12 unique ways to have a terrific Valentine at home

Valentine is here again and as usual lovers across Nigeria, Africa and the world as a whole, are already painting the town red.

While it is not a bad idea to go out and catch some fun, however the fun is no lesser for lovers who might want to stay in doors.

Here are some ten amazing ways to enjoy your Val with your partner in doors:

ONE

Make dinner together and have a picnic dinner on the floor. Choose the menu and get the ingredients ahead of time, then have fun cooking, taste-testing, and eating together.

TWO
Have a board game night. Choose a favorite board game and feel free to play the traditional way or with an extra romantic twist. The choice is yours.

THREE
Turn your living room into a ballroom. Move the furniture out of the way, turn on the music and dance like prom night all over again. Don’t know how to dance? Rent an instructional DVD from your local library and use the night to learn together!

FOUR

Read a book together. It could be something as romantic as a book on marriage or a silly as a favorite picture book from your childhood.
Set the mood. Think candles. Think flowers. Think multiple-courses or fondue. What would you expect to see and taste at a fancy restaurant? Try to recreate that atmosphere around your own dining table. For extra gusto you may even want to dress up in your finest attire. Woowee!

FIVE

Revel in wedding day memories. This one will probably mean more to us girls than our hubbies but looking at old wedding albums or watching our wedding video is a great way to rekindle the fires.

SIX

Enjoy hot chocolate/tea/coffee on the back porch together. There’s nothing like sitting together in the peace and enjoyment of God’s creation to build a deeper level of communication.

SEVEN

Get your sport on. While it may not sound very romantic to start, playing soccer in the backyard or a round of H.O.R.S.E. in front of the basketball goal does wonders for relationships.

EIGHT

Give each other a massage.
Play a video game together. I remember when Goose and I used to do this when we were first married. We loved it. I think this may be one of our choices for Thursday, no doubt!

NINE

Create a campfire in the backyard or light up the grill. Roast hot dogs, wrap up in a warm blanket and just enjoy watching the fire burn. Go star gazing. Put a blanket on the ground or wrap up in sleeping bags in your backyard and just enjoy gazing at the stars. Go back and read your journals, letters, and memos from when you were dating.

TEN

Have a karaoke night. Get out your favorite romantic songs and have fun lip-syncing to each other.

ELEVEN
Have a spa night. Think bubble bath…foot massages…the works!
Put a puzzle together, then glue and frame it. Create sugar cookies. Bake them. Decorate them. And eat them. For an added Valentine’s Day flare you could even write your own little sweetheart messages on top and exchange them.

TWELVE

Read Song of Solomon together.  Write your lifelong bucket list together, and also make a list of all the places you want to visit together were money no limit. Look through your old high school yearbooks or baby photo albums together.  Get artistic. Try drawing or painting each other’s portraits and then framing them!

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14