It's that time of the year to get extra mushy and spread the love with your kids and Family! Yes Valentines Day is just a few days away and a great time to express your love for your dear ones. Clearly I am not working half as hard to create anything for the husband but its fun to do with kids. They get impressed by small and cute things and ofcourse less materialistic than us. While there are lots of sugary items that could be possible I have tried to pick them like moms and try to keep it simple, healthy and cute. Also the most important one being try to use a lot of stuff that we have at home and is specific to India. Clearly celebrating days is not so much me but I think once you have kids days and festivals all feel really special. We can make it special. It just gives you a reason to break the routine/monotony and add a something special to your kids snack box or lunch or just another school day.
Healthy Heart Salad
Get a little creative by decorating the salad plate with fruits to the shape of a heart and see how fast your kids will gobble it down!
Little Hearts Cookies
If you plan on baking some cookies or cake, try to make it in a heart V-Day shape this time! Choco chip banana cookies or a strawberry cake works well for Valentines Day!
Cheesy Toasties
Add the extra love to your cheese toasties by giving it different shapes to the bread before toasting it!
Fruits and Flowers
Cut out the fruits that your kids love in the shape of hearts and flowers and they are sure to love it!
Rice Crispies
Add a little extra love to these rice crispies by shaping them in a heart and putting it in your kids snack box!
Jim Jam Hearts
Make those boring Jam sandwiches fun by using heart shaped cookie cutters to give it a jimjam effect!
Fruit Kaboobs
Use a cookie cutter to give your kids fruits a heart shape and then use a stick to serve it with some yummy yougurt dip!
Pizza Hearts!
Which kid does not love the cheesy pizza! Recreat it with some heart shaped dough and smiley faces to keep the kids happy all day!
Lolly-flies
Add some butterfly wings to your child's favourite lollypops and see how his eyes glisten in glee!
Cupid Cucumbers
If you just don't have the time to be super creative dont worry! Just use the cookie cutter on a cucumber or carrots and your child's day will definitely brighten up!
Mix Food Snack Box
Cut these fruits in cute hearts and the pretty snack-box makes the food look irresistible.
Potatoe Roasties
These potatoes are a perfect example of why one may want to eat with their eyes.
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Janani S Koushik
Vaishnavi Venkatraman
