Valentine's present?

[Carol]

Hi everyone!

I know I am asking very early, but it takes time to arrange presents from abroad
I am just curious, if anyone can give me ideas on Valentine's present for my boyfriend? Or share what you got/gave from/to your bf's in the past?
Any idea is appreciated! Thank you

[aojeda50]

I'm right there with you. I just started making my small gift yesterday. I'm making him an explosion box.
I was thinking waay ahead when I was looking up some ideas on YouTube. that's where i found this idea. I'm going to decorate it how I want to with both our nation's flags and attach some photos of myself and some with us we took together. I might add some sweets and other things I have to think of.

Here is the link to the video I found. If you don't like this one you could look at the other videos they have suggested.

https://youtu.be/IYCUdE_Rtcc

if the link doesn't work, just look up explosion box. It's pretty cool

[Alsfia]

Check out the gift ideas section and old threads, theres usually a ton of great ideas there

[conejita_hada]

Yes, as Alsfia said, check the gift ideas section. I bought a rather large Christmas cookie tin on clearance and baked a whole batch of chocolate cookies, as well as a homemade card, and some dried fruits and nuts he likes. It already arrived (only took 2 weeks in the mail) to get to Guatemala. I figured earlier is better than later, as I was expecting it to take at least 3 weeks. The only downside was it cost more than seems reasonable for a food package. Just make sure to research best shipping methods. It seemed reading a bunch of different commentary that the average for international packages takes two weeks unless it's rush order. (That could change depending on country)

[piratemama]

Thanks to some wonderful advice from members here after I was disappointed with Christmas, my SO and I talked about Valentine's and what we would like to do. He and I have set a limit on the dollar amount of gift and will mostly do something thoughtful, something that connects us in some way. Our first visit was at a beach, so I am thinking about sending him one of these: https://www.invitationinabottle.com/...fteternity.htm.

It's on sale for $25. I have written him a poem as well that fits our situation, and we will send each other a special email that day, too. We are planning on having a Skype dinner date and a Skype sleepover near Valentine's Day, too, but we might not be able to do it on the actual day.

I hope all of you get some reassurances of love on that day.