Yesterday was the boys' first-ever Valentine exchange. So that's all we gave. Just a Valentine. In my defense, nobody ever told me you're supposed to give a little piece of candy, tattoo, sticker or tiny toy to each of your little school friends. My bad. At least all A&W's friends got super cute Valentine monsters, the product of my first real project on my new Silhouette Cameo. (SQUEAL!)
A machine was going to do most of the work, but I wanted to have the boys involved somehow so I decided to have them help me decorate the paper for the back of the cards. I made some potato stamps with hearts, X's and O's and we went at it. Wes was all about stamping. Andrew, not so much.
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| Can you tell who stamped what? |
Final product, these adorable monster Valentines! Sweetness without the cavities! (You're welcome, parents of A&W's classmates!)
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| Andrew's special Valentine for his brother. |
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| Wes checks out the monster. Check out his hand-stamped hearts, X's and O's on the back! |
Hope you had a wonderful day with your little loves!
3 comments:
Those are awesome! I have a Cricut, and I don't use it all that often, but I do love the utility. I really need to spend some time learning more about it...I know there's a whole online component that I haven't even touched.
I am so impressed with your potato stamps, too! What a great way to get the boys involved.
I'll probably post pictures of the valentines we made, maybe tomorrow. B gave a granola bar (truth be told...leftovers from their birthday party that I didn't use in the favors!); and A gave a little pack of organic fruit snacks. I loved the way they turned out...and hopefully the parents aren't too miffed, since it's not *candy*. ;)
Just want to say that although you DID make them yourself, it's refreshing to see Valentine's that aren't totally over-the-top. All I've been seeing on blogs lately are fancypants personalized cards, complete with a friggin' photo of the kids on 'em. With candy attached, of course. Damn Pinterest! Hopefully this trend will be over before my girls pass them out so I can buy a box of Hello Kitty cards from the Dollar Store & call it a day. ;)
@2littlerosebuds - As awesome as it is, Pinterest has definitely ruined some things...Like teacher gifts... and Valentine's Day cards (not just a photo on some cards, but a professional-taken-just-for-Valentine-distribution-photo!). Damn overachieving moms... Sometimes I go there (see the boys birthday party posts), but once a year of over-and-beyond is more than enough for me.
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