With Valentine's Day around the corner... (well as I type this, it's tomorrow)- we've been busy around these parts getting ready! Jeff took the Bigs to the store to pick out some Valentines because this year they decided that they wanted to buy their cards instead of make them. It was fun watching them address their Valentines. They both separated them and chose the perfect Valentine for each student (Ali chuckled thinking what the boys would think of her 'princess' cards.
Ali Jane also had to make a box for her party to collect her Valentines. I wrapped the box with wrapping paper for her and cut the slit, but everything else she did herself. She was very excited that I let her touch my beloved Cricut to cut the letters for her name and she loved using the rubber cement. Joe didn't have to make a box for his class this year, but being the creative soul that he is, he made one anyway... (You can kind of see the transformer box he made in the background- I didn't think to take a picture of it). Thankfully a few days later, the Bigs DID make some home-made Valentines for their teachers. Again I let them use my Cricut to cut out heart cards but then they went to work decorating them. They used mostly stickers and crayons (bad mom didn't feel like getting out the glitter and paints). There is something about homemade cards that I think is so sweet.
Ali Jane got better at the rubber cement but just to be sure she wrote on the white inside of her card before gluing the pieces together. She made one for her teacher and for the parapro in her classroom. She did a great job and wrote her own special messages to them without any help from me (or her brother). She has turned into quite the writer (again I am so amazed what little readers and writers my kids have turned into-especially now that I am teaching children their ages)!
Joe has two teachers this year and so he made them each a special Valentine. I thought it was sweet how he drew a picture on his math teacher's card that was specific to math and his notes inside the cards were sweet too- regular little letters.
I did take a picture of Ali Jane's finished box before she brought it to school. She cut up some of her left over Valentines to add princess pictures to her box. She also added 'diamonds', stickers, pom-poms, and puffy paint. She was so excited about her creation and couldn't wait to bring it to school to show off what she did!
I love that they still do Valentine's in school. I remember doing them with my children. So much fun. Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day. They did such a great job!
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With Valentine's Day around the corner... (well as I type this, it's tomorrow)- we've been busy around these parts getting ready! Jeff took the Bigs to the store to pick out some Valentines because this year they decided that they wanted to buy their cards instead of make them. It was fun watching them address their Valentines. They both separated them and chose the perfect Valentine for each student (Ali chuckled thinking what the boys would think of her 'princess' cards.
Ali Jane also had to make a box for her party to collect her Valentines. I wrapped the box with wrapping paper for her and cut the slit, but everything else she did herself. She was very excited that I let her touch my beloved Cricut to cut the letters for her name and she loved using the rubber cement. Joe didn't have to make a box for his class this year, but being the creative soul that he is, he made one anyway... (You can kind of see the transformer box he made in the background- I didn't think to take a picture of it).
Thankfully a few days later, the Bigs DID make some home-made Valentines for their teachers. Again I let them use my Cricut to cut out heart cards but then they went to work decorating them. They used mostly stickers and crayons (bad mom didn't feel like getting out the glitter and paints). There is something about homemade cards that I think is so sweet.
Ali Jane got better at the rubber cement but just to be sure she wrote on the white inside of her card before gluing the pieces together. She made one for her teacher and for the parapro in her classroom. She did a great job and wrote her own special messages to them without any help from me (or her brother). She has turned into quite the writer (again I am so amazed what little readers and writers my kids have turned into-especially now that I am teaching children their ages)!
Joe has two teachers this year and so he made them each a special Valentine. I thought it was sweet how he drew a picture on his math teacher's card that was specific to math and his notes inside the cards were sweet too- regular little letters.
I did take a picture of Ali Jane's finished box before she brought it to school. She cut up some of her left over Valentines to add princess pictures to her box. She also added 'diamonds', stickers, pom-poms, and puffy paint. She was so excited about her creation and couldn't wait to bring it to school to show off what she did!
Love the homemade cards! Happy Valentine's Day, Doran family!
ReplyDeleteI love that they still do Valentine's in school. I remember doing them with my children.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun. Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day. They did such a great job!
awww I love valentines :) Kyndra made me one and I loved it! I can't wait to help her with valentines for school
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