Valentine's Day Children Small Put Love Sweet Finding

Normally, Valentine's Day is a romantic holiday celebrated by adults involved in a romantic relationship. Nevertheless, many American children celebrate the holiday, especially at school.

Young "elementary school" (usually first through sixth grade, or 6-11 years old) students are encouraged to exchange Valentine's Day cards. These are small cards, usually pink or red, that are often decorated with cartoon characters. They have small printed message, like "I think you're great," or "Will you be my valentine?" Sometimes the students make small "valentine mailboxes" with their name, and these are put somewhere in the classroom. Children are expected to give Valentine's Day cards to all the other children in their class - not just to their best friends.

Children also enjoy eating sweet foods on Valentine's Day. They often eat "cupcakes" (small, individual cakes, like muffins) with white, pink, or red "frosting" (a thick, sweet paste put on top of cakes for decoration) and "sprinkles" (very small pieces of colored, sugared candy put on top of frosting for decoration). They also eat a lot of small "candy hearts" (very hard, sweet candies in the shape of hearts) in "pastel" (pale, not bright) colors with tiny messages printed on them, like "I love you" and "Be mine."

Sometimes children make valentines for their parents or other "caregivers" (the person who is primarily responsible for taking care of a child). They usually cut a heart shape out of "construction paper" (thick paper sold in many different colors for children's' art projects) and then use "markers" (thick, colored pens) and glue to decorate them and put loving messages on them.