How to: Healthy Valentine Treats to Give Away

The Dollar Store really did me good this year! The little baggies (which are the zip close kind) were 40 for $1. The little foam heart stickers were also there in a pack of 240 stickers!

Lots of the ideas are prepackaged so they can be taken to school and fall into the categories of gluten-free, egg free, dairy free...all good options for kids with special diets! Most of the sayings aren't super mushy either, just fun!

1. I'm Wild About You, Valentine

2. Knock, Knock

Who's There?
Orange!
Orange Who?
Orange you glad it's Valentine's Day?
Treat: Fresh Orange
How to: Cut a 4 inch long heart out of green paper, write the first 4 lines of the joke on the front. I added little lines to make it look like 2 leaves. Cut a smaller light green heart, write the last line of the joke on it, and glue it to the back. Wrap 2 orange pipe cleaners around an orange, poke end through green hearts and twist to secure. Add a foam heart "cutie mark" (My Little Pony reference, for all you mothers of little girls).

3. Fruity Valentine

Have a "berry" great Valentine's Day! (strawberry or raspberry fruit leather)
You are the apple of my eye! (apple fruit leather)
You are "grape"! Happy Valentine's Day! (grape fruit leather)
Treat: Stretch Island Fruit Co. all-natural fruit strips (from Costco)
How to: Cut a 3.5 inch by 7 inch piece of paper. Fold the paper around the fruit leather and secure with a glue stick on the back. Cut another piece of paper and write your saying on it. Attach with glue. Embellish with stickers.

4. Let's stick together, Valentine!

Treat: Cheese stick
How to: Cut a piece of paper 3 inches wide and 6 inches long. Cut two holes about the size of a penny in the paper about one inch from each end. Add saying and embellish with stickers. Insert the cheese stick into the holes as shown. This is a great gluten-free, prepackaged idea!

Treat: Nature Valley Granola Thin, or any other granola bar (These came in a box of 36, individually wrapped at The Dollar Store! That makes them about 3 cents per treat. Don't worry. I bought 5 boxes!)
How to: Cut paper slightly bigger than your granola bar. Write your saying on the paper and use a glue stick to attach the granola bar right to the paper!

6. It's Valentine's Day! What's "knot" to love?!

Our class would "knot" be the same without YOU!
Treat: Pretzels or if you are a real thrill seeker, chocolate-covered pretzels.
How to: Fill your treat bag. Cut a large heart and staple it to the top of the bag. Cut a smaller heart, write your message on it, and gluestick it to the bigger heart (covering the staple). You can make a rectangle top by cutting a paper as wide as you'd like and twice as long. Fold the paper in half and staple to the top of the filled treat bag. Glue another paper with your saying on top to cover the staple.

Now Snapple isn't something I would give away to every kid in the class, but it would make a cute teacher gift or something nice to stick in the hubby's lunch box!

7. You're the snApple of my eye!

Treat: Snapple Juice
How to: Cut a large heart and write your saying on it (outline it with another paper if you like). Put a piece of tape in the middle of a pipe cleaner and attach it to the back of the heart. Twist the pipe cleaner around the neck of the bottle.

These were a blast to make. I hope you can use the ideas!

Do you have any other ideas that I didn't think of? What are you sending your kids to school with this year?

You might also like these simple chocolate desserts and Valentine’s treats:

• Pretty in Pink Valentine’s Popcorn
• Easy Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
• How to: Healthy Valentine Treats to Give Away
• Super Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies (Makes 6 Cookies!)
• Homemade Chocolate Fondue

And here are some of my favorite Valentine’s craft ideas:

• Valentine’s Mailbox for the Whole Family
• How to: Felt Heart Garland
• Painted Heart Valentine’s Craft for Kids

Enjoy from my kitchen to yours!