marshmallows using a heart-shaped cutter and float on top of hot chocolate or use the cutter to make a heart out of your morning toast.
- Add a heart shape to a tea bag – cut two hearts out of construction paper, remove the tea-bag tag, and attach the two hearts (back-to-back) with double-sided tape; an even easier method is to use two heart-shaped stickers!
- Scatter heart-shaped confetti on the table.
- Use heart-shaped coasters.
Cocktail Ideas
Before dinner, try of one of these vodka recipes from Grey Goose that all have a gorgeous red color:
Set The Mood
Setting the right mood with music, lighting, and decor makes any celebration more special.
Music Playlist Roundup
- I Heart Radio Valentine Playlist Machine – enter a year and listen to the best love songs for that year!
- Ina Garten’s Favorite Love Songs
Lighting
Dim the lights and add some soft lighting in the form of string lights, mason jar candles, votives, tea lights, tapers, or whatever candle style you like!
Decor
- Flowers – you can never have too many flowers, real or artificial or both!
- Apothecary Jars – you can change out the contents of apothecary jars for every holiday or season using fillers from your local craft or dollar store.
- Decorate with rose petals – rose petals are another great filler for any type of vessel; personalized ones are also available here.
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
- Send someone you love a cute popcorn snack box or macaroons
- Gift some makeup along with a makeup pouch
- Choose the perfect candle
- Jewelry is always a great gift! I love these halo sparkle studs that come in silver or gold that allow you to add or remove the halo around the stud for 6 looks in 1!
- Craft your own DIY Decorated Wine Bottles or DIY Essential Oil Gifts
- Decorate a travel bag using a Cricut iron-on design and your iron or Easy Press
I hope these easy Valentine’s Day ideas inspire you to celebrate this month!
