This February 7th, kick off Valentine’s Week with your kids and make memories for years to come. Show them how much you love them with a few simple ideas and activities in this post.
Related: How Saint Valentine’s Day Started (with FREE Saint Valentine unit study)
What Is Valentine’s Week?
Have you ever heard of Valentine’s Week? It’s actually new to me this year.
Basically, it’s a week-long celebration leading up to Valentine’s Day with a certain gift or action associated with each day.
It reminds me of the 12 Days of Christmas.
The list of gifts/actions are a bit unrealistic, especially seeing as the very second day is Propose Day!
But when I started looking into it, I thought it’d be super fun to modify each day’s theme and do Valentine’s Week with my kids. Keep reading to see the full list of the days and their themes, and ideas for celebrating with kids.
Valentine’s Week Days In Order
- Rose Day– Give your Valentine a red rose (not yellow! as we talked about here)
- Propose Day– Pretty self-explanatory. You might think of this more as “ask day”- ask someone to be your Valentine!
- Chocolate Day– A sampler is always a safe choice 🙂
- Teddy Day– A handmade teddy like this tutorial would be even more meaningful.
- Promise Day– Traditionally, couples are meant to promise their undying love to each other on this day. So this seems like a good day for a meaningful note to me.
- Hug Day– This day isn’t limited to significant others; it would be a great opportunity to offer comfort or express love to anyone in your life.
- Kiss Day– Physical affection can often express more than words ever could.
- Valentine’s Day– Make a grand gesture. Or just wake your family up to a yummy breakfast.
Rose Day
Kids love getting flowers. You could read through the list of rose colors and their meanings to customize your Rose Day message. A single stem would be plenty. You could even gather them all up in one vase for a blended bouquet.
But if cut flowers don’t fit the bill, there are plenty of options to represent a rose.
Rose Novelty Pen
Propose Day
You could either use this day to ask your kids to “be your Valentine” with a card, or stick with the original theme and go with something like a candy ring.
Here are some ideas I had for this day:
Teddy Day
There’s always the tried-and-true option of buying a $2 plush teddy bear in the seasonal aisle of almost any store.
If you want something different, I have several ideas for you:
Chocolate Day
This one might be the easiest. But that just means we have to get creative.
If you don’t want to simply give your kids a piece of chocolate (which I’ll be suggesting on other days anyway) here are some things to try:
Promise Day
This one made me think. I came up with a few ideas but you could easily do all of these!
It’s also a good excuse to talk about Matthew 5:37 (“Let your yes be yes…). That’s the Charlotte Mason mom coming out in me 😉
Hug Day
Ok this one’s easy too. Don’t forget that all your kids, including the big kids, need physical affection.
I have a couple more ideas as well:
Just give them a hug
Kiss Day
The final day leading up to Valentine’s Day is Kiss Day.
Don’t let fear of your kids cringing at you deter you. Everyone needs a kiss on the cheek from time to time.
Plus a little chocolate always helps!
You guessed it…
Spend Valentine’s Week With Your Kids
You won’t regret doing a little something special each day. Just pick one thing from each day.
Tell your kids about it and get them involved. They can return the favor to you, as well as show their siblings some love.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money, or exhaust yourself with every craft.
My hope was to provide plenty of ideas so there’s something for everyone, and so you don’t have to do the same sort of thing every day.
Maybe candy is against your food philosophy. No problem, stick with the activities.
Maybe you don’t have a lot of craft supplies and don’t want to spend a lot. There are free printables and super easy recipes.
If you’re a minimalist and would rather have consumables, then a small piece of candy a day might be just the thing, ala Advent calendar.
And finally, on Valentine’s Morning, we like to have a special breakfast with some candles on the table and themed paper plates from the craft store.
This year we’re also going through my Saint Valentine homeschool unit study. You can get it here:
Let me know in the comments if you’ve ever heard of Valentine’s Week and these designated days.
I’d also love to know if you try any of these ideas!
Thanks so much for reading,
-Tara
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