4 Affordable Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
Aren’t we all familiar with the date 14 Feb? Yes! It is Valentine’s Day when couples celebrate their love and individuals express their affection to another.
For those of you who are looking for an affordable yet special way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your partner or to confess or love. Here are 4 great ideas for Valentine’s Day Gift that will do just that!
#1 – Plan a Surprise Picnic
Instead of spending $100+ over dinner, you can organise a simple picnic in the garden or under the stars that cost less than $80. It is a simple yet unique way of spending quality time together, just the two of you.
There are a few ways that you can do to make the picnic experience remarkable.
Create a Teepee
One way is to DIY a teepee, which can be done at a minimum cost. Some of the materials used to make the teepee can be easily found at Daiso. Also, you can reuse unused cloth from home to complete the tepee, which is friendly to the environment and your wallet.
The material used for the making of the teepee.
Decorations
To add some heart-warming element to the picnic is through decorations. Display photos of those favourite moments that you have spent together and to make it more instagrammable share your Valentine’s Day message on a letter board.
Boston Collection - Do All things with Love Photo Frame, Klosh,
$19.90 (Only available in stores)
Letterboard - White Easel with White Plastic, Klosh $19.90
Affordable yet delicious takeaways
What is a picnic without food! Just grab those yummy western set meal or muffins from a hawker or even better prepare it yourself.
Now you are all set for a memorable Valentine’s Day celebration.
#2 - Give a Plant Instead of Fresh Flower
Succulent plants are totally in trend nowadays. They are easy to take care and more lasting than fresh flowers, which symbolises your everlasting love!
Shiba Succulents, Silver spade at Klosh Outlets, $35
Herbarium Silver spade at Klosh Outlets, $35
#3 – Pen down your love on a card
In this digitalised era, most of our thoughts are expressed through Whatsapp, to receive handwritten letters are so rare nowadays. To make your gift and celebration even more memorable, give her or him a card with handwritten sweet nothings that you are too shy to say. Years down the road this card will be treasured as a keepsake.
Valentine Card (L) - Lanterns Lots Of Love, Klosh, $6.90 ; Valentine Card (S) - Stripe & Heart Boyfriend, Klosh, $4.90
#4 Nothing beats Chocolate as a gift
Giving Chocolates to your boyfriend or girlfriend is a tradition practice in celebrating Valentine’s Day. But why is that so? This delicious cocoa dessert is made from “Theobroma cocao” tree, which in Greek translation is “Food for the Gods”. Hence, people interpreted Chocolate as a delicacy that is good enough for the Gods then it will also be good enough for the love of their life.
Finally, we hope you have gained some inspiration after reading this post.
Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day in advance!