Valentine's Idea for Allergic Children

I have already shared that I am allergic to many things. My daughter also has her fair share of allergies. She is unable to eat any of the common food dyes in the US (such as red #40, yellow #5, etc). Holidays, like Valentine's Day, always pose a problem for us. Almost all of the candies available have food dyes or are "made in a factory that processes peanuts/tree nuts"

Last year we gave out Valentine's cards with little baggies of sunflower seeds and directions on how to plant them. After much deliberation, we've decided to do it again.

So simple and many people appreciated the break from candy last year!

Supplies Needed:

• Construction Paper
• Markers
• Several packets of Sunflower seeds (or other easily grown plant).
• Snack size ziploc baggies

• Divide up the Sunflower seeds so each ziploc snack baggie gets an equal amount. Place the seeds into each baggie.
• Cut up pieces of construction paper to fit into your ziploc baggies. Write something cute on the little papers about growing the seeds and tuck it into the bag with your seeds.

Tada..."Candy-Free/Allergen-Free Valentine's"!
PS If you are allergic to sunflowers, try another plant