Last year Emily shared with us how to Fill Your Kids Love Tank. One of her suggestions was Valentine’s Day Breakfast. Since Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday this year it makes it a little less chaotic than trying to surprise the kiddos on a busy weekday with breakfast before school and still trying to get out the door.
First and foremost this isn’t about making a big and flashy breakfast worthy of the ‘gram, it’s about (as Emily put it) filling your child’s love tank and making them feel special and loved.
Heart-Shaped Foods
Pancakes, waffles, muffins, and even bacon are all super easy to make into a heart with a cookie cutter, heart muffin tin, or a little creativity. Shipley’s even sells heart-shaped donuts on Valentine’s day.
Red, Pink, White Foods
Strawberries, raspberries, marshmallows, whipping cream, and strawberry milk just to name a few; and let’s face it add chocolate and some sprinkles to anything and it’s on-brand. You can also use a small heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out other fruits.
Simple Decorations
- Get some heart-shaped paper plates and use double-sided tape to stick them on the walls for a pop of red and floor to ceiling decorations.
- Pink, Red, and White streams tossed everywhere go a long way to make any room festive
- Cut out hearts leading from their bedroom to the table
- Make it breakfast by candlelight
- Blow up some balloons
Crafts
Prepare a few supplies to make some easy crafters after all the deliciousness of breakfast has come to an end. Below are a few easy ideas that take little to no prep time.
- Melted Crayon Hearts
- Decorate Cookies
- Thumbprint Magnets or Plates (these are a great idea for Valentine’s gifts for Grandparents)
- Sewing Hearts – remembers those hearts you used to create a pathway from the bedroom to the kitchen grab those with a hole punch, yarn, and a plastic tapestry needle and go to town.
