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Unique
Ideas to Celebrate Valentines Day this Year Want
to celebrate Valentine's Day in a different way? We've collected a
bunch of unique ideas - special ways to show how much you care about
your spouse, family members and friends you Heart-Felt
Valentine's Meal Make up a batch of heart-shaped pancakes for a yummy Valentine's breakfast or brunch. Just pour the batter in the frying pan in a free-form heart shape and serve with strawberries and whipped cream. Balloon
Goodies Insert
candy surprises into balloons before inflating them - add a folded-up
Valentine's message then inflate each balloon. Tie with a red ribbon
and attach to your loved one's chair for them Family
Affair Have the children help you prepare red Jello with cinnamon hearts mixed in, mashed potatoes colored with pink food coloring, heart-shaped cookies and any other creative ways to present your Valentine's Day meal. The
Gift of Time Give a hand-made coupon for some work you can do to free-up some time for your spouse or parent. For example, a coupon good for cleaning Dad's garage or for a full-house vacuuming for your wife. How about a coupon for your best friend - you can walk her dog or baby sit one evening. Coupon
Day Each of you can create individual notes, say 4 or 6 each, to describe a special surprise - a back rub, a bubble bath, kisses from head to toe, a special meal - fold up the notes and toss them into a jar. You can take turns having fun plucking a coupon from the jar and doing what it says. Scavenger
Hunt You
can prepare this one for your spouse or for your children to enjoy.
Write up little notes about how you feel and what they mean to you
and place them around the house along with a candy Less
Fortunate Visit a hospital or chronic care home to pass out small Valentine surprises to the residents. They will enjoy the care and attention from something so unexpected. Alone? No
one special to share Valentine's Day with? Sure you have! You! Why
not pamper yourself with a candlelit bubble bath, then prepare your
favorite gourmet meal and rent the latest comedy Picnic
Fun Place a blanket on the floor near the lit fireplace with candles on the mantle and have your Valentine's meal as a candle-lit picnic with a bottle of your favorite bubbly. Italian
Romance Some soft Italian love songs on the CD player, a luscious Fettucini Alfredo with a bottle of your favorite Italian vino, then some fresh canoli from the pastry shop and cups of amaretto-flavored coffee for a taste sensation - top it off with a sensuous scented bubble bath for two. A
Cereal Surprise Sneak in love notes and chocolate kisses in your sweetheart's or children's cereal. Notables Little notes in their lunch boxes, on the bathroom mirror, in his briefcase, stuck on the car windshields, in his underwear drawer. I'm
fortunate to have you! Mix up a batch of fortune cookies (see http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for recipe!) and add your own little words of love. Messy
but Marvelous Make
sure you wear old clothes for this one and plan this escapade where
cleanup will be easy (no carpets, please!) Make up a batch of chocolate
pudding. Feed each other and wind up Take
a Letter Take turns writing a love letter or love poem to each other. Read them out loud. Valentine
Sharing Plan some community work - help out at the local shelter, volunteer at your local church, work with other volunteers to spread some caring amongst your community. All
in the Family Spend some quality fun time with your niece or nephew or other child in your family. Long-Distance
Caring Call your favorite aunt whom you haven't seen since she moved far away, or your best friend who transferred to another country - let them know you're thinking of them this Valentine's Day. Just
For You Have you wanted that delicate pair of earrings for awhile but kept putting off the purchase? Give yourself a special Valentine's Day gift Poetry
In Motion Write
him or her a poem - can't write? Try out the poem generator on http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm
for fun! Print out your creation and place it on your loved-one's
About The Author Heather
Diodati, is the owner of DDesign, an on-line shop for one-of-a-kind
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