2.12.2013

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?

38 comments:

Mike, Karen and Josh said...

Love the Sip Sip hooray idea! Looks like I'm all set for valentines day. Thank you!

Heidi Higley said...

I love these, and I already bought the straws for my daughter's Valentines this year! I have one little favor to ask...will you please add an apostrophe to "Valentine's"? As it is used on the printable, it is possessive. It shows that the day belongs to St. Valentine; it is his day. I would appreciate it so much. I think this is the best idea I've seen this year. Thank you!

Kinzie Sue said...

Heidi,
Thanks so much for catching that! I have updated the file and it is now correct! Have fun putting these together :)

Anonymous said...

These are fantastic! I would love to do a similar thing for birthdays within the class. Is it possible to create a birthday one, replacing 'valentine's day' with 'your birthday'? Thankyou!

Anonymous said...

I can't print ;( what am I missing?

Anonymous said...

Is there any way to get the printable emailed to me? I tried printing from the website you have linked but it didn't work for me. I love this and can't wait to give to my first graders. Thank you so much.

lauren.coomes@owensborocatholic.org

Renee said...

I love this idea, but I can't get it to print out correctly either...can I try having it emailed also?
THANKS for the adorable idea!

ryanandreneenelson@outlook.com

thanks, again!

Unknown said...

OK, these have got to be the cutest Valentines I have seen so far this year. Love, love, LOVE them! Thanks for sharing.

Lora said...

I can't print this either and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I click on the image as directed but the page I'm directed to doesn't offer a print option. When I right-click on the page to print, it will print the webpage, not the actual printable. Help!

Anonymous said...

I too can not print these. If you wouldn't mind emailing it to me that would be great

lopez_tana@yahoo.com

MJ said...

Hi, Thank you for the printable! What punch did you use to cut this out perfectly? There is no way I can cut them out like yours!

Anonymous said...

Could u email me the sip sip hoary? I can't hey it to print. Love it:-)
codykoundog@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I also can not print. an email would be much appreciated. It is so cute and I would love to use it this year!
stewart0205@yahoo.com

Thank you so much :)

Unknown said...

Is there any way to get the printable emailed to me? I tried printing from the website you have linked but it didn't work for me. I love this and can't wait to give to my first graders. Thank you so much.

nayeema.hoq@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Cant you please email to me as well, lyndseyyork07@yahoo.com

Kimmie :) said...

Thank you so much for creating and sharing for FREE!!! I have the same philosophy in my house. We have a treat bowl full of candy that we just don't go through fast enough and I shake my head at the idea of more candy coming in from V-day and Easter. This is perfect because kids LOVE to drink with a straw and it's useful :) Thank you again!!!

Anonymous said...

LOVE this! Great job

Anonymous said...

I'm not able to print...do I need to sign up to be able to print?

MandDFamily said...

I absolutely love your ideas! I have everything to go to make the straw valentine's for my boys class, but the file will not upload. Is it possible to email me? Thank you so much, I would really appreciate it. :)

dsaunders33@gmail.com

MandDFamily said...

I love your ideas! Is there any way to get the straw printable emailed to me? I tried printing from the website you have linked but it didn't work for me. I love this and can't wait to make them to give out to my boys friends. Thank you so much.

dsaunders33@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I can't get it to print either. Would you email the printable to me?

lmiller712@gmail.com

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

It didn't print for me either. Can you email it to me too?

lmiller712@gmail.com

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Any way you could email this to me? I can't download it and print it out? Super cute! Thank you so much! harwards2003@comcast.net

Michelle Pedersen said...

Love, love, love these! And thank you for the tags & making them a freebie. I appreciate your work/talent!

Anonymous said...

I could not get this to print either...I also would like to request an emailed file to print please! Don’t need until next week on 2/18/14. Thank you!!
ehm121@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I downloaded it first, saved it and printed. No issues printing at all. Hope it helps some of you.

Unknown said...

The pdf still has no apostrophe in the word 'Valentines'.

Emily said...

did you use card stock or just printer paper? These are so cute and I can't wait to use them! Thank you so much for having them free for everyone to enjoy! So many people make these printable and charge too much!

Kinzie Sue said...

lrc1207- thank you for pointing that out. It should be all fixed now!

Kinzie Sue said...

Emily, yes, I used cardstock. I usually do for cards and tags like these :) You're very welcome- enjoy!

Ms. Rogers said...

Is there any way that you could make an addtional sheet with the fish that just says It's O-Fish-Al, You're Awesome. I'd love to give out small bags of fish to classmates!

Laura Roth said...

Printed, had son sign his name, attached to straws, now ready to hand them out to his kindergarten friends. Thanks so much for a "non-candy" option!

Ruth said...

Thank you so much for the cute idea and free printable ! I am going to do this for three of my children's school classes.

Anonymous said...

Hi there!
Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for sharing! I made these tonight for my son to pass out tomorrow! Love them!
-Kristina

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for posting this and allowing us to download. What a great idea!

DC3 said...

Just wondering where you all bought the straws?
Looks so cute!

Unknown said...

I absolutely love these! I used your printable and blogged about how the finished product turned out. I'm so excited for my son to give them out! Here's a link to my post if you want to see: https://mamabops.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/non-candy-valentines-for-toddlers/

Tricia

Anonymous said...

Thank you for these adorable Valentine's cards. "Sip-Sip" hooray, we are set for Valentine's Day!

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