How do you feel about homemade valentines? I'll confess when my kids were in preschool we loved to make them together. We had so much time and it was a fun activity to do together. But then one went to elementary school. And then two. And then we were sending in valentines for their class and the class next door! My kids loved making them, but it started to become one more thing on our to do list, instead of a fun way to spread joy to their … [Read more...]
Homemade Valentine for Kids: Play Dough Snowman
My kids love to make homemade valentines to for their classes each year. The key for us to to keep the valentines simple enough that they don't want to stop before they have enough for all of their friends.One super easy idea is to use our white play dough recipe to make homemade snowman valentines!DIY Play Dough Valentine:DIY snowman valentines are so easy and there is really no wrong way to do it! Basically you need to decorate the snack … [Read more...]
Rainbow Loom Valentines for Kids
My kids love making Rainbow Loom bracelets and wanted to pass them out to their friends as valentines. We brainstormed different valentine-themed puns for a printable and came up with "I'm over the loom that we're friends!" Super cute, right? DIY Rainbow Loom Valentines: Rainbow Loom Printable Valentine (click and print!) paper cutter or scisors band bracelets colored washi tape Download the valentine printable and print out as … [Read more...]
How to Make Slime without Borax
We love to play with slime! Last year we even made homemade Happy Valenslime's Day valentines for my son to give to his friends. If you want to play with slime with your kids but are worried about Borax, never fear! I have a super easy Borax-free slime recipe you can try. How to Make Slime without Borax: 6 teaspoons of Metamucil 3 cups water 6 drops of food coloring (optional) Dissolve the Metamucil completely in the water by … [Read more...]
How to Make Slime and Valentines
My son really wanted to make his own valentines this year and after a couple different ideas settled on passing out slime! Making slime is really fun, super easy, and (surprisingly) not messy. How to Make Slime: (Click here for the Borax-free recipe) Pour 8oz of Elmer's glue into a glass bowl. Add in 8oz of warm water. (You can just fill up the empty glue bottle to save on dishes!) Add whatever color food coloring you choose. … [Read more...]
Homemade Valentines for Kids: Car Painting
My kids love making homemade valentines and love painting with cars so it's easy to see why these "You're a wheel-y great friend!" valentines are such a hit! We first made them when my son was two for all of his friends and since then we've made them as valentines, thank you cards, birthday cards...pretty much anything you can think of! My three year old is very excited to get to make valentines to pass out to her friends this year and these are … [Read more...]
Valentines for Kids: I’m Stuck on You Printable
Do you make your own valentines? Download cute printable ones? Buy them at the store? My kids like to make their own valentine cards and like to make holiday decorations. So today we combined the two with some window cling valentines for kids! The first thing we did was make the window cling hearts. Yep, those colorful glittery hearts are actually homemade window clings. You can read all of the directions in my Make Your Own Heart Window … [Read more...]
Making Homemade Valentines!
Do you make or buy valentines? We are homemade valentine makers around here! This year the kids went all out and worked very hard to create special gifts for their friends. My 3 1/2 year old loves superheroes, especially Batman, and picked out these cool superhero lollipops from Little Bit Funky! The idea is ingenious and was a huge hit. If you have a little one who likes superheroes you have got to see how easy she has made it for everyone to … [Read more...]
