Romantic Creative Ways to Say I Love You
11. Sea of love. Take several brand-new sponges in all colors and trace hearts onto them with cookie cutters of various sizes. Cut out the hearts and scatter them in the tub after you’ve filled it. (For safety’s sake, do this only for kids ages 4 and over—sponges can easily tear into pieces, creating a choking hazard for younger children.)
12. Arts and hearts. On a large sheet of wax paper, shave colorful crayons using a pencil sharpener. Spread the shavings thinly, then cover with another sheet of wax paper. Lay the wax paper on craft paper or on a grocery bag that you’ve opened up, cover with the same and iron with a medium-hot iron. Trace hearts onto the wax paper, cut them out and punch a hole at the top of each. Run curly ribbon through the holes. Hang the hearts on a branch you’ve brought indoors, or dress up the trees outside.
13. Sweet Treats. Remove the labels from several old baby food jars, wash the jars, and spray-paint the lids red. Let dry. Then, with your child, decorate the lids with glitter, stickers or other treasures, and fill the jars with cinnamon candies, jelly beans, candy hearts or chocolates. Put the lids on, tie ribbon or lace around the necks of the jars and let your child give them as Valentine’s Day gifts.
14. Kiss and tell. Now and then, let your child listen in while you talk about him to a friend or relative, and make sure he overhears the good things you say.
15. Magic words. To make a secret valentine, cut out a heart from white construction paper and write your message on it with white crayon. Put it in an envelope with a note explaining how to see the message: When the recipient paints the valentine red, the letters will appear.
16. Free love. Cut out hearts from red construction paper to make coupons, then write out what each coupon is for, such as “Good for . . .” one backrub, a five-minute ticklefest, an ice cream, a half-hour extension on bedtime, and so on. Slip under everyone’s plate at dinnertime.
17. Sweet surprise. Wrap up a heart-shaped cookie along with a note telling your child just how special she is, and tuck it into her lunch box.
18. The kindness calendar. With your children, make up a list of thoughtful things you could do for others (like bringing gently used toys and books to a shelter or reading to an elderly neighbor). Then have everyone commit to two things on the list. Mark them on a calendar. It’s a great way to spread the love around.
19. Heart rubbings. Using cookie cutters as templates, draw hearts on the smooth side of a sheet of sandpaper. Cut out the hearts and tape them to a sheet of paper, rough side up. Lay a clean sheet of white paper over them, and rub lightly with the side of a red crayon to bring up the heart pattern.
20. Just say “I love you” every single day.
Taken from Parents Magazine, America's #1 family magazine
since 1926.
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