VALENTINE'S DAY at SCHOOL IDEAS!

Although we do our best celebrate the "love" every day in our home, we do a few special things to celebrate Valentine's Day. It is a day to really focus on the blessings of our relationships. A few of our traditions are:

-My hubby and I make hand-made valentines for each of our kids and place them just outside their bedroom door on V-day morning.
-We eat on heart-shaped plates (I got them 90% off one year at Target after V-day was over)
-Breakfast: Heart-shaped pancakes or egg-in-a-hole with a heart cut out of the center of the bread
-Some sort of family-fun activity......my hubby and I usually do our Valentine's Day date on a day other than V-Day to avoid crowds.....plus we are pretty good at showing our love for each other throughout the year. :0)

For our kids' classmates/teachers:
-Super moms.....hear this......store bought Valentines are great! If you are strapped for time, avoid looking at Pinterest! Pinterest has the unique ability to make moms feel like failures when it comes to holidays and special occasions!
-If.....if.....if you go on to Pinterest and search for V-day ideas, steal the ideas......and make them realistic! That is what I did this year. My kids and I looked at some super, cute, time-eating, creative Valentine card creations.....however, I was just not interested in putting that much time into things kids are likely going to toss anyway. So, we stole ideas and made them realistic! Here are what my kids created this year....

 My daughter made a simple Rainbow Loom bracelet 

for each of her classmates and we made a simple tag on 

the computer (pinterest had this type of valentine with tags 

that included multi-layers of colorful paper, fancy fonts, 

and beautiful ribbons). 

 One of my kindergartners made this simple tag on a pink 

index card. We borrowed the wording from pinterest!

 My 3rd grade son made this for his teacher using a 

white index card and Disney pencils 

(his teacher loves all things Disney).

 My 3rd grade son's class is learning about space,

so he made these space-themed valentines for his 

classmates. We found the super bounce balls at the 

99cent Store (a four pack) and used black card stock. 

He wrote each message with a silver gel pen.

My kindergartner daughter made this for her 

teacher. Super simple! We cut her hand-print out 

of construction paper, glued two fingers down to 

say, "I love you", glued the hand to a popsicle stick,

and stuck it in a red bell pepper (her teacher 

prefers red bell peppers over apples...lol)

Super moms, Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate the love of the relationships we all have. You give, and give, and give love in so many ways to everyone around you. I hope this Valentine's Day, you know how precious you are to those you love!