Valentine’s Day is almost here and what better way to celebrate love than with homemade sweets? Mona Green, Life Coach at Namasme, shares, “Baking can cultivate love and foster healthy relationships because it's an experience that facilitates the expression of a good number of our love languages. For example, you can bake as an act of service for a birthday, bake a gift for a sick friend, bake with a loved one to spend quality time with each other and to create opportunities for physical touch!”

These baking ideas offer fun bonding activities that you can enjoy at home with your significant other, family, or even as a treat for yourself:

Easy and Fun Family Baking: Baketivity

Baketivity’s baking kits were designed with families in mind and provide a great way to enjoy meaningful time with together while offering a fun learning experience. You can order subscription monthly kits or one-time kits. The easy kits provide step-by-step instructions and ingredients for recipes like funfetti muffins, chocolate chunk cookies, cake pops, candy blossoms, whoopie pie, and more. They even come with a cute baking apron and baker’s hat! 

For Getting Creative: Online Classes from Kerry’s Bouqcakes

Learn the art of floral cupcake design with Kerry Roberts, founder of Kerry’s Bouqcakes. Kerry’s creations are gorgeous and she shares her talent in a variety of classes available online. “My online tutorials are suitable for all skill levels, whether you are a complete beginner who has never used a piping nozzle before, have some basic knowledge of buttercream piping, or are an advanced baker who wishes to perfect their piping skills or branch out into a different form of cake decorating,” Roberts says.

Check out her class options at kerrysbouqcakes.co.uk. Students also get access to Kerry’s private VIP Facebook group for support, guidance hints, and tips to help you in your baking journey. This makes a great Valentine’s Day gift idea for a virtual Galentine’s Day or even for yourself!

Healthier Baking Idea: Eat Me Guilt Free

Created by Cuban-American Cristie Besu, a registered nurse and certified sports nutritionist-turned-mompreneur, Eat Me Guilt Free is a line of brownies and snacks that offer a protein-packed, low carbohydrate ratio, making them a healthier alternative to traditional snacks. Kits for Valentine’s Day ideas include Valentine Vixen (6 regular brownies and 6 red velvet brownies) and Cotton Candy ( a cotton candy blondie).

Lizzy Sherman is an award-winning digital content writer/editor. She has been a featured guest speaker at Cal State University Northridge, Digital LA and The National Association of Audience Marketing Professionals. When she's not writing, Lizzy enjoys yoga and playing guitar. Follow her on Instagram: @zillizy