Valentines Day at Disneyland,
Downtown Disney, and Knotts Berry Farm
In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of Valentine's Day Build A Bear animals from 2008, 2009 and 2010. Kids love to celebrate Valentine's Day by making the latest holiday stuffed animal at the Downtown Disney Build A Bear store (or one of the chain's other locations.) On this page, we'll talk about some of the ways your family can enjoy the Valentine's Day holiday in Southern California.
Valentine's Day for families in SoCal...
...receives almost no attention!
While the happy, smooching couples of Southern California spend hours trying to decide which one of the many Valentine's Day dinner specials they'll choose, we family-style Valentine's Day celebrants are left more or less "high and dry!" There's barely enough going on for families to write a web page about...but if I DON'T, you might waste your time calling around to all the same places that I did. Save your dialing finger! Read the "no news" here!Photo note: To your left, you see a picture of the 2009 Valentine's Day Monkey from Build-A-Bear Workshop. This was last year's holiday stuffed animal is called the "Hugs Fur You" Monkey. This soft, huggable animal features a chest full of Valentine's Day hearts...and they're on her feet as well! (You can tell that the Hugs Fur You monkey is a girl because of her long sewn-in eyelashes!) From the top of her pink furry head to the tip of her gracefully curled tail, making her will be a fun Valentine's activity that any girl will enjoy. If you're having trouble finding a family Valentine's Day activity, you can always count on the Build A Bear Workshop to save the day. Seasons and celebrations are their specialty!
For 2010, you'll find the new "BE MINE DALMATIAN" ready and waiting for you to stuff at your local Build A Bear workshop. This adorable puppy (which you can see in the slide show at the top of this page) comes with heart-shaped black spots, a heart-shaped collar...and even a read heart shape over the left eye. Not too frilly and feminine, this year's Valentine's Day stuffed animal would make a great gift for either your favorite gal OR guy!
There's a 3rd choice for Valentine's Day at BuildABear, too! If you'd rather dress up one of the cute bears or other animals available for stuffing, you'll find a number of new 2010 Valentine's Day outfits at your Build A Bear store. Several outfits feature pastel or hot pink tones, and a while a number of bright red choices are too cute for words.
Valentine's BuildABears all year long on EBay!
The picture of Build A Bear's 2008 Valentine's Day stuffed animal--the Hearts Fur You puppy...can be seen to your left. This adorable collector's animal was covered with red and pink hearts and sported a friendly-looking face.
If you were unable to make the Valentine's Day stuffed doggie at a Build A Bear store last February, don't worry! You can still get one...although, not at your local BuildABear location; the stores no longer sell them. However, Valentine's Day stuffed Build A Bear teddies and other animals from past years come up for auction nearly every day of the week online at the EBay website!
Just below, you'll find a widget which shows you all of the Valentine's Day Build A Bear auctions going on RIGHT NOW on EBay. The widget "magically" updates itself, so that when these particular auctions have ended, new ones appear! Some days, you may find exactly the very Valentine's Build A Bear animal or clothing that you want...and other days, you may not. That's the way it works in the world of online auctions!
Valentines Day at Disneyland -- generally "just a normal day"
Disneyland reps have told me by phone that there's nothing special planned for a family-style celebration at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. Rats! Personally, I'd like to see them celebrate with decorations and activities, similar to the way the park has begun celebrating Halloween in recent years. Alas...ain't gonna happen. Yet! Hopefully, the Disneyland Resort will figure out that families like to celebrate the Valentine's holiday, too!
However, heading to Disneyland Park DOES make a very romantic outing for parents who choose to celebrate "just the 2 of us" style. The lights are romantic, and everything looks so beautiful at Disneyland. Standing by the Snow White wishing well is a special treat...few crowds are around, and couples can spend a moment snuggling in the shadows of Disneyland's beautiful fairy tale castle!
Disneyland Park does sell cute Valentine's Day merchandise! If you'll be giving gifts to your family for the occasion, what could be cuter than Mickey and Minnie Mouse Valentine's Day presents? You can see 2008 pictures of Valentine Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse to your left and just below on this page. (The 2010 Mickey and Minnie look fairly similar.) Collectors look forward to Valentines Day at the theme park because there's always cute new merchandise every year.
Valentines Day at Disney's California Adventure
Just as its sister-theme park, Disneyland, there usually aren't any special activities planned for Valentines Day at Disney's California Adventure.
HOWEVER...Disney's California Adventure is also a good place for parents to celebrate alone without the kids. Like Disneyland, the lights are beautiful, and "just being there" is romantic for those who are young at heart. In addition, Disney's California Adventure has an upscale restaurant in which parents can enjoy dining during their evening out on the town.
Valentine's Day at Downtown Disney
What could be a more natural place for parents to celebrate Valentine's Day than at the Downtown Disney District? The restaurants at Downtown Disney offer couples a wide variety of cuisine styles---and the out-of-town crowds are thin (so you can actually have some elbow room!) For information about Downtown Disney's restaurants, please visit the Downtown Disney Restaurants page of this website.
Families, however (especially families with little girls,) may want to celebrate by making a Valentine's Day Build A Bear animal at Downtown Disney. As it has already been mentioned at the top of this page, the Downtown Disney Build A Bear location is a great place to head for a family bear-stuffing activity.
Plan to find a whole range of specialty merchandise for Valentine's Day 2010, just like there has been in years past. Each year, some of the Build A Bear Valentine's Day items are brand new styles...either new Valentine's holiday animals, new Valentine's Day clothing, or BOTH! Also each year, other Valentine's styles aren't new, but include returning "favorites" from recent years past. 
There are a number of holiday dresses and accessories from which to choose. To your left, you see the Valentine's Day "Love" outfit being "modeled" by this stuffed monkey (Though this particular outfit isn't in stores this year, it can still be found occasionally on EBay.)
If you like Build A Bears, then you may enjoy seeing the following pages on this website which feature them:
Valentines Day at Knott's--2010 February ticket specials
During the month of February, Knott's Berry Farm usually offers Valentine's Day specials. For 2010, you can get in on a good discount deal called "Twogether is Better." If you purchase 2 or more tickets, you can get them for the special price of $25 apiece. For more information, please visit the Knott's Berry Farm discount tickets page of this blog.
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