Valentine’s Day is a day for love, romance, and of course, the perfect gift to make your special someone feel even more special. Check out some of our gift picks that are destined to put a smile on your Valentine's face! 

Men's: 1. Lacoste Classic Pique Polo in Dogfish, 2. Fossil Ansel Chronograph Watch, 3. BOSS Hugo Boss Stretch Boxers, 4. Bosca Small Bifold Wallet, 5. Calvin Klein Eternity Aqua Spring Gift Set , 6. John Varvatos sunglasses

Women's: 7. Hanky Panky Sheer Enchantment Baby Doll & G-String, 8. Fossil Pink Dial Watch, 9. Botkier Valentina Satchel in Blush, 10. Vera Wang Lovestruck Gift Set, 11. Tarina Tarantino I Love You Necklace, 12. Judith Jack L'Amour Line Bracelet

If you’re a fan of pink and red, then feast your eyes on our latest crop of colored denim in various shades of the two beloved Valentine’s colors. We think they’re a perfectly vibrant way to ring in the spring!

1.Joe's Jeans The Skinny Colors in Cerise, 2. AG Adriano Goldschmeid Slilt Cigarette Stretch Sateen in Neon Pink, 3. 7 For All Mankind  Kaylie Slim Fit Bootcut in Red Sunbleached, 4. Textile Elizabeth & James Jimi Denim in Shocking Pink, 5. Hudson Nico Super Skinny Mid Rise in Watermelon, 6. Free People Colored Skinny Crop Jean in Fuschia

So, your son was born on Valentine’s Day! The first birthday was not a problem, as it was wonderful to celebrate with hearts and the color red to express your love. Now, as your son is growing up, Valentine’s Day feels more “girly” with heart-shaped candy, pink cards, lace, and frills. What to do as your son’s party lands each and every year on Valentine’s Day?

The good thing is, Valentine’s Day has not become as huge as, say, Halloween, where the holiday could easily overshadow your child’s party. Also, everyone will be doing activities specific to Valentine’s Day, so your son’s celebration will be a fun and unique birthday party.

Valentine’s Day often falls on a weekday, so if you are hosting a party, it most likely won’t be on the actual holiday. This will make it easier to plan a non-related theme for the party. On your child’s actual birthday, you may want to send a treat in to his class to celebrate. Be prepared, as there will be a lot of pink, white, and red baked Valentine’s goodies around the classroom. You may want to have a word with your son’s teacher to let him or her know you will be sending in a special treat for your son’s birthday that is not related to Valentine’s. This differentiates the treat from everything else, and the teacher can make a birthday announcement so a round of “Happy Birthday” can be sung as well.

Send in whatever you were planning on making, and don’t give a second thought to keeping it with a Valentine’s theme. By making something completely different, you will help keep his celebration separate from the holiday.

If you find your son’s birthday party day has fallen on Valentine’s Day, the same ideas apply. Go ahead and have your unique thematic party. The kids will have fun celebrating a birthday, and also have their own Valentine’s celebrations with their friends and family.

A Father Daughter dance is always a special occasion, and Valentine’s Day is a perfect holiday to organize a special dance between fathers and their daughters. It may seem like a difficult party to organize, but it can actually be quite simple.  Think about an area in your home that can accommodate a dance floor of several sets of fathers and daughters, perhaps a basement area or a large living room area.  If you have throw rugs, you may want to roll them up for the party and let them dance directly on the hard floor.  If a group organizing this party, take a look at the different homes to choose the best area to host your dance.

Make a traditional Valentine invitation.  Pink and red doilies cut into heart shapes with all of the dance details included on one side of a heart-shaped white card stock – which can be placed on the doily heart would be perfect. Make sure to address your invitations to the father and daughter alike.  Is this a dress up party or can people come as they like.  Given the theme, specifying dress attire would also be appropriate.

Decorate your dance floor with red, pink, and pearly white balloons, banners, and streamers.  Hearts of different sizes and colors may be hung from the ceiling with fishing wire.  It’s essential to have the music lined up beforehand.  Downloading music into a Father Daughter Dance playlist may be the easiest thing to do.  Mix up fast and slow songs, and you may want to do the Hokey Pokey for good fun too. Make sure the music is set and the place is full of Valentine colors!

When the fathers and daughters arrive give each father a small flower to wear and the daughters small corsages.  These can serve as the take home favor. Alternatively, you can hand out a single red rose to each father-daughter couple as they depart.

This party is about dancing, so spin those heart-felt tunes!  Mix up your favorites, and take requests, if you can improvise some new tunes on the fly.  Make sure to include some songs that act as games like limbo, Hokey Pokey, and perhaps a dance contest to see who can pull off the sleekest dance moves. Award everyone prizes if you go the contest route, fastest dancers, slowest dancers, longest, shortest, etc.  Make it up and have fun.

You can keep your menu simple and serve a line up of Valentine sweets like chocolate dipped strawberries and pretzels, frosted heart sugar cookies, Conversation Hearts, small chocolates, red velvet cupcakes, etc. This is a great event to have a dessert buffet laid out that the fathers and daughters can enjoy as they are hungry throughout the dance.

It would also be fun to throw in a Cupcake Walk for good measure to this party.  It’s just like a Cake Walk, but instead of winning cakes, the teams win cupcakes of different flavors.  Set it up with chairs with corresponding numbers to the cupcakes.  Play that music and see who gets which cupcake.  It may be fun for the daughters to watch their dads in this game, which can become quite silly.

As your father and daughter guests depart, the flowers can serve as a favor or extra sweet treats.  Make it simple, and have fun with this special Valentine’s Day party.

Kids head to school on Valentine’s Day truly excited! Usually they have created a special Valentine’s Day box to capture Valentines from all of their classmates!

When I attended primary school, there was a rule that everyone had to give all of their classmates a Valentine to avoid hurt feelings. Yet, one year, I did not get a Valentine from somebody in my class and I was devastated. I remember making a big deal out of the situation and I think it even got my classmate in trouble. (OK, I admit I was pretty sensitive!)

To avoid hurt feelings and this classroom quandary, take the following steps:
• Definitely make a valentine box to hold all of those cards. This will be a fun craft project, and the kids will have a central place to capture all of those valentines.

• Ask your classroom teacher for a complete list of students so that you know the names of the kids in the class and can use this as a resource when filling out valentines with your kids at home.

One Tip: You don’t necessarily need to address the Valentines to particular names. If it is easier, count out enough cards for the number of kids in your child’s class, add one or two more just in case, and have your child sign his or her name on the cards. Your child can then drop them into the boxes without worrying about their classmates’ names. This works especially well with very young children.

If you aren’t a big fan of giving your children candy for Valentine’s, or your kids’ school has a policy against bringing candy to celebrate the day, here are some fun alternatives to the traditional Valentine chocolate:

• Movie gift certificates
• Heart notepads, pencils, and erasers
• Strawberry lip gloss
• Bubble bath
• Heart bracelets and necklaces
• Stuffed animals
• Red yo-yos
• Heart photo frames
• Red bouncy balls
• Red jump ropes
• Silver lockets
• Hair ribbons
• Favorite DVDs
• Heart stickers and/or rubber stamps with red ink
• Red crayons, markers, and glitter glue with an activity book
• Ice cream cone gift certificates

The list of ideas can go on and on. Anything pink or red will do, especially if it’s in the shape of a heart. These are excellent gifts to give to your children besides a box of chocolate this holiday!

Looking for a fun activity to keep the kids busy during your Valentine’s party, or to ignite your kids’ enthusiasm in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day? Why not organize a Valentine’s Day treasure hunt!

Check out these creative clues surrounding all things Valentine for inspiration:

• Red Rose: Red and perfect, smells pretty too.
• Heart: Shaped like two swans’ necks paired together, it’s brimming with joy always and forever.
• Valentine: I may be red or pink, come in an envelope or a box, never mind it’s what this day is all about!
• Chocolate: Whether milk or dark, filled with caramel, nougat, or cream, I am a part of every Valentine dream!
• Candy Hearts: Whether pink, green, or blue, and with a hard crunch or two, share these with your friends to learn their feelings true.
• Candle: Strike a match and watch me flicker, quickly I alight and shine forth light.
• Stuffed Bear: Soft and plush, darling to hold, I am all yours.
• Poem: A few lines here and there, but my words will pack a punch and leave you with no more than a care.

• Cupid: I shoot my arrow with a bow to your heart to make it grow!

Hide these items throughout your home or party area so the kids can uncover Valentine’s treasures.