There's nothing more thoughtful than a homemade Valentine gift. One of my favorites gifts to make is homebaked cookies. I include them in all my
college care packages,
bring them as hostess gifts to parties, use them as prizes for all our holiday
party games,
and my most favorite memory is baking with the kids! We would do Christmas bake-a-thons for friends, teachers and families and we would do them for Valentines Day. Of course, using all our goodies at gifts. Freshly baked cookies are one of the best homemade Valentine gift ideas ever!
Years ago I found the best kept secret for homemade cookies. You can make, bake and decorate in under 30 minutes and they are absolutely fool proof. I use Betty Crocker cookie mix pouches... add butter and eggs to the mix and your ready to bake. In order to guarantee extra great cookies, see my quick cookie baking tips
here!
As the cookies are baking, get ready to decorate with pink, red and white frostings, Valentine MnMs, colorful decorating sugars, sprinkles, skittles, red hots and any other Valentine colored decorations. Your cookies will look beautiful and taste delicious. Once cooled, individually wrap your cookies in plastic wrap and pack in seasonal tins, Ziploc containers or goody bags tied with ribbon. The finishing touch??? A cute Valentine poem that you can tie on as a gift card.
Just print and sign!
Here's a creative Valentines day idea: a fun Valentines Day game for kids, that helps them to understand the real essence of the holiday. It's perfect for the classroom, a scout meeting or after school program too. It was brought to us courtesy our daughter, who used it with her first grade class each year.
St Patricks Day FUN Let the kids find Shamus the leprachaun and his pot of gold! If you love Elf on The Shelf at Christmas, you'll LOVE Shamus
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