Twelve Days of Valentines - Day 3

Today i realized that Valentines day technically doesn't just have to be about a significant other. It can be about spending the holiday with someone you love like your parents, your friends or maybe that crush you really really like but they don't return your feelings (but your still friends! lol). When my boyfriend and I first met; we were friends for about 8 months before we decided to start dating. I remember trying everything in the book to make our 'first friendship' valentines day special XD. We ended up going to the student center on campus and he played the piano for me and he played lovey dovey songs (I was technically picking them out lol and he probably didn't even realize I was doing it on purpose XD). But anyway, back to the moral of this note. You can spend valentine's day with anyone - or you can also be anti-valetines with people too! (:cough cough: Dorian :-D). But here are some fun activities that you can do with your family, friends or potential significant other :)

1.) Scavenger Hunt
Organize a treasure hunt on Valentine's Day. Write up little notes about how you feel for the people you are celebrating with and what they mean to you and place them around your house (or dorm or somewhere special that you always hang out!) along with a candy heart or other treat. Add a riddle at the end of each note about where to find the next note. At the last note, have something special waiting there, say a teddy bear or other toy or treat.

2.) Touch lives
Saint Valentine gave up his life to be of some assistance to his countrymen. Relax, I'm not advising you to do the same. But Valentine's Day can be a splendid opportunity for you to touch the life of someone else and see if you can help that person in some way. You can visit a nearby hospital or chronic care home to hand over small Valentine gifts to the patients admitted in there; especially those who do not have many visitors or have none to call of their own. Your presence will fill them with a sense of belonging to the community and provide them with some much needed emotional boost. Make sure to call the hospitals or nursing homes beforehand to arrange for your visit. Else, your noble intentions can be misinterpreted and can land you in unpleasant circumstances.

3.) Picnic Fun (However, some of my readers are in places with LARGE amounts of snow, so try having a picnic inside! ).   
Cook up some yummy dishes at home, pack them into your Valentine baskets and go for a picnic with your family. The February weather is apt for a day out in the open. Fill up the picnic hamper with games and goodies and have a wild time! If you prefer to eat out, you can hit your favorite joint with your gang, order what you enjoy the best and savor lip-smacking delicacies like pancakes, cupcakes, cones and roasts.


4.) Balloon Goodies
Buy some red balloons and have them filled with candies. Add a folded-up Valentine's message and inflate each balloon. Attach a paper heart to the string of each balloon, with a note to your loved ones. Then leave them in spots where they are to be found by those you have addressed. It will be a nice Valentine morning surprise. Also, decorate the ceilings by hanging heart shape balloons of colours red, pink, purple and white - the traditional Valentine's Day colors.

5.) Throw a Valentine's Day party (or anti-valentine's day if that's how you roll lol).
Valentine's Day deserves a grand celebration and what better way to do so than to throw a splendid Anti/Valentine's Day bash at your home? No need to invite a crowd; you can keep it a family affair.

Just so everyone knows, these aren't my ideas. XD I just like to make everyone aware of the ideas that are out there though! Hope this helps get the creative juices flowing for your valentine's day planning! :)