A Valentine Card Box

Remember when you were a kid and made a "mailbox" that sat on your desk to collect Valentines?  Those were so much fun to make!  Well, this is the first year my little girl got to make one...yay!  At her last school they just put the Valentines in a plain white bag.  So this year we were excited to finally get to be a little creative.

We used a cardboard gift box for the bottom, and I cut up a thick cardboard box to make the roof.  She did the decorating and I did the hot gluing for her.

have a happy Valentines day :)

How to Make Window Hearts {Kids Craft}

We had four "polar vortex" days off school in January.   We used that time to hide inside and create pretty things. These hanging hearts look so pretty hanging in the sunlit window. They make great Valentine gifts, too.  

Here's what we used:
~clear contact paper ~glitter ~little hearts (punched from paper, confetti, whatever you have on hand) ~fishing line, yarn, or ribbon for hanging

I tried using a heart shaped paper punch (Martha Stewart punch) on tissue paper.  So did not work, and the tissue paper just ripped.  Instead, I hand cut a few tissue paper hearts to add to the mix.  We mostly used ones punched from cardstock.  
We started by taping the contact paper to the table with the sticky side up.

They dropped the hearts and glitter on the contact paper.  This is the fun part :)  

When they were done, I put another sheet of contact paper on top to "seal" their arrangement.  Then I cut hearts from it, punched a hole in the top of each heart, and added something to hang it with.

If you are going to hang them in a window it looks best with fishing line.  

I think we've made about 10 of these.  They are so easy and pretty :)

Happy creating :)
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Lego Valentines

Isn't it cool that they make Lego sets for girls now?  

Girls like to build too ;)

Here is our girl version Lego Valentines

We went to the Lego Pick a Brick website and picked some of those little gray plates with the hole in it.  What is that piece called anyway?

We picked out some other Valentine appropriate colors to add to it.

we were going to use ribbon for the necklace, but Hobby Lobby had ball chains for 40% off.

I was going to make a Lego tag for the bag myself, but Andrea's printable version was so adorable and already made for a reasonable price;)  You can check out her page at Andrea Designs.

Happy creating :)

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Heart Canvas {Kids Craft}

The kids had so much fun making this, and I almost want to make one by myself.

The finished product reminds me of a bowl of conversation hearts.

We made this festive piece on one of our polar vortex days. We gathered up our supplies  ~ a canvas ~ contact paper cut in the shape of a heart ~ dot art markers

If you don't have dot markers, you can use a sponge cut to a circle and regular paint.

When they are done painting just peel off the contact paper (or tape) and let dry.

I love it, and they loving seeing  their work hanging on the wall.

Happy Creating :)

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Valentines Day Inspiration 2014

Valentine's Day is two weeks away. Earlier this week it was around -30 degrees here, so it was fun just camping out in the house all day and avoiding the cold!  Perfect time to get festive for February 14th :)

The two framed hearts on the right are free printables from Tatertots and Jello.

I made the wreath, framed heart, and banner a couple years ago.  You can find those links here.

This year we added a few arrows in the mix.  I used sticks, felt, and a glue gun to hold it all together.  

We filled a jar with a little Epsom salt and added some sticks and wood hearts. 

A mini vial with Epsom salt and a paper heart.

Happy Creating :) 

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Valentine Heart Wreath {without a hole}

Rolling these little flowers takes forever, but goes quickly late at night when the kids are in bed and I'm catching up on the DVR.  :)

I cut a big heart out of a piece of thick and sturdy cardboard.  I covered that with red paper just in case I didn't glue my flowers close enough and the cardboard peeked through.

I rolled the flowers using the same tutorial I used on this Valentine wreath.

A few burned finger tips later I had all my felt flowers hot glued in place :)

 Every single time I make a wreath, I always forget to attach the ribbon or wire for hanging before I start.  Every single time!  You would think I'd learn...sigh.

So when I was finished gluing and finally remembered, I poked through the cardboard with wire to attach a ribbon for hanging.  

I hope that holds... 

Happy creating all :)
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Happy Valentines Day!

I haven't posted anything really Valentines related yet this year. Talk about waiting until the last minute!  

So here we go...

 Our Valentine tree is very simple and I love it.  Wood hearts painted red hand on branches the kids helped me collect.  Twine holds a doily heart on the tin jug.  

The kids made these cards for the grandparents.  On Pinterest I found something similar and I thought it was too sweet not to make!  I cut the tree trunk from cork paper, and the kids used their fingerprints to make the heart leaves.

Don't you love the dollar section at Michael's?!  This little frame came from that fun filled section.  I painted the frame white and added scrapbook paper and numbers.  Inexpensive and simple.

These sweet little candies have been all over Pinterest, too.  Since I had the stuff I gave it a shot.  They look cute, hopefully they taste as sweet!  Find out how to make them HERE.

Valentines Day morning the munchkins will wake up to a special Valentine breakfast.  

They get so excited when we make the holidays a little extra fun.  It's nothing fancy, but it's enough to make their day, and that's good enough for me :)

Map Art (with a heart)

Yay!  Our computer is up and running again!  Thank goodness, too.  I love my iphone, but my eyes couldn't take one more day of using that little screen to check in on my etsy shop and emails.


Any way, with Valentines day just a few days off I thought I'd share a project with a heart. :)  I know you've seen heart map art like THIS one and THIS one, too.  Love them.  I thought it was a such a sweet idea.


I made my own version by printing a free map I found online.  If you do a google image search for the map of your state you'll get loads of results.  
I cut the word "home" from card stock and then stitched (to the best of my very limited ability) a heart with red thread around our home.  

The frame was one of those fabulous $5 frames from Walmart.  I love those frames!  Perfect price for crafting.

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A Diamond in the Stuff

Heart Cake

I am so making this for Valentine's Day this year.  

I'm just hoping it comes out as pretty looking as hers did!

Sprinkle Bakes

What's on your Valentine's Day menu?

Adorable Kids Valentines

I love these Valentine ideas found on Pinterest!  

I'm sure we'll be making some of these in the coming weeks!  

armommy

While looking around there I also came across adorable free printables for the kids from mommy.  

They include sweet messages like, "I love being your mom."

Such a sweet idea!

find them HERE

Simply J Studio

Friskars

Living with Three Moon Babies

(includes free printable)

Then She Made

Family Fun

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