Be spontaneous

Text or call all of your best girl friends and lay out the plan. Ask them if they’re in or out—and if someone doesn’t want to partake, ask her if she’ll be master of ceremonies and keep track of who has whom—then set a spending limit. Keep it cheap…this is just for fun, remember!

Pick your Valentine

Write each girl’s name on a heart-shaped piece of pink or red construction paper. Toss them all into a hat or paper bag and take turns drawing names. If you get yourself, toss the paper back and pick again. Decide as a group when to deliver your gift (or gifts, if you want to do a few small items) and when and where to have your big reveal party.

Get gifting

Hitch a ride to the dollar store and get some fun prezzies for your Valentine—cheap nail polish, heart-shaped chocolates, silly V-Day cards, packages of bubbles, whatevs. Deliver them in total secrecy. If you have a nonparticipating girlie acting as master of ceremonies, you can have her dole out the goodies, too.

Party time!

Throw a girls-only bash at your house or one of your friends’ houses to stage the secret admirers reveal. Have each girl bring a sweet treat they know their Valentine adores. When it’s time to let the cat out of the bag, present the treats to each other and giggle over your gifting week.

When you get to school on Monday, indulge in your goodies and your girls. Have a blast spreading the love…and maybe giving that cutie you’ve been eyeing a brownie or two after lunch.

by Brittany Taylor | 2/1/2016