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Find Your Family Valentines Day Fun

By Melissa Shrader Editor/Publisher Fort Collins Macaroni Kid February 7, 2021

WELCOME TO PUBLISHER'S CORNER!

Valentine's Day is Next Sunday! Are you ready? We have some great ideas for everyone in the family. There is a guide full of all kinds of ideas for gifts, crafts, and recipes to surprise your kids or your sweetie with. Valentine's cookies, Heart eggs in toast, jewelry and romance, making homemade cards, and more. 

I'm creating construction paper hearts with messages and taping them to my daughter's bedroom door each morning. I've gotten together some great gifts for friends. Since we are homeschooling this year I've put together some gift bags to drop at friends' doors to celebrate the holiday and to let everyone know that they are loved. We are putting together some extra special gifts for neighbors and grandparents. We have a neighbor who recently lost her husband just before Christmas. The gentleman was one of Santa's helpers. He would visit with my daughter and they would talk about Christmas and elves. It will be her first Valentine's without him and we wanted to make sure she knows she's loved. 

Do you have someone special in your neighborhood that may need a bit of extra cheer this holiday? There are so many ways to show someone that you care without knocking on their door, or by just putting something special together and dropping a gift at their door. 

NOCO Virtual Farmers Market has more than food. They have great gifts too. It's so easy to find something pay, and have it delivered to someone special. If you want something different you can order some food and have it delivered. Pick their favorite local business and surprise them with something special. Not feeling food or gifts? Make something yourself and drop it off on their doorstep. Anything you choose will be a wonderful surprise. 

Isn't that just what we need right now? A bit of a surprise. A reminder to those we care about that they are loved.

We have more wonderful Preschools to share with you. 

Visit our Preschool Guide here. It will grow as we get more participants and information to pass along. 

We have so many great schools for all ages and preschool is where it all begins laying the foundation. 

Have a wonderful week!

If you have any questions for any of the schools or any other subjects please don't hesitate to contact me at melissas@macaronikid.com

What are we up to?

Beginning January 1 and running through February 28th we will be featuring Preschools and Kids activities.  During the week of January 25th - January 29th we will have live and recorded focused information on local Preschools, and Kids activities for kids up to 12+.

The calendar is slowly beginning to repopulate with in-person events and we will keep virtual events too. Many of the usual events we would normally see this year have been canceled or reimagined and will not resume again till next year. Keep an eye out I will be verifying events asap and regularly. 

We will update you as we get information. Most updates will happen on Facebook and here. 

Online Events and Gatherings that are open to all are welcome on our calendar.

 Do you have a virtual class, A virtual event, Something fun for everyone? 

 Post it on our calendar at https://fortcollins.macaronikid.com/events/submit

https://loveland.macaronikid.com/events/submit

Don't forget to check out Facebook too for other events that have been popping up randomly since the State has changed the Stay at home quarantine to the Safer at home guideline.

If you have other things you want to see Mac Kid do drop me an email. If you want to partner with Mac Kid I'd love to hear from you.

Remember with any event, If the weather looks questionable, - Always check in with the event itself to be sure the event is still on! You can email me as well. ESPECIALLY IN SPRING AND FALL. Now that COVID has come please comply with the COVID guidelines requested by each establishment and organizer. If you have a question about their policies please contact them directly. COVID Guidelines change regularly too so be sure to make sure that an event is still compliant and that it is not canceled.  We will update events regularly however we can't catch everything. 

If you have the newsletter you only have part of the fun! I post on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram with holiday and everyday crafts, recipes, special offers, contests, news, and new events. (see the tabs on the right or at the bottom to visit the social site) 

Wishing you Love, Light, and fun for the week (and your life) ahead! 

Stay safe, Stay healthy, Love, Live and Be Fierce for what you believe, 

Melissa Shrader 

Editor and Publisher Fort Collins Macaroni Kid

 Please feel free to contact me with questions suggestions.

melissas@macaronikid.com

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