DIY: Valentine's Day Quick Gifts - Part One

Show folks you love them with decorated cookies...

Here is a quick (and cheap) thing to do when time is short and you want to do something that feels special and genuine for your loved ones.

In fact, no one says you even have to make the cookies form scratch!  You can just buy the Pilsbury pre-made sugar cookies in a roll and do the same thing!

This works just as well for family and kids as well as a romantic gift. I think most guys like to have something baked for them... reminds them of mom, maybe? But it's also pretty great for guys to do the same for their girls! If I was given homemade cookies from my boyfriend or husband, I would be really touched and thoroughly impressed.

What is important here is baking them and decorating them.  

My kid, who is 2 did most of these decorations so skill level is not a huge issue here.

We bought some great robot valentines at Dollar General for $1.00!

They are good quality and a great design WITH robot stickers included. As a  side note, let me just tell you how wonderful Dollar General is for holiday and seasonal items. Whomever is working in the creative department at Dolgen Corp. is doing a bang up job.  

That little "Be My Valentine" banner in the background was also $1.00! 

 

I just filled out the To: and From: on the little valentines - no big love note required.

We bagged them up in little cellophane bags with some ribbon. (I got the cellophane bags at WalMart a while ago, but they are easy to locate at party stores and drug stores)   

 

Since we were making "friend" gifts, we hand delivered them to some of our favorite people around town a few days before Valentines.  It was a really fun experience!

If you are making them for a romantic gift, think about hand delivering them to your sweetie's job or leave them on their doorstep on Valentines day...(But only go to the person's house or job if you think they would be cool with that. Don't be a stalker! Even if you show up with cookies, that could be kind of weird.)

Happy Hearts Day!

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