Valentine’s Day is a fun time to show our love with cards, gifts and treats. But as a mother, I’m often looking for alternatives to candy and chocolates for my children. We’ve gathered a lovely collection of creative Valentine’s Day gifts for kids that won’t cause cavities.
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Holidays are extra special when you have children… including Valentine’s Day. Think past the chocolates and candies and shower your little blessings with creative gifts – some of which might even turn out to be educational.
For the first segment of our Three Part Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, see also our Valentine’s Day Gifts for Men and the Best Valentines Gifts for Her.
If you’re trying to decide what to get your kids or teens for Valentine’s Day, a great idea is to put together a cute Valentine’s Gift Box with a few small gifts that they’ll enjoy and put to good use. You can toss in some chocolates and candies, wrap it up with some cute Valentine wrapping paper or just a big red bow.
Valentines Gifts for Kids
Whether you’re looking for one small Valentine’s day gift for your child, or you’re putting together a care package or gift box, take a look at this quick list of Valentines gifts for kids and browse through our more detailed gift guide below.
- Books
- Cute Watch
- Stuffed Animals
- Photo Book with Family Photos
- Cookbook for Kids
- Kinetic Sand
- Activity Book
- Personalized Poster Print
- Cozy Slippers
- Phone Case
- Wall Art Print
- Bluetooth Speaker
- Educational Games
A Sweet Children’s Book
We’ve found the PERFECT Valentine’s Day gift for kids… I AM LOVE: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde.
Valentine’s Day is all about love, but it doesn’t always have to be a romantic love – especially when it comes to our children.
It is equally important to teach our kids about self-love and putting love out into the world through kindness and compassion.
I AM LOVE teaches the reader different expressions of love ranging from keeping their own “mind and body safe and healthy,†to showing kindness and living with gratitude to careful listening of others.
Cute Watch
Here’s a super practical and still fun Valentines gift for kids… a cute red watch that helps them learn how to tell time.
This awesome Disney Mickey Mouse watch is designed to get kids reading analogue clocks.
We’ve learned from personal experience that it’s best to get your kids started wearing a watch when they’re young because when they get older they’ll just use their phones to see the time.
When kids are little, they’ll be excited to wear a wrist watch and learn to tell time. Give them a fun watch for Valentine’s and you’ll have them thrilled to practise telling time.
Photo Book
One of my favorite gift ideas for Valentine’s Day is a photo book.
And this Love themed Photo Book from Mixbook is so perfect to give your kids for Valentine’s Day!
Making a photo book for your kids is such a great gift because you’ll all treasure it forever.
If you’re anything like us, you need a little push to get your photos off your hard drive and into your hands so that you can truly enjoy your family memories. Let a special occasion like Valentine’s Day kick you into action.
Check out this collection of photo books that are perfect for Valentine’s Day.
The Ultimate Kids’ Baking Book
Kids will love learning to bake their own Valentine’s Day treats.
The Ultimate Kids’ Baking Book: 60 Easy and Fun Dessert Recipes for Every Holiday, Birthday, Milestone and More
This is the second kids cookbook from our friend Tiffany Dahl and her daughters and it puts kids in charge of making dessert.
They’ll learn how to bake independently as this cookbook guides them through each important baking skill from separating eggs to creaming butter and sugar together and even rolling cookie dough.
Kinetic Sand
A fun Valentine’s Day gift idea for kids is Kinetic Sand.
If you want to reduce the candy your kids get on Valentine’s Day, but you still want them to be super excited and have lots of fun, give them Kinetic Sand. They will play with it for hours!
It’s a fantastic sensory toy and lets them spend time playing creatively.
Recently we tested out four different types of play sand to see how they compared. Check out our Kinetic Sand comparison and to see what they’re all like.
Mindfulness for Kids
We look at gift giving opportunities as chances to fill our homes with items that can bless our families instead of just adding more stuff in the toy box. And this book, “Mindfulness for Kids: 30 Fun Activities to Stay Calm, Happy, and In Control” definitely meets our goals for smart gifts.
Mindfulness for Kids offers fun activities for kids ages 6-12 to stay cool, happy, and present with mindfulness.
Homework horrors, chores, and not-so-friendly friends―that’s enough to make any kid’s brain hurt. The secret to staying cool is easy: it’s called mindfulness―and this book gives kids fun activities to practice it on their own.
Personalized Poster Print
A personalized poster print showing the love of family and friends is such a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for kids and teens of all ages.
You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make a professional looking poster for your child’s wall. Simply pick out a photo that they love and hop over to the Mixbook website to transform it into a poster print.
What a beautiful way to display and enjoy your photos in your child’s bedroom.
You can create awesome posters for your sons or daughters of any age.
Cozy Slippers
Any holiday is a great chance to give new slippers.
Check out these adorable fluffy slippers.
They come in lots of different styles and colors for boys and girls.
I love giving my kids practical gifts on holidays… and cute, cozy slippers are always a hit.
Pink or red slippers are a fun Valentine’s Day gift for kids.
Phone Case
Kids these days seem to have smart phones by the time they get to middle school.
So if you’re looking for a gift your tween or teen will love, get them a cute new smartphone case. New phone cases are inexpensive and are a way to let your kids personalize their devices to suit their personalities.
There are so many different styles in phone cases, you can find something for everyone.
Phone cases are another practical Valentines gift for kids that won’t just add clutter to your house.
Bluetooth Speaker
Another one of our practical valentines gifts for kids is a waterproof bluetooth speaker.
This red bluetooth speaker is a fun gift for kids who love music.
It’s awesome for kids to have a rugged speaker they can take on the go to listen to music and audiobooks.
Since we love giving red colored gifts for Valentine’s day, you can turn a practical item like a speaker into a fitting Valentine’s Day gift when you get it in red or pink.
Educational Games
This fun Pop for Sight Wordsâ„¢ Game makes a fantastic gift to add to a Valentine’s gift bag for your child.
Kids will reach into this fun box to practice alphabet recognition and beginning letter sounds.
The fun treat themed game box makes this a perfect Valentine’s Day gift. It’s a great grab-and-go game!
Also, check out our list of classic board games to see if there are any your family doesn’t have yet. You can never have too many board games.
More Valentine’s Day Gift Guides
Find more Valentine’s Day gift ideas in our…
Valentine’s Day Giveaway
We’re giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card to treat yourself on Valentine’s Day. Open to both US and Canada. We’re sponsoring this giveaway and providing the prizing ourselves.
The entry form is in our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for Women blog post.
Leave us a comment telling us a couple of your favorite gift ideas from the list above. Then complete your entry on the form in this blog post.
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My kids would love a phone case and slippers.
The bluetooth speaker and Disney watch would be great gifts for my grandchildren.
My favorite gift suggestions are a Bluetooth Speaker, Cozy Slippers, Cute Watch and Phone Case.
I really like the educational games and personalized poster print.
My favorite gifts are books & slippers.
I really like the Kids Baking Book and the Kinetic Sand.
I love so many of these gift ideas.
The cozy slippers, books and kinetic sand are great gifts.
The cozy slippers and blue tooth speakers look like theyd make wonderful gifts!
I would also suggest a candy making kit, as well as a jewelry making kit, both are great gifts for kids!
I like the kinetic sand and the slippers.
I like the kinetic sand and mindfulness book.
I do think I AM LOVE: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde would be a wonderful gift for all children. My nieces and nephews would really like this.
I will always think that a Berensteins Bears book makes a great gift for ANY holiday! And those red boots are delightful!!
The Ultimate Kids’ Baking Book, cozy slippers thanks
I think the kinetic sand is so cool.
my favorite two, red rain boot and the play sand
I love the cozy slippers and the cute watch.
What a cute Mickey Mouse watch!
I like the Bernstein Bears book & the kinetic sand
I think the books and a watch are both great ideas for kids
The Mickey Watch is cute and love the cute slippers
Mini me red boots!!!! and the Mickey watch is awesome.
I always love a Mickey Mouse watch and the slippers are super cute.
I like the rain boots and the Mickey Mouse watch.
Great ideas for the galentines event I am having.
My son would love Kinetic sand and the Personalized Poster Print! These are all great ideas though.
Those slippers are really sticking out! So super cute!
Love the kids cookbook and also the slippers.
I like the watch idea and the Kinetic Sand looks like something they would really like.
Kinetic Sand and those Cozy Slippers are awesome.
The Mickey Mouse watch is so cute!
I have no children so I really don’t know what I’d give to one. Hmmm.
Love the red rain boots and darling slippers.
I like the cute watch and rain boots.
I love the Mickey Mouse Watch for the young ones. For the older kids, definitely the Red Bluetooth Speaker. I would even like that.
A couple of my favourite gift suggestions are the cookbook and the speaker.
My son would love a speaker but I’d love to give him a cookbook so we could have some quality time together, making yummy food.
I like these items: I Am Love book. Mickey Mouse Watch, and educational games gifts for kids from your post.
The Cozy slippers, the cute watch and the cookbook.
I love the idea of cozy slippers. Everyone need a pair!
sometimes i have a hard time choosing the perfect gift for a child, but you’ve listed some that I think will work with most…my choice? i’d buy the children’s cookbook because we had one as kids and we made everything in it so many times, some of the pages fell out and many were stained with ingredients. We had fun and made a lot of good memories…what better gift could there be?
Great books especially ones that are holiday specific are great. We are big fans of the Bernstein Bears
Love the Mickey watch and the cute fuzzy slippers.
I like the Accutime Kids Disney Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse Analog Quartz Time Teacher Wrist Watch and the ERKEISEHN Bluetooth Speaker 🙂 Thanks!
I like the cozy slippers and the bluetooth speaker
My kids love photo books so this is a great Valentines gift idea for them!
I love these kids’ ideas. My daughter is grown, but I have an adorable granddaughter and step-greatgranddaughter who need gifts.
It all looks so fun!
So many great choices! My son would love the kinetic sand. I would love to give him the mindset book though.
Nice selection
My granddaughter would love the educational games.
Love these! Thanks for sharing!!
The mickey watch is my absolute favorite!!
What kid can resist cute stuffed animals!
My favorites are the stuffed animals and photo book!
The personalized photo book is such a great idea!
The kinetic sand looks fun!
My daughter would love the kinetic sand and the cozy slippers.
I really like the COZY SLIPPERS and Kinetic Sand
I like the watch and the books.
I like the Kinetic Sand and the Personalized Poster Print. Thanks.
My parents both had a Mickey Mouse watch growing up, I had one and my sons have one. I love that this tradition is still going strong
The Valentine’s day children’s book would be perfect for my niece.
My top kid’s gifts included a spin-art machine and a locket with our dogs picture inside
so m any great gift ideas for the kids, I love the books
The books ‘I AM LOVE: A Book of Compassion,’ and ‘Mindfulness for Kids’ are making my heart swell!
I want to play with the Kinetic Sand, think the slippers are great and love the Bluetooth Speaker and Educational Games
A book and cozy slippers makes a nice Valentine’s present
Our oldest grandchild would love the Mickey Mouse watch. The Kids Baking Book would be a hit with the other two grandchildren.
I like the bluetooth speaker and the cozy slippers.
Some fun ideas for kids
I would love to give the cozy slippers and the bluetooth speaker to my grandchildren
My favourite kids gifts are the Kinetic Sand and the wrist watch