Party ideas for Valentine's Day

For fun filled excitement and dollops of romance, Valentine's Day with its intrinsic nexus to love and adventure can also make way for Valentine's party. For loving and living life to the full and above all in leaving your kiddos and blushing teenagers bright eyed and bushy tailed, bashes/parties thrown on the occasion of Valentine's Day can be delightfully purposeful.

Loving and celebration of love needn't necessary be limited to the cooing twosome. While there is little to deny the role of privacy, there can be no substitute for fun filled or theme based bonanza following the mutual exchanges of hugs, snuggles and kisses.

Here are some ideas on how to celebrate Valentines's Day.

• Blend of romance and fun filled playfulness
  

  Love with all its intrinsic expressiveness makes for an amazing feeling. Party ideas centering on romantic themes can give way to an awesome blend of mirth, romance and vibrant playfulness. After all, there isn't any harm in making an overt display of feelings andemotions- the lovely feeling of being loved and loving. So, for a whooping display of kisses and cuddles along with smiles and sniffles, go that extra miles to plan out a Valentine's party along with your significant other. Include other lovelorn couples and a few of your close buddies.

  Dashing singles that are ready to mingle can also be invited. Who knows, your bash may well have cupid striking them with his keen arrows of love. For those who are married with little kiddos, you can also have a section laid out especially for kids with oodles of tarts, cupcakes and chocolacious delights.

• The idea needn't relate to romantic love
  

  While the thrills and frills of romantic love is the leading deal of Valentine's Day, party ideas meant for the day needn't necessarily boil down to romantic love. As grown up kids, you can have a family oriented dinner party for your loving and precious mom anddad. Love with its overwhelming expanse also includes the irreversible bonds of familial ties. So, why not throw a Valentine's bash to celebrate your glowing love for parents? Whether you choose to delight your parents with heartwarming and delicious pizza treats or an elaborately planned out dinner bash, the choice is yours.

  In fact, you can surprise the whole family including your siblings by making way for a combined family gathering with a touch of romance. Have the table delightfully decorated with ribbon curls, candles, crystal glasses and gold trimmed wares. Have a heart shaped cake with a message in icing to adorn the table and the bash can start off with the cutting of cake.

• Celebrate with oodles of pink and red
  

  The symbolic association of Valentine's Day is to shades of red and pink; in addition to that of cupid, rose, flowers and heart. There are plenty of party ideas to come by on lines of color and that of theme. While, most themes tend to center on that of love and romance, it is important to play on the shades of red and pink. Color theme with a blend of rose, white, pink and red can just be one of the pertinent decorative ideas. Other than helping you strike the rightful mood, party ideas revolving around a color blend of particular type adds to prettiness.

  If yours is a couple oriented /romance oriented party ideas, you can also have couples donning the similar color scheme. While girls can be asked to sizzle in the chosen shades of rosy pink, blend of navy blue and red /navy blue/white can work wonders on men.

• Suitable mode of decoration and music
  

  With love doing the round, have your guests swept off their feet with a plush and pertinent decorative scheme. Go for a blend of floral hearts and that of paper cupids. Valentine adornments of pink ivy, silken flowers and tiny hearts can also be added to enhance the show of a Christmas tree. You can also have the tree draped in pink crepe or similarly colored paper streamers to add to the romantic aura of the Valentine's party. Do up the table laid with candy hearts strewn around. Hearts shaped out of cardboards can also pitch in as wonderful decorative pieces.

  Have soft and dulcet music playing around to add to the aura of romance. For a touch of adventure and fun filled excitement, you can also go for loads of rocking music to have your guests dancing around.

• Selection of eatables
  

  As far as food ideas for Valentine's party are concerned, you can go by its thematic content and color scheme. Cocktails, heart shaped pies, sundaes and burgers can also be thrown in to serve as fillers. Serve plenty of sugary delights and jam tarts for growing kiddies and toddlers.

• Oodles of games
  

  To add to the punch of loving, snacking, dining and boozing- party games have roles to play in awesome measures. Hunting for hearts, guessing the number of heart shaped wonders and stealing of hearts can provide for thrill and frill of Valentine's party meant for lovelorn hearts.