How to Make Individual Valentine’s Candy Boards

Valentine’s and Mardi Gras fall right before my twins’ birthday, so because I’m busy planning their birthday party, I tend to skip those holidays, or throw something together for our family at the last minute. But this year, we were scouting Sprouts for the grazing baskets we’ll make for the birthday party, and I couldn’t stop thinking about all the cuuuute heart-shaped candy we saw there. Back I went and scooped up more than enough to make individual Valentine’s candy boards for a little kitchen table celebration.

Everything else came from my storage bin of Valentine’s decor. Between flowers and candy, I only spent about $50.

How to make valentine’s candy boards

Here’s what to pick up if you want to make your own candy boards:

• Berry snap cookies
• Peach sour gummy hearts
• Red cinnamon gummy hearts
• Red, white and pink cream hearts
• Strawberry roasted almonds
• Two more types of gummy hearts that didn’t have names
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Yogurt covered pretzel knots
• Chocolate covered nuts

Yes, my kids really like gummies.

For tips on how to create a charcuterie board, see this Thanksgiving board and this Christmas board.

Valentine’s Table Settings

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Here’s how to set the table:

• Layer light pink table cloth on your table
• Add heart wrapping paper from American Greetings criss-cross
• Add red, round woven placemats
• Top white dinner plates with red melamine heart plates
• Add a hot pink napkin and white-handled utensils
• Choose a heart straw and add a foam heart sticker
• Add a red gable box at each place for your Valentine’s gifts

Here’s how the table looked before I added candies to the heart plates.

Valentine’s Rose Centerpiece

The flowers also came from Sprouts; they have rose bouquets for $14. It wasn’t quite enough for my vase, so I added a few faux flowers from my stash. (Can you tell which ones are fake?). Beats going back out in the rain!

Tip: if you feel like a newbie arranging flowers, look for a vase with a frog topper. It makes keeping flowers where you want them so much easier.

Happy Valentine’s Day to you! How are you celebrating this year?