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Home » Holidays » A Charming Valentine’s Day Party For Friends

A Charming Valentine’s Day Party For Friends

Published on January 26, 2018 Updated on January 16, 2020 by Eden

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The perfect Valentine’s Day is spent with friends and family, sharing a delicious home-cooked meal and some Valentine’s Day inspired desserts. Here are some ideas for creating a charming Valentine’s Day party that you can host for your girlfriends!

A cheese plate with heart shaped fruit and cheese on a marble board.

Valentine’s Day Ideas

If you’re hosting a Valentine’s Day for your girlfriends, there’s a lot of activities and ideas you can do! Have a Valentine’s Day craft night or a Valentine’s Day movie night or maybe a wine and cheese party!

No matter what you choose to do, you can cook your favorite food (or order take out!), set up a charming Valentine’s Day-inspired bar with desserts and cocktails and just relax! It’s a great excuse to spend time and appreciate the close friendships you have.

Valentine's Day bar with flowers, cookies, plates and sparkling wine.

Valentine’s Day Food

A cheese platter is always a good idea! Even if you order take-out for dinner, a cheese platter.

Valentine's Day Cheese platter with cheese and heart shaped fruit.

Use a tiny heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut our shapes in the fruit and cheese! It’s an easy way to add a little charm and love to the cheese platter.

Valentine’s Day Cocktails

We’ve rounded up 14 perfect Valentine’s cocktails here!

You can also make this Floral Rosé Spritzer. It’s refreshing and the color is perfect for Valentine’s Day.

A rosé spritzer with edible flowers in a pitcher for a Valentine's Day party

Tips for Making Valentine’s Day Cocktails

If it’s a shaken cocktail, make it ahead of time in the cocktail shaker. Wait to add ice, then right before serving, add the ice and shake, shake, shake! Then strain! This way you can prep all of the ingredients and measurements ahead of time.

Add a charming detail like pink ice cubes! They’re naturally colored with hibiscus flour and easy to make. 

If you’re serving wine, check out our wine serving tips and then show off your skills!

Use edible flowers to garnish your Valentine’s Day cocktail. You can even make your own edible flower garden! If not, find edible flowers in the fresh herb section at Whole Foods.

Rosé profiteer with edible flowers.

Valentine’s Day Desserts

If you’re looking for an easy dessert that guests can assemble themselves, we love the idea of an ice cream sandwich platter. Choose 3 varieties of ice cream paired with a few options for cookies and let your friends make their own!

Ice cream and cookies on a platter for a Valentine's Day party

Make sure you have an ice cream scooper and a lot of napkins on hand!

Here are more Valentine’s Day dessert recipes you can make:

Lemon and Thyme Shortbread Cookies

Simple Peanut Butter Cookies

Italian Rainbow Cookies

Mini Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

Decadent Chocolate and Easy Soufflés Recipe

Cookies and ice cream on a platter for a Valentine's Day party

Valentine’s Day Crafts

Sharing a few more of our favorite Valentine’s Day crafts! These are all fun projects and gifts you can make at your party! Set up a craft station and get crafting!

DIY Mini Cake Stands – These are so charming and a fun Valentine’s Day Craft and Gift! 

DIY Essential Oil Candles are a great Valentine’s Day craft idea! 

Lavender Lip Balm DIY! With a printable Valentine’s Day label! They’re adorable and great for kids to make too.

I’m Donuts Over You printables! 

Valentine’s Day Embroidery Wine Bags 

Check out these Charming Valentine’s Day Printables too!

Valentine's Bar with Champagne in an ice bucket.

Valentine’s Day Movies

If you invite friends over for Valentine’s Day Movie night, here are some great options for movies!

  • The Notebook
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Say Anything
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • My Best Friends Wedding
  • Love Actually
  • Book Club
Valentine's Day paper streamers.

Valentine’s Day Decorations

Decorate your party with some pretty flowers and paper streamers. Keep it simple and charming but festive to celebrate the holiday!

We hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Please share your photos with us @sugarandcharm on social!


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  1. Elizabeth Van Lierde says

    February 12, 2019 at 9:59 am

    This is such a cute set up! Love that color palette!

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