either buy the store bought cards from target or make our cards.
i'm not a fan of those storebought cards at all,
so the personal homemade or semi-homemade cards always win out.
this year, finn requested science OR robot valentine cards ,
but he quickly narrowed it down to robots since he didn't get to
do robots last year. (the robot obsession is still in full swing)
we headed to michaels which is just around the corner from us now.
i found packs of 12" die-cut robots.
a 12" valentine is pretty large, but they were oh so cute! i couldn't resist.
though we only needed 2 dozen, i picked up an extra dozen since i had the 40% off coupon.
i figured the additional package could be used for future projects or even as birthday cards.
once i was home, coloring and/or decorating 24 robots seemed daunting
for me and for a boy who doesn't typically get excited about things unless they have a
motor or a moving part. (scoutie on the otherhand would have enjoyed coloring them all)
i rummaged through the garage and found a new can of red spray paint which i used
to spray a dozen robots before i ran out. at this point, finn suggested giving the girls
in his class the red robots and spraying the other ones gray for the boys.
c was heading to his favorite store for something or other, so he picked up a can for us.
next came the cute hearts. we put a sparkly red heart on each gray robot for a little 'pop' of
color, and white foam hearts on the red robots. next, finn addressed them to each child in his class.
the back of the robots, we put I Like You A BOT! (super cute)
and here are the final robots valentine cards:
scoutie was next.
his love of FROGS continues so i wasn't surprised when he requested
them as valentine cards for his class. trains came in a close second.
michael's unfortunately didn't have any die-cut frogs,
so i went online and found this cute template.
it looked easy enough, but after printing and cutting out just two,
i realized how much work was involved - LOTS of cutting!
aunt jen came to our rescue and offered to cut them all.
when she returned them to me, they were separated out in tidy
ziplock bags which made it easy for me to assemble.
(thank you so much j)
after scoutie announced the glueing was "too messy",
i was able to work alone and make better time.
since jen took a big chunk of work off my plate,
i was able to throw in an extra something fun.
i came up with the idea of wrapping small boxes of raisins
with white paper, and writing 'flies' on on the front of each
and then taping to the front of the frog.
it was a small detail, but it went a long way.
not only cute but healthy too.
a perfect little treat for 3 year olds.
scoutie put his finishing touch on each frog -
a red or pink foam heart sticker for the lips.
he was so proud of himself.
the back of the cards read: HOP-py Valentine's Day!
and last my little lovebugs.
i dressed them in red 'initial tees' i purchased from piccadilly circus designs through etsy.
scoutie even had on red converse tennies to match.
c teased me and reminded me i have BOYS (like i could somehow forget),
and i reminded him i have to have some fun
since i don't have girls to dress. *wink*
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| this little guy has my heart |
