A Step by Step Guide to Hosting a Galentines

This past weekend, I threw a Galentines party for my friends. Galentines is the perfect opportunity to prioritize the amazing girls and women in your life and show each other love

It’s also of course the perfect time to go all girly with pink, hearts, and florals and basically just live out your aesthetic dreams.

​Even though Valentines has passed, it’s still not too late to throw together a Galentines. So in this post I’m going to be walking you through the food I made, the activities we did, and the decorations.

​Food-

I chose to make our event a brunch since that worked with everyone’s work schedules, so we’re talking about a lush breakfast spread.

I made almond croissants that were amazing! I used this recipe from Broma Bakery with a few changes. I used 12 croissants so I doubled the filling, but I made only a single recipe of the simple syrup because from experience I know that simple syrup tends to go a lot farther than you would think.

Of course, it’s not brunch without fruit. I cut a melon into little hearts, and made chocolate covered strawberries with pink and pearly sprinkles.

For savories I made heart shaped mini omelets (because I had a heart shaped silicone mold), and breakfast sausages. The eggs were baked and filled with red peppers, parsley and shredded cheese.

No party is complete without fun drinks. I created a little diy mocktail station with pink lemonade, seltzer, lemons, and strawberries that I cut into heart shapes. Each girl was able to mix her own drink which was a lot of fun. I also made two pots of tea (one of Yorkshire tea, and one passionfruit green tea). You could also serve coffee, energy drinks served in goblets, hot chocolate, or your favorite juice.

​The Vibes-

A huge part to making a party successful is the vibe. You want to create an environment that is relaxing and that fits the season.

​The table setting was simple yet cute. I used a white tablecloth and red dishes. On top of each plate I put a pink and red valentines napkin and a namecard. I really like doing arranged seating because then you can arrange where you want each guest and it adds a personal touch to the place settings. In addition to just writing out each girl’s name, I put a Bible verse about love on the back of each name plate. Each girl got one of my prized flower tea cups (something that I also like to create a more personal air. Mismatched china is so cozy and I love giving each girl a teacup that fits her personality.)  I cut small hearts out of red and pink construction paper and an old book I use for crafts, and lined the center of the table with silver candle votives. Candlesticks or flower arrangements could be a very nice touch.

To add to the vibes, I bought everyone heartshaped sunglasses. I also made little signs for the different activities we did all with the same design to help everything be a little more cohesive.

Finally, music is so important! I decided that since this party was all about the girls, I would have the girls curate the playlist. So, in my invitation I asked each girl to send me her three favorite love songs. The playlist was full of everyone’s favorites which again, made everything feel so much more personal.

​Activities-

Activities were the perfect thing to round out the party (though I do think I should have had at least one more.)

​The first activity we did while we ate, it’s a game I came up with called “Things I Love.” I had each person write on separate pieces of paper things they love, then we mixed them all up and had to guess who we thought wrote down each thing.

When I was a kid, something I loved about Valentine's day was swapping Valentines with my friends, so I decided to emulate that a little for this party. I diyed this envelope corkboard and we all sat down and wrote notes to one another. Some were sweet, some silly, and they all made the perfect little thing for each girl to take home.

Finally, we did a craft. I bought this charm bracelet making kit on Amazon. We spent probably an hour choosing charms and assembling bracelets. We each made bracelets that represented our personalities, and we were cracking up suggesting random charms to each other.

I hope you enjoyed this little recap/how-to-guide. Let me know if you decide to host a Galentines, or if you make any of the recipes or do nay of the crafts! What did you do for Valentines?

With love and a good book, see ya next week <3

Belle Thomas

Belle is the writer and dreamer behind An Old Fashioned Girl. She is passionate about reminding girls of their identity in Christ, classic books, history, Louisa May Alcott, and earl grey tea. ​​​