Healthy & Fun Valentine’s Day Ideas from Earth’s Best

Children associate Valentine’s Day with one word: candy. Older and wiser, parents know that candy is full of sugar and saturated fats that are detrimental to the growth of children. This year, with a little creativity, you can still make your kids and their classmates a fun and festive Valentine’s Day snack while remaining health conscious.

Here are a few Earth’s Best products that are delicious Valentine’s Day replacements for candy that will still please little ones:

• Letter of the Day Cookies : Great tasting way for kids to learn their ABCs AND no hydrogenated oils, no trans saturated fats, no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives. Tates LOVES these!

• Sunny Days Snack Bars: Individual wrapped bars filled with the juicy flavor of fresh-picked apples inside a wholesome cereal crust are perfect for Valentine’s Day gifts for classmates. 

• Fruit & Yogurt Smoothies: Show a little love on-the-go this Valentine’s Day with an Earth’s Best Fruit & Yogurt Smoothie packed with calcium. 

Instead of store bought goods, spend some time with your children and make gifts and snacks for classmates while also being environmentally conscious. Earth’s Best jars are perfect for craft projects. Here are a few simple ideas:

• Decorate any size Earth’s Best jar with ribbon or construction paper (have your child choose their favorite colors!) Then fill the jars with soil, add the flower bulb of your choice and voila — Earth’s Best jars become cute creative planters.

• Wash jars of any size and paint each individual’s name on them (or you could print labels, etc.). Fill each jar with Earth’s Best Yogurt Puffs or Pop Snax. These will become perfect personalized gifts to give to classmates!

• Use empty jars to make fun snow globes – just add water, glue some fun figurines to the lid and add some glitter.