Crafts for Valentine's Day

   Make a heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day. Just bake a two-layer cake using a favorite recipe (one layer in an 8" round pan, and one in a 8" square pan. When cooled thoroughly, cut the round cake in half. Place the square cake in a diamond shape and place each semi-circle against the top sides of the triangle to resemble a heart. Cover the entire cake with red, white, or pink frosting. Put on the finishing touches by either using candy hearts, Hershey kisses, cake decorations, or writing romantic messages such as "I love you", a cute saying or poem (use your imagination).
Note: Since the cake will be oversized, make a platter by covering a large piece of cardboard with tinfoil.

 

 

   Give Valentine's Day coupons that entitle your sweetie to the things you think they'd enjoy. You can either cut out little cardboard hearts and write the messages on them or buy a little book and fill up the pages with little coupon treats.

 

Another idea for the Valentine coupons is to write them on small pieces of paper and roll them tight. Insert them into balloons and blow them up. Place them around the house and let your honey pop the balloons in order to collect their special coupons.
Some ideas are:
"One Free Back Rub"
"One Free Foot Rub"
"Candle-lit Dinner"
"One Night-on-the-Town"
"One Night of Hugs and Kisses"
"Good for one night of doing the Dishes"
"Their Favorite Dessert"
"One Kids-free Evening"
"One Free Car Wash"
You get the idea! Use your imagination, I'm sure there's lots of stuff your sweetie would find very special to them.

 

 

  Make Valentine Waffles by toasting frozen waffles (or make waffles from scratch) and using cookie cutters to cut them into heart shapes. Decorate with fresh sliced strawberries, sliced from top to bottom so they resemble small hearts, and sprinke with powdered sugar.

 

  Make Valentine Pancakes by placing different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters on the griddle and pouring in the pancake batter. As soon as the pancakes start to set and take the shape of the hearts remove the cookie cutters. Add a little red food coloring to the pancake batter for an added touch. If you feel artistic, try making batter in the shape of an "I" and a "U". Arrange them on a plate with the heart in the middle:
"I" Heart "U"

 

  Make Valentine's Day cookies by preparing a favorite sugar cookie recipe and using different shaped cookie cutters: hearts, X, O, cupid, lips (use your imagination) . Top with red or white icing, red hots, candy hearts, Hershey kisses, etc.

 

  Make Homemade Valentine Cards by cutting our words from old magazines and newspapers and then combining them to make romantic Valentine messages. Paste your message on a big heart cut from red construction paper.