Last year, we started the tradition of having a family Valentine's Day dinner at home with our kids on Valentine's Day. We never enjoyed going out because every place is so crowded and would much rather enjoy a date when everyone and their wife, girlfriend, or grandmother was out. Also, this tradition is so fun! Our kids have a blast and so do we. It is a lot of preparation, but is so much better than going out!
I applied many pins this year. The nice thing about Pinterest is there are people who pay close attention to detail. Printable, free Valentines are available through Pinterest that can make those special details, like having homemade Valentines with your children's' favorite characters on them, so much easier to find and use! (Click here for a bunch of free Valentine's Day Printables!)
For this card, I found the free chevron stripe printable HERE and the date to date calculator for date HERE. The fact that you could have that calculated in seconds is amazing!
An idea I came across on Pinterest was to have heart themed pizzas. How fun is that? And how perfect for the kids! I purchase the Bob's Red Mill gluten free pizza crust at Big Lots for a decent price. The bag says to divide the batch into two balls, but I decided them into several balls, just big enough to roll out into a six inch circle so I could use a large cookie cutter to shape the dough. Instead of baking the dough with the toppings on it for 15-18 minutes, as directed on the package, I baked it for 10. The pizzas were smaller, so that was perfect.
To make the pepperoni (which is nitrate-free from Fresh & Easy) heart-shaped, fold the pepperoni in half, just like you would to make a paper heart, and cut out half of a heart from fold. Unfold and you have a heart and a pepperoni with a heart-shaped hole. Cute, huh?
Next, to make the salad special, I made the carrots heart shaped. When I saw this on Pinterest, I HAD to do it The hardest part was cutting the slit in the middle of the carrot. After that, I just peeled the carrot to shape it. Overall, it was pretty easy and added such a great detail! Madelyn loved eating the carrot hearts!
And, of course, we ate by candlelight. :)
After dinner, we played a few rounds of balloon volleyball, Valentine's Day Edition (the red balloon!). Jackson said he wanted to play this every night. I have to admit, it was so much fun! (Again, this idea was from Pinterest.)
To set this balloon volleyball up, fold a twin sized sheet in half lengthwise, drape over two chairs so it forms the "net." Then tie the ends of the sheet to the leg of the each chair. Be sure to blow up the balloon to a somewhat small size, so it is less likely to pop.
After volleyball, we finished the night off with brownies!
A bonus I didn't expect...my hubby gifted me Elyse Fitzpatrick's new devotion, a much needed and very pretty apron, and Thin Mints. Yea!!!
Pinterest was a nice addition to our family Valentine's Day tradition. I'm happy I added those little details, and enjoyed the fact that the kids liked them too!
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