A Homemade Valentines

For some reason this year for Valentines I was feeling extra crafty. Maybe it was the four snow days we had in a row. Maybe it was due to me tapping into my creative side a little bit more lately. Who knows...but I just went with it. Pretty sure it ended up costing more then just buying the normal fill in the blank Valentines, but oh well. Lots of love were put into them. At least by some of us, as you will see. I got all of our ideas from Family Fun. This first one is AAP's Valentines. It is supposed to be an arrow (made out of hearts and a glow stick) that looks like this. But, she clearly had no desire to make these. She got pretty lazy and sloppy with them. It took everything in me not to take over and do the project to perfection just like the example. But, I am working very hard for my kids' projects to be completely their own. This includes school projects, posters, book reports, etc. So...here is her final product. It's hers...not mine. Her lack of interest in the project does not define me. :) I am learning so much in CR. ;)

Here is the Valentines that I made for my students. They are from my friend, who is the teacher, and I (I am the teacher's aid). A bag of gummy bears and Teddy Grahams. The card says You are Beary Special. Cute and corny. :)

This is AKP's Valentines. This is the only project that we actually did on a snow day. We made the stamps out of sponges and they sat and crafted away. She wanted to add some candy so I bought gummy worms, the only bug candy I could think of, and we put them in baggies and stapled them to the back.

Lastly we have JDP's Valentines. Such a cute idea, but the most expensive one. It calls for lifesavers, but the normal roll of fruity lifesavers is no where to be found. Pretty sure the other 4-5 year olds in his class aren't going to enjoy the mints, but oh well. We are going for the cute factor! And, note to self...when choosing the Valentine's projects be sure they are age appropriate. I ended up doing 90% of the work on this one.

So, what did you do for Valentine's this year? Homemade or store bought?