Once upon a time, Valentine's Day was perceived solely as a holiday dedicated to romantic love. But over time, everything changes. Now, it's more of a great excuse to show the people who matter to you how attached you are to them. And it is not surprising that children also want to take part in this holiday. Do not deny them this, because you love each other so much.
Valentine's day at home
Holidays are the perfect excuse to create special family traditions that your children will remember for a lifetime. By creating a special atmosphere in your home, you teach them what the relationship should be between loving people - children, parents, partners. It depends only on you whether the holiday will be empty and commercial or you will fill it with sincere emotions, warmth and affection.
Together with the children, you can decorate the house with homemade garlands in advance: you can cut out hearts and wrap them with red wool or colored threads, glue strips of paper in the shape of a heart, make hearts in the shape of funny animals. Don't like garlands? Make wreaths, posters with your handprints or family photos, just decorate the bare branches of trees brought from the street with a scattering of hearts. All these crafts will not only develop the fine motor skills of your children, but also allow you to spend time together, tune in to the holiday, talk about what love is, and understand each other better.
A special breakfast is one of the cutest attributes of Valentine's Day. Hearts also reign here - pancakes, toasts, muffins, sweets, even scrambled eggs and sandwiches of the same shape. When the children are young, prepare breakfast for them, and when they grow up - together with them.
Is the evening of a holiday a time for romance? If the kids are too young to give you some privacy, just spend the evening with your family, taking your time, for what you all like best. It doesn't matter if it's watching horror movies, board games or skiing. The main thing is that you feel good and comfortable together - this is true love. This evening you can open a pre-filled box, where each of you will put a note or photo "My favorite family memory this year" and indulge in pleasant memories, fishing them one by one.
Valentine's Day Family Gift Ideas
Valentine's Day family gifts should primarily reflect your love and care for each other. Therefore, you should give preference to something cute and homemade. Take glass jars, decorate them with the words "25 reasons why it is so great to be your parents", "25 reasons to give you my heart", "25 answers to the question why I love you so much", fill in hearts with descriptions and give it to your loved ones.
"Issue" checkbooks with pleasant desires - the right to choose a movie to go to the cinema to your taste, permission to sleep longer, an extra half hour of playing on the computer. Parents find such books trivial, but children, as a rule, love them very much.
Make a family tradition to do a special photo session on this day, where one photo will be repeated from year to year. Sentimental? Well, let it be, sentiment is a manifestation of feelings, which are discussed on this day.
Valentine's day at school
Don't stop your child from participating in Valentine's Day at school. Please note that the subtext is only in your head. For children, this is a way to express their sympathy and feel old enough. Girls often give valentines not only to boys, but also to their girlfriends, and boys present homemade cards and souvenirs to several girls at once. In elementary school, children often want to give their teacher something.
But if the holiday in the family depends on you, then at school something may not go according to plan. Discuss with the class teacher what to do to make all the children feel appreciated. You also need to carefully communicate with the child, it is important to understand what his expectations are and carefully correct them, in case of unrealizability.
Small children are ready to give each other homemade cards, while teenagers often want stamped romance. If the level of expenses is acceptable for you, you should not discourage them, because at this age it is very important for them to fit into the norms of the team. They can be taught to be independent and original later, when the hormonal storm subsides.
