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Valentine’s Day Lunch Party

Valentine's Day

The children and I started a new tradition for Valentine’s Day this year with a fun Valentine’s Day lunch party. Our old way of celebrating Valentine’s Day doesn’t fit anymore. We wanted something fresh and new.

My daughters especially got into planning our lunch party. I wanted to be sure everything we chose and did for the party would allow them to take charge. Valentine's Day Lunch Party

We started with decor, chosing a simple white and pink theme after finding a fun length of feather garland in the clearance section at the store. Next we picked up ready-made glitter hearts in several sizes and a pink sequin table runner. The girls tied the feather garland up and used glue dots to stick several of the glitter hearts to the wall.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

Next we grabbed the glue gun to dress up toothpicks and skewers with smaller glitter hearts.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

Then came the food planning for our Valentine’s Day lunch party. We choose a simple lunch menu the girls could prepare themselves, starting with peanut butter and honey sandwiches cut into heart shapes.Valentine's Day Lunch PartyNext the girls made fruit kabobs with light pink fruit fluff dip. They cut watermelon slices into hearts and alternated the heart watermelon pieces and grapes on heart skewers.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

The fruit fluff dip is a really simple two ingredient dip the girls made themselves. Here’s how they made it:

Pink Fruit FluffValentine's Day Lunch Party

Ingredients:Valentine's Day Lunch Party Fruit Fluff Dip

  • 8oz container whipped topping
  • 2 cups strawberry yogurt

Directions:

Whip strawberry yogurt into whipped topping.Valentine's Day Lunch Party Fruit Fluff Dip

Decorate the tops of 4 oz mason jars with 2 inch circles cut from scrapbook paper (adhere circle with a glue dot).Valentine's Day Lunch Party Fruit Fluff DipFill the jars with the fruit fluff.Valentine's Day Lunch Party Fruit Fluff Dip

For dessert, the girls dipped strawberry marshmallows in white chocolate, and coated with edible pink sugar and glitter. The toothpicks with hearts hot glued to the top were the perfect addition to the marshmallows.Valentine's Day Lunch Party
They also dipped strawberries into chocolate and drizzled with pink tinted white chocolate.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

Because Valentine’s Day requires lots of sweet things to eat, the girls rounded off the Valentine’s Day lunch with store bought sugar cookies and cupcakes.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

Pink lemonade made a delicious and pink beverage. The girls decorated mason jars with pieces of lace and flowers and filled the jars with strawberry lemonade.Valentine's Day Lunch Party

The party lunch was so much fun to put together, and even more fun to attend. It did my heart good to see the children’s excitement over the day, old traditions forgotten and no sad moments at all!Valentine's Day Lunch Party

My favorite part of the lunch included telling one thing we love about each person in the room. Such a sweet time of delicious food and loving encouragement.Valentine's Day Lunch Party


I’m so excited about the success of this new Valentine’s Day tradition! I’m glad we chose to keep the lunch party simple and easy so all the kids could take ownership and enjoy creating it!Valentine's Day Lunch PartyHow does your family celebrate Valentine’s Day? I’d love to add more fun traditions to the month of February!

Valentine's Day Lunch Party

February 4, 2016 · 21 Comments

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Amanda is an adventurous mom of six based in southern Virginia. She’s teaching her crew to live life to the fullest whether they are home on the farm or trekking through a new concrete jungle. She's passionate about intentional mothering through life’s joys and challenges, and learning to embrace the gift of each new day together.

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  1. Krystal says

    February 4, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    Gorgeous!!!

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    • Amanda says

      February 4, 2016 at 7:19 pm

      Thanks!!

      Reply
  2. Ashley says

    February 5, 2016 at 9:32 am

    I love Valentine’s Day parties! They are always my favorite in school!

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  3. Shann Eva says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:00 am

    The food and decorations are fabulous! I especially love all the details. I think the lemonade glasses are one of my favorites. Have a great lunch party!

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  4. Kiara Catanzaro says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:03 am

    I love this set up and the delicious treats you put together! Especially those fruit kabobs, which would be perfect for a brunch date when my college friends visit from out of town next weekend! Awesome Valentine’s Day inspiration!

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  5. Brittany says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Cute party ideas! I love the little stand that the cupcakes are sitting on. So cute!

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  6. courtney says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:17 am

    Such an adorable set up! I would love to attend that party! I love that you thought of every little detail!

    La Belle Sirene

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  7. Kari @The He Said She Said Experience says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:16 pm

    How sweet! We used to do Valentine’s Day parties with my mom and this brought back a lot of good memories.

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  8. Alexandra Bee Blog says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    This looks so fun! The marshmallows are AH-dorable!

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  9. Ashley says

    February 5, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    Oh my goodness, that is so precious! I love that your girls did a lot of it! Since Valentine’s Day is on a weekend this year, that would be really fun to do in the afternoon on Saturday or Sunday and then have a little movie party with it. Thanks for the idea!!

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  10. Pragma Mamma (AKA Jill Campbell) says

    February 5, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    Some super cute ideas here! We do a V-day party with my BFFs and all of our daughters so definitely stealing some inspiration from this post. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  11. jessica marinaccio says

    February 8, 2016 at 2:51 pm

    Love this party- my youngest is turning 3 next week and this looks like the perfect set up for her and the sisters. I love how its something they can do themselves too. Too cute

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  12. Lory says

    February 8, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    What a beautiful Valentine’s Day party! It is so wonderful to celebrate occasions with kids and let them help in planning because they are making lifelong memories. Everything looks darling but I really like how you glued the hearts onto the toothpicks! Simple but big impact. 🙂 Also, the cake stand is soo pretty.
    Lory
    http://www.therobinsnestdesigns.com

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  13. maria @closetohome says

    February 8, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    What a great idea, I might have to try to do this for my friends. I love all the treats and I would come up with party favors too.

    Reply
  14. Erin @ Stay At Home Yogi says

    February 8, 2016 at 7:33 pm

    This is so cute! You guys did a great job! Here’s to starting new traditions! <3

    Reply
  15. Alecia @CSNY says

    February 8, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    I love how everything came together! It was sweet that your kids were able to work together to pull it off

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  16. Censie says

    February 8, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    This turned out so cute! I love this idea. We always do a Valentine’s family dinner at home. I might need to add some sweet ideas like these!

    Reply
  17. Star Traci says

    February 8, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    What a great new tradition! I love the heart-shaped sandwiches and the yogurt fluff! My daughter would love the dipped marshmallows. But mostly I love that the kids go around telling each other how they love each other.
    🙂
    Traci

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  18. Jennifer B says

    February 9, 2016 at 6:16 am

    This looks so pretty and fun to set up! The fruit fluff dip looks easy and delicious too!

    Reply
  19. Olivia @ Olivia's Cuisine says

    February 10, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    Adorable! I would love to attend a party like that!

    Reply

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