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Embracing the ‘anti’ is not always a negative. While Anti-Valentine’s Day can be about expressing the negative feelings associated with Valentine’s Day, and it is your prerogative to do so, it can also be a positive. Anti-Valentine’s Day can also be about celebrating self-love and friendships or platonic relationships.
If you are embracing the ‘anti’ and celebrating Anti-Valentine’s Day, you can do so by throwing a party full of fun, food, and activities that foster and support those relationships. Here are some ideas to help you throw the ultimate Anti-Valentine’s Day party.
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If you want to skip out on doing the footwork yourself, we have no problem doing the heavy lifting and providing plenty of ideas for you.
Color Scheme and Theme
The first thing you will want to decide is the color scheme and themes so that you can create a cohesive feel throughout all the details. Deep red and purples fit the moody vibes, and black, white, and greys accent them well. Some themes you can lean into are broken hearts, wilted roses, spilled wine, and ‘anti’ versions of traditional Valentine’s Day images like Cupid, teddy bears, and candy.
Outside of pieces in your chosen color scheme, if you’d like some more on-the-nose decor, consider a catchy banner or quippy napkins.
Invitations
If you are going all out, you’ll want to set the tone early for your guests. This is done from the initial interactions for the party, which is often the invitation itself. Design an invitation or e-vite that fits your theme and lets your guests know the vibe. Everything from a casual craft day to a dinner party is on the table.
An interactive invite is always really fun, and you have a very thematic opportunity at hand with smashable chocolate hearts. What better way to celebrate Anti-Valentine’s Day than smashing a heart? Design up some sayings, have your friends smash the chocolates, and reveal the party details inside. You can even customize the hearts for each guest and customize them so they fit your theme. All you need is some chocolate, the mold, and a container.
Activities
With the focus of Anti-Valentine’s Day usually on embracing friendships and/or non-romantic solitude, using the party to craft or create can help you foster those ideals. Here are some activities you can do
Journaling
Take some time to reflect, set intentions, put down some self-love, or just get your anger out by journaling. To make it more interactive consider junk journaling with an Anti-Valentine’s Day theme.
Baking
Gather some friends and bake up some custom cupcakes or cookies that let you express all of your very poignant thoughts about the day. Check out the recipes below for some cookie and cupcake inspiration that will really fit the day.
Iron-on DIYS
Buy or pre-make thematic iron-on images and create a station for customizing things such as T-shirts, totes, storage bags for makeup, toiletries, or more.
Piñata
Take your anger out on an acceptable victim and feel better in the process by decorating a piñata and smashing it to bits. It’s even more fun with friends!
Movie Date
Spend the day snacking a movie marathon. Put on a rom-com-athon or a series of movies exploring self-love, or friendship.
Menu
Your menu will deeply depend on the style of party you are throwing. If you’re keeping it casual, some foods and snacks to match the theme and mood will work just fine. If you’re going for something more formal, you can plan out a full menu with some inspiration.
Individual routes you can go are comfort foods like pizza and ice cream, finger foods that fit the bill like heart-shaped dumplings, or indulgent options like a black forest cake that fits aesthetically and tastes good.
Recommended Recipes
1. Anti-Conversation Heart Cookies
2. Tale-Tell Heart Cupcakes
3. Black Forest Trifle
4. Bleeding Heart Cupcakes
5. Heart Dumplings
6. Bloody Heart Pasta
Don’t forget drinks! Here are some Anti-Valentine’s Day Cocktails and Mocktails for your consideration.
Music
Set the mood by searching up Anti-love songs, girl power songs, or a curated playlist of your favorite feel-good songs and put them on in the background. It will help have something to fill the space if you’re crafting or relaxing, or give you an opportunity to belt your heart out!
