Do You Exchange Valentine’s Gifts? Here’s What Our Team & Readers Say…
Celebrate love with these Valentine’s Day gifting ideas.
Hey, Hip community! ❤️
In case you missed it, we recently announced a new monthly reader giveaway where we’ll be celebrating & rewarding our most engaged readers! Every month, an unannounced surprise blog post will go live to spark some discussion in the comments.
In February, and to honor this season of love, we announced our very first Engaged Reader Monthly Giveaway with a special Valentine’s twist! 🥰
We want to hear from you!
🚨 February’s Monthly Giveaway Question:
Do you exchange Valentine’s gifts with your significant other? And if so, what’s the best gift you’ve ever received from your partner or your favorite gift you’ve given them?
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Please note that winners have been chosen for this month’s Engaged Reader giveaway.
Here’s what our Hip team shared about their Valentine’s Gifting Traditions:
“My hubby and I exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day but it’s never anything too extravagant. I’ve never really been a huge Valentine’s Day person. Having said that, we do usually get each other some sort of candy/treat we like and then something fun like a board game, book, or video game and he usually gets me a bouquet of flowers. Last year he got me a Nightmare Before Christmas paper bouquet which I loved because I can keep it up all year and I didn’t have to worry about them dying.” – Liz
“During our first years of dating, we exchanged small gifts like chocolates or candy. It felt more like gifts just for the sake of giving a Valentine’s Day gift. I do like the idea of putting more thought into a gift to celebrate. I love Liz’s tradition of having something fun incorporated with the gift so I’ll likely go with some cutesy Valentine’s candy from Target and a card or board game for my husband this year. And since Valentine’s Day is on a Friday this year, we plan to treat ourselves to a dinner out. We have a few restaurant gift cards too so all the more reason to celebrate!” – Emily
“I LOVE Valentine’s Day. My husband and I don’t exchange gifts but usually go to dinner. I do decorate and I always get my kids a small treat bag or mini gift and probably always will because I just find it fun.” – Amber
“Before we had our daughter, we’d go out to dinner and celebrate. My husband would send flowers or candy with a card. Once she was born, those early Valentine’s Days with a baby/toddler were a blur, and we probably didn’t do much. As she’s grown, we’ve included her in our celebrations. My husband makes dinner and gets us flowers and candy—nothing extravagant. This year, I’m making my daughter a Valentine’s basket since her school doesn’t do exchanges in 7th grade and we’ll go out to eat as a family. And of course, I’ll decorate…I do for every holiday, big or small because I can’t help myself!” – Jessica
“My husband and I don’t exchange gifts – sometimes cards. We do treats for our daughter, and I send little things to the grown kiddos and all the grandkiddos, too.” – Liza
“We will sometimes exchange gifts but we always go out to eat. Usually a long lunch somewhere fun to celebrate the day. But I always get my kiddos a Day treat. I don’t care if they’re in their 60’s. If I’m still around, they’re getting some Valentine’s goodies.” – Cass
“I think my hubby has missed every single Valentine’s Day that we’ve been together due to his job, so I send him with some sort of surprise note, and the babies and I always do a mini ‘party’ with crafts and all the Valentine’s themed goodies. It’s not a huge holiday in my mind and I expect nothing, but it is the perfect excuse to do all the things with LOVE. This year we are making a heart chain and writing one thing we love about a family member each day until the 14th.” – Chelsey
“My boyfriend gifts me some peace and quiet since his family goes on vacation for Valentine’s Day every year. This year they’re going to Japan. What ends up happening is he gets me gifts while he’s on vacation (this year I asked for matcha and skincare!) and I pay for someone to clean the house/do landscaping so he gets back to a sparkly home. Win-win for both of us” – Madison
Some of our Hip sidekicks don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day at all.
“Never been a fan of Valentine’s Day and we don’t exchange gifts or really celebrate at all over here. When my kids were little, we did the classroom Valentine’s for school, but other than that I don’t get my kids anything for Valentine’s Day either.” – Trish
“My hubby and I do a big fat nothing for Valentine’s Day, and we’re totally good with that. 😆 My husband calls it a Hallmark holiday, and honestly… I kinda agree. 😬 I totally get buying Valentine’s exchange goodies for the kids when they’re in school, but I don’t really see the point in exchanging gifts with my husband. There are so many other important days to celebrate – birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day… the list goes on. Plus, I personally love it when my husband does something sweet on a random day, like bringing me a coffee or filling up my gas tank. That means way more to me than flowers on Valentine’s Day!” – Collin
“We don’t go out of our way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. As Collin said, it feels like a Hallmark holiday that I just feel that it adds to the consumerism that I don’t feel good being a part of. That said, I do always find us doing something special just for the sake of showing love to each other. We will normally cook a nice meal that the kids will love and there may or may not be heart shapes involved.” – Sara
“No gifts and we try to avoid restaurants that day. My husband still gets the kids a candy or small treat. One year he forgot and my daughter was like what the heck, Dad? LOL” – Lina
“When my husband and I got together we decided on no Valentine’s Day, too. He did get me a computer mouse one year but I think he had ordered it and it just happened to arrive on Valentine’s Day.” – Elizabeth
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Hip2Save, we love and appreciate you all. ❤️
I don’t have a valentine 😅
My hubby and I don’t exchange gifts for vday for us is a regular day.
Regardless of whether we have significant others or not, we girlfriends celebrate with a little “Galentine” action each year. It usually involves a gathering where everyone brings a dish. One year it included full size cutouts of the Golden Girls cast as decorations.
I’m single, so Valentine’s Day is not a favorite holiday of mine. However, I do treat myself to a little splurge.
Yes we exchange gifts… Usually something small (and that I got on deal thanks to Hip2Save 🙂 ) But what I love most is the thoughtfully written cards or notes. Super sweet!
Aww, love that! Thoughtful notes make the best keepsakes! And yay for scoring those HIP deals! 😉💖
Not a big priority to exchange gifts as spouses but we enjoy doing something for the kids…one year was styrofoam airplanes. Those were a hit for all the kids from ages 2-16 and have still held up for hours of play years later.
When we were first married, I think we did cards and small gifts, because the day felt more important to us (ok-me!) But fast forward 30 years, two kids with some special needs, cancer treatment, etc., and I find the day is not too important. Taking a child to therapy (an hour away) each week (when his work was insanely stressful and he really could have used that day off for himself), being an amazing caregiver through my cancer treatment, reliably taking care of the dishes, etc. make me feel deeply loved in a way that Valentine’s gifts can’t. That said, I would never turn down a thoughtful card or some flowers:) I did do cards and little gifts for our kids, and still do occasionally, even though they are now young adults
Yes! We always make sure to give both of our kids a goodie bag. And then my husband and I exchange gifts as well.
We don’t exchange gifts but do get treats for the kids.
Always Dinner and gifts for the kids!
We make a nice dinner together or go out. Time is the gift.
Yes we always do dinner and a treat for our girls.
I wasn’t aware exchanging gifts is a thing. Everyday should be a “LOVE DAY” imho. But this is just me 😆.
We exchange cards. Money is tight so we just enjoy a nice dinner together
ee always have strawberry. types on Valentines day. other than that, we don’t do much, which is fine with me 😀
I always give my kids and husband something. We usually have a Valentine dinner together with treats like a cake or chocolate dipped strawberries. I love Valentines Day. My husband thinks it is stupid.
Always put roses in the homemade Valentine’s vases from kids
My hubby and I typically do an ‘experience gift’ for Valentine’s (quite often a date night/dinner out). 🙂 We get the kids little things that I find at the Dollar Store or 5 Below.
We don’t exchange gifts, but do go out to eat. I always get the kids a treat with a Valentine.
We don’t exchange gifts, but we do special Valentine’s food like heart-shaped pancakes, pizza, and/or cookies.
Yes. We agree something small since our anniversary is in the same month. I enjoy the flowers, love having them on the counter.
We don’t celebrate on the day, but we go out to dinner about once a week in celebration of all of those little extra holidays throughout the year.
I usually get my kids a little something and hubby either a baked something, dinner out, or a card. This year, I’ll be out of town so I’ll probably leave a card for him to find.
We have a secret sister exchange at our church and as a family we do something little for everyone – like a favorite candy bar.
We make homemade cards and bake or make a special treat for each other.
Yes, but we only exchange cards and chocolates though, so no favorite gift. It’s always the same!
No we don’t exchange gifts, we just go out to a nice dinner ☺️
we go out to nice dinner
Nope! I couldnt care less about the holiday!
Yes!
Ar first, I thought you meant do I exchange a Valentine gift that my husband gave me? And my answer would be no, I let him think that I loved his gift!
But we don’t really exchange Valentine gifts with each other. Too much pressure to buy something that we don’t need. A card and dinner at home is great!
My hubs and I exchange homemade gifts on Valentine’s Day. The best gift I ever received from him was a beautiful hand drawn card with a pretty bird on it.
We do something little for our kids-chocolates of course. Me and my husband do something small for each other-homemade card or something to express love. We go out-but never on the actual day. We also do a fancy dinner at home with the same menu we have done since I was a kid. Makes everyone feel loved!
We exchange practical gifts, its just a nice way to remind each other how much we mean to each other…
My husband and I consider this a “Hallmark holiday” and don’t usually exchange gifts. Although once in a while, he will surprise me with flowers and I may get him chocolate or a small trinket.
Yes gift exchange but always a fun date!
We usually do, but we go out to dinner on the weekend either before or after Valentines Day. I hate going out ON Valentine’s day…. it’s just way too crowded, so we go on the weekend. But usually we will get each other a card and my husband always gets me flowers.
I have given my children and grandchildren since they were born. Candy is still the big hit.
No, we don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day.
I no longer have a significant other, but I always give my 3 kids a small box of chocolate and a gift card
Hit and miss for us. If we do, it’s usually something simple like a favorite drink or something we’ve been putting off buying for ourselves. Usually make heart sugar cookies or something like that with the kids.
Yes- Valentine’s Day is actually the anniversary of our engagement 🙂 Hubby always buys me flowers and a card (usually an orchid plant from Aldi) and I will make his favorite meal and dessert with a card. Nothing extravagant, just acknowledging our engagement really.
My hubby’s birthday is VD, so double the fun! We can’t stand going out to dinner on the actual day, so we wait until a couple of days after to celebrate.
Aww – that is double the fun! Happy early birthday to your hubby! 🎉❤️ Good idea waiting a bit to avoid the crowds and enjoying a more relaxed dinner date!
We don’t, but we do celebrate with a meal!
My favorite gift I’ve given my wife was a FULL DAY of Valentines adventures on the east end of Long Island. It started with a fancy brunch at a local restaurant/venue, followed by a wine/cupcake pairing at a local north fork winery, followed by shopping at a cute local boutique I knew she would love, and finally dinner at one of her favorite restaurants! It was such a great day and she loved it!
That sounds like the ultimate Valentine’s Day, Chris! Such a thoughtful way to make the whole day special—no wonder she loved it! 💕
We decided when we got together that do not exchange gifts on holidays. Even at Valentines day. We do for each others birthdays but that’s usually a trip or getaway or something. We choose to celebrate the little things everyday. And make choice together about purchases we want.
I love the idea for this new type of giveaway – thank you! My husband and I don’t exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day, but I find that over the years we will be extra nice to each other on the day, and he will usually cook a really nice dinner (he’s the main cook in the family). I love chocolate, so even though my kids are older I will still get them some treats!
You’re welcome, Natalie! ❤️ Love that you and your husband make the day special in your own way—his homemade dinner sounds perfect! 🍽️ And I’m with you on the chocolate—always a great treat! 🍫💕 Hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
We do not exchange Valentine’s Day gifts. We randomly gift throughout the year small items instead of just the one day.
I usually get flowers and a card from him and he gets a bottle of wine and a card from me.
we celebrate Valentine’s Day with something goofy – I got my partner a card with two cinnamon rolls that says “nice buns” for this year. And you better believe I will get any treat that is on sale for this Hallmark holiday! But you better not buy me flowers because they’re overpriced, especially on February 14!