spread the love
February 09, 2015
Valentines Day is this Saturday. When most people think of this day, they think of romantic love. But, I see Valentines day as a day to spread love. So, whether you have a significant other or not, here are some ways you can spread the love on Valentines day.
1. Make goodie bags full to treats. You can make several goodie bags filled with candy, fruit or fun trinkets. (You could also sew some little bags. See these I made a couple years ago.) Give the bags to random people, colleagues or even people that work at places you visit often (i.e grocery store, coffee shop, mall etc). We did this two years ago and it was a lot of fun! People were totally surprised and seemed to really enjoy the bags.
2. Bake cookies or sweets. Pull out your favorite cookie recipe. After you bake your tasty sweets and decorate them (we baked heart shaped cookies), give them to your neighbor, friends, co-workers, etc..
If you’re not a great baker, you can also purchase pre-made sweets to pass out.
3. Give a bag full of hearts. As an alternative to a bag full of sugary-sweets, you can always fill a bag with heart themed or valentines day items. If you’re feeling crafty, you could make a heart brooch, heart clutch, or even heart pencil toppers .
4. Provide a service. Whether it’s your neighbor, friend, grandparent, new mom, etc., everyone needs a helping hand. Whether it’s raking their leaves, putting out their garbage bin, or bringing them a meal, gifts of service are always a win, win!
5. Pay for someone’s coffee. It is always fun when you’re in the Starbuck’s line, and you go to pay for your coffee and are told that its already been paid.
6. Send Something. You can send flowers, pizza or send both. It will totally be unexpected and a treat for sure!
7. Make Something. Making something can be really fun, but you probably need to start now. Here’s a couple of sewing project ideas: heart pillows, monogram pillow, head band.
8. Be Kind. If you really want to celebrate this day to the fullest, then just be kind to everyone you meet. Pay someone an honest compliment, smile at a stranger, let a person go in front of you at the register or just encourage someone. Kindness is golden!
(top photo found here ; all other photos by kelle)
Yesterday at church the sermon spoke of love. Today we have one word for love. Yet, we mean it to be different kinds of love for different things. (ie. an object, a sports team, a friend, a spouse, parent…) Long ago there were many words for the different types of love. No matter the type–spread the love! Wonderful ideas in your post to do just that!