Our school has a ban on store-bought Valentines. The idea is to get the kids to make hand-made gifts that are “from the heart” (Kyle’s quote… seriously). I love this idea, in concept, but man-oh-man am I ever put to the test at V-Day each year. They have a Valentine’s Day “Secret Pal” tradition at the school, where each kid brings hand-made gifts to their secret pal for the 3 days leading up to V-Day. Then, on V-Day they gift them with a “big special gift” (Owen’s quote) which is — according to K & O — preferably, homemade sweet treats of some kind. Meera’s pre-school class is still too young to be included in the Secret Pal routine… so she wanted to make valentines for all of her classmates. Good thing I like crafting.
It has been a long week (we started in on our crafting in earnest this past weekend, and wrapped up tonight with our grand finale: homemade [cheater] cake pops***). I almost lost my mind once or twice. But we survived and came out on the other end with some “awesome!!!” (K & O & M’s quote) hand-made V-Day gifts.
All I can say is: THANK GOD FOR PINTEREST!!!
And: If we can do this, you can too (nobody hates crafting more than K & O). Not that you’d probably choose to… I’m just saying, if you have to — or dare to — you can do it for sure if we can.
Happy Valentines Day Y’All!
***FYI: the cheater cake pops were super easy to do. Buy lollipop sticks, some good store-bought doughnut holes, some microwavable chocolate/vanilla coating (the stuff you’d use for chocolate-dipped-strawberries, etc.), and some sprinkles… and you’re good to go! The boys are sooooo excited to give these to their secret pals!
Love those cute valentines! Lots of FUN for the kids and lots of planning on your part!
Looks super fun…and lots of prep for you! What special times though and special memories being created! I also was so very thankful for Pinterest when looking for ideas for teacher gifts and class valentines. My five year-old handmade 23 valentines-took the whole weekend, but we had fun( most of the time! đŸ˜‰ )…
That pic of Meera with the purple puff ball has to be one of my new favorites…
Love the little Valentines Well done Heather!! And Meera and Kyle and Owen!
– Kate