Teacher Valentine's Gift

I created this little tag a while ago just as a random thank you for all the wonderful teachers in our lives, but thought it would be cute as a teacher Valentine's gift as well. 

I changed the colors up a bit and it looks super cute with Valentine's red, pink and silver hugs and kisses. To download simple click on the image and save to your computer!

Valentines 2013

Last year my daughter exchanged Valentine's Day Cards with her little preschool group friends. There were 4 little girls in the group, and the Valentines were girly and fun. 

This year in Kindergarten, she gets to have a fun Valentine's Day party and exchange Valentines with her classmates. If you go to the store, there are the prepackaged cards or candy valentines. If you know me, completely store bought, just ain't my thing. Then, you go to Pinterest and there are TONS of cute ideas, but still a majority involve candy. Once again, too much candy just ain't my thing. (Side note: We have a "treat basket" at our house. We go through candy slowly around here, and still have Halloween and Christmas candy in our treat basket. So I had no desire to add to the candy intake. Cheesecake, ice cream and brownies are more than welcome though, and don't last long.) I figured a majority of the Valentines the kids will get will have candy, so they wouldn't be sad if ours didn't. Instead we came up with this:

And, of course, I had to design a little printable to go with it. Click on the image below to download it for yourself. Then, simply print at home, cut out, punch a hole at the top and bottom, have your child sign it, and slip a silly straw through the holes.

(File has been updated since the original post. Enjoy!)

We couldn't forget about her teacher! Her teacher's favorite snack is goldfish. So I had to copy the popular "FISH" themed Valentines out there, and designed this one:

Click on the image below to download your free printable. I made it print 4 to a page in case your child has more than one teacher to share their love with.

What are you doing for Valentine's Day?

Valentines

I was inspired by these "You Are Cute as a Button" Valentines over on Thirty Handmade Days. However, the girls my daughter is exchanging Valentines with don't all have pierced ears, and would probably get hurt with a pin button. So we made button hair clips instead. I designed a quick circular shaped printable to go with it. I had planned on stitching around the border of the printable, but time got the best of me, so they are left in this simple state. I don't think the girls will mind. 

The Purl Bee has a great snap clip tutorial. I've used it in the past as directed, but this time, I simply hot glued the felt pieces together instead of stitching. Then I made some fabric covered buttons, and grabbed  a few plastic buttons as well, then hot glued them on to the felt.

It's a simple printable, but it's here for free to download. 

Two valentines print per 8.5 x 11 sheet, and I used a five inch circle cut. My daughter glued on some buttons over the "O" in BUTTON, then I cut a 1/2inch slit to stick the clip through. Simple as that!

Happy Valentines Day!