valentine cookie exchange
If you're thinking of hosting a Valentine party this year, I think a cookie exchange is the perfect choice. I hosted one last last year and it was so much fun. I love cookie exchanges, but it's sometimes difficult to organize one in December with all of the other holiday activities. February is the ideal month – there are so many Valentine cookie options to bake. My favorite cookies to make are heart-shaped sugar cookies with pale pink frosting.
I set the table with a simple brown linen tablecloth and a wide pink ribbon down the middle and some bowls of Valentine candy. I also used pink-bordered place cards to write the names of the cookies that were brought.
I made cupcakes for everyone to eat while they chatted before the exchange. I also had mini-water bottles with Valentine labels (not pictured). When it was time to exchange the cookies, I gave everyone a bakery box to gather their cookies and take them home. I am planning to do it again this year and hope to make it a tradition!
01.27.2010
Reader Comments (8)
LOVE this idea! And, I agree, this time of year is much more manageable. Thanks for sharing.
I love this idea!
Love the idea- what's a fun way to exchange them? Does everyone just take a few off each plate?
That is such an original idea!! Although I think it best I steer clear of cookies for the time being! New year's resolutions are still going strong you see ;-)
What a wonderful idea! The holiday season is always just too busy for me to accomplish this fun activity :-) Would you be willing to share your cute Valentine water bottle labels for the artistically challenged folk like me? HA! HA! Thanks and again LOVE YOUR BLOG!
please excuse my extreme ignorance but how does a cookie exchange work? I've never heard of such a thing. I live in Australia so maybe the phenomena hasn't reached us here? Does everyone get some of all the different cookies or is it a direct swap for a whole batch of someone else's cookies?
I am inspired by this idea. I think I will do this for my daughter and her friends this year. She is moving in March to Texas and this would be a fun way to send her off and get together with her friends.
Thanks!!!!!!!
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