This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at App State chapter.
Chocolate, flowers, and cards are all classic Valentine’s gifts, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But how do you show your love to someone special without defaulting to cliches? Here are 20 unique ways to show someone you love them this Hearts Day that doesn’t include heart-shaped candy assortments.
- Make a scrapbook with pictures of the two of you
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- Binge their favorite show together
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- Bake and decorate sugar cookies with or for them
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- Make a mix CD or playlist of songs that remind you of them
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- Make a cute cootie catcher for them – here’s how to do it
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- Cook dinner for or with them
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- Plan a self-care night to spend together
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- Serenade them with a special song
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- Buy or make them a pair or two of warm, comfortable socks
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- Compose a list of reasons why you love them
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- Help them with important tasks so that they can spend more time relaxing
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- Take a day trip somewhere remote and scenic together
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- Read them a chapter of their favorite book
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- Have a hot-cocoa making contest
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- Decorate a plain picture frame and put a picture of the two of you in it for them
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- Watch their favorite movie together
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- Take them on a walk in a park or down the street – be sure to bundle up!
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- Plant them an indoor herb garden for their windowsill
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- Pick up some air-dry clay and make sculptures of each other
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- Whether you haven’t said it lately, you say it all the time, or if you’ve never told them before, tell the people near and dear to your heart “I love you.”
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