Valentine's Day Surprise

Surprise your Sweethearts

by Carri Pratt

^"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 

But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

 

One of my very favorite holidays is Valentines Day. I love to show my husband and children that I love them in a tangible way. It is so very fun for me to decorate our kitchen table with a few things and see their surprise when they come down for breakfast.

Turn a normal morning or afternoon into an extraordinary one.

So Easy!!!

Starting from Scratch

A few items from the Dollar Store (see list below)

15-20 Minutes to transform your table into something special!

And the smiles on their faces... PRICELESS!

This year my oldest son read the love chapter from 1 Corinthians 13:

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, 

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

   

² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 

  

³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

 

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

  

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Items you'll need, One visit to the Dollar Store including: 

Tablecloth
Balloons
Plates
Fun Cake Treats (You can bake your own if you have time)
2 Hang up decorations
Vday small gift bags
Vday small stuffed bears
1 pack foam hearts
1 pack small conversation hearts
1 Vday candy heart treat per child
1 Vday card per child
$1 bills in each child's card