Valentine's Day Ideas

I'm not a big "decorate the whole house for every holiday" kinda girl, 

but I do like to have a few little touches of festive-ness sprinkled around the house.

I didn't really have any Valentine's Day decorations,

so I set out on a quest to find some fun DIY Valentine projects to spruce up the house this year.

I also wanted to find some fun ideas for the kids...

they are still a little too young to really "get" Valentine's Day,

but they do notice fun decorations around the house,

they LOVE treats (what kid doesn't!?),

and they really enjoy doing little art projects.

So here is what my quest led me to...

Scrap Fabric Heart Wreath from Little Birdie Secrets

I actually ended up making one of these myself for our front door...

 I had to make mine pink though so it didn't blend in with our red front door :)

Aren't these Valentine Chair Backers from Our Scoop the cutest!?
I am so making these...someday :)

I fell in love with this

Heart Punch Valentine's Day Art from Cozy.Cottage.Cute

and I totally copied it.

Here's my version...

Valentine Scrabble Art from 320 Sycamore 
and a cute Valentine vignette using more Scrabble letters...

White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread cookies from BHG 

My sister-in-law made these at Christmas and they are to die for - SO delicious!

Valentine Subway Art (free printables!) from Eighteen25

Heart Suckers from The Idea Room (also featured in February's Family Fun magazine)

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And after finding all of these fun ideas on the web, 

my creative juices started flowing and I was inspired to make a few

more fun ideas that I came up with myself...

I had the kids make handprint hearts that I hung in a frame.

I also grabbed some branches out of the backyard 

and hot glued some little pink cherry blossoms onto them.

I stuck the branches into a cute metal bucket I found at a local boutique.

 It reads,

having someone to love is family

having somewhere to go is home

having both is a blessing.

I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day 

and are inspired to create some festive-ness for your own home :)