Although Elizabeth exchanged Valentines with her pre-school classmates, this is the first year that she will do more than simply deliver the Valentines that we bought and signed her name to. We talked about what she wanted her Valentines to look like and after checking out our options, we decided that she could be the most original if she hand-made her cards, rather than buy something already made. This gave Elizabeth and I the opportunity to work on a craft together; it brought out her creativity; and it allowed me some minor relief from the working-mother guilt that perpetually haunts me. Once we decided on a design, I set to work on the template and Elizabeth set to work on crafting.
She LOVES glitter glue, so of course every valentine had to get a squirt or two.
After the glue came the sparkly stickers.
We got piles of stickers at
A.C. Moore, my favorite activity store on earth.
Our house was covered with Valentines for a few days, while the glitter glue dried.
We also tried our hand at some heart-shaped sugar cookies - but if you are my FaceBook friend, you probably aren't surprised to learn that these ended up in the garbage...
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Hi Maureen, Irene here, (Julia's mom from the Y). My favorite Valentine from the girls' loot this year: a photo of a little girl, with her hand out in a fist. The clever parents printed the photo (with "Happy Valentine's Day" etc. on it). Then they cut little slashes above and below the fist, and stuck in a lollipop! Like she was holding it out! SO CUTE! (And right up your photography alley....save for next year!) :)
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