Valentine's Day Gifts for Kids

I can remember my Dad bringing home flowers for my Mom on Valentine's Day. They would also get my sister and I something, usually a card and a small box of chocolates. It made us feel special and part of the Valentine's Day celebration.

TOYS:

• Valentine's Day Rubber Ducks. These are great for someone who loves rubber ducks, or just for bath time fun! 
• Stuffed Animal Love Monkey. There are a few other types of stuffed heart print animals by the same manufacturer.
• Lego's Valentine's Day set. Each year is a new set, check out their site for the new one! Some of the past ones have been a cute Cupid Dog, Lego Valentine's Gift Box (super cute), Lego Bear holding a heart, Valentine's Day Dinner Scene, a heart, and even a Rose. It can be hard (and pricey) to find the previous years seasonal items though. 
• Make them a Giant Kerplunk game! I have been wanting to do this since I saw it, but haven't made it yet. This is the link with directions on how to make one. (Amazon sells a Giant Kerplunk and a Giant Connect Four game as well, but it will probably be cheaper to make the kerplunk game yourself.) 
• New game for the iPad or Kindle. There are a lot of free and inexpensive games available. 
• Bath set (fluffy robe, slippers, bubble bath, bath crayons, toys, etc.)  
• Lego Ship In A Bottle! This looks really cool!

BOOKS:

• Younger Kids:
• Minnie's Valentine  
• Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George  
• The Biggest Kiss  
• How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You. I love this series of books!  
• Scooby Doo: A Very Scary Valentine's Day  
• Scooby Doo: Vanishing Valentines  
• Scooby Doo: Valentine's Day Dognapping  
• Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool  
• Love From The Very Hungry Caterpillar  
• A Crankenstein Valentine  
• I Spy Little Hearts (I Spy)  
• Wrecking Valentine's Day (Lego City)

•   Grades: 1-4 
• Valentine's Day Secret (Nancy Drew)  
• Valentine's Day Jokes for Kids  
• Fancy Nancy  
• Zombie in Love  
• Geronimo's Valentine (Geronimo Stilton)  
• Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine  
• Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine (Junie B. Jones) 

• Grades: 2-5  
• Valentine's Day Disaster (Geronimo Stilton)  
• Attack Of The 50 ft. Cupid (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) (Maybe not entirely Valentine's Day themed, but has a Cupid!)  
• Cam Jansen and the Valentine Baby Mystery (Cam Jansen)  
• Mr. Louie Is Screwy! (My Weird School)  
• Oh, Valentine, We've Lost Our Minds! (My Weird School)

• Older kids:  
• Mad Libs (can also work for younger kids too!): Dear Valentine Letters Mad Libs, Mab Libs In Love  
• Valentine's Are NOT For Me 
• For non-Valentine Day themed books, my oldest loves the Uncle John's Bathroom Readers for Kids. They have a ton of variety. There are even sets of placemats!

FOOD:

• Have a cookie bouquet sent just to them! My husband sent one of these to me and the boys one year and we loved it! We've used Cookies By Design before and have success with the cookies and delivery. Another online cookie delivery service is Cheryls.com, which has some really cute Valentine's Day ideas.
• For a slightly healthier option, try a fruit bouquet. My kids love chocolate covered fruit, so I think this would be a big hit. We've used Edible Arrangements before.
• For something easy, make heart shaped pancakes for dinner. Optional: add red food coloring, chocolate chips or M&M's. Top with whipped cream for an awesome kid's Valentine's Day dinner. 
• Make a heart shaped pizza for dinner. You can make a large heart pizza for the whole family or individual pizzas and let the kids decorate their own! 
• For a really easy dessert, try ice cream sandwiches! Roll the edges of the ice cream sandwiches in pink, red, or other Valentine's Day themed sprinkles. Wrap a strip of wax paper around and tie with a bow. 
• Fun candy shaped valentine: a large gummy bear, life sized chocolate or gummy game controller, or for the gross factor, a gummy heart (actual heart shaped) (Amazon occasionally carries the contoller, but you can also make your own with a mold). (Links are to Amazon, but I did find the controller for around $10 at Target last year.) 

DVD'S: 

•  Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown  
• The Cat In The Hat: Hurray! It's Valentine's Day!

OLDER KIDS: Older kids can be hard to shop for, especially teens. I still loved getting my box of chocolate, but here are some additional ideas if you need them!

• Gift Card to their favorite store 
• Nail polish 
• Movie passes 
• Gas card 
• Books 
• Jewelry 
• Snack food gift basket with gummy video game controller  
• Lindt Emoji Chocolates 
• Giant Gummies. I found a Giant Shark at Hobby Lobby, Giant Gummy Bears at Target, Gummy Game Controllers (looks like an XBox controller).