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My favorite holiday in school as a child was hands down, Valentine’s Day.  Now as a mother of two children, it is still my favorite. The hand decorated cereal box mailboxes, stuffed with cards and little treasures, so fun!  I always sign up to volunteer for the party in hopes that I will get a chance to be a part of the magic.  This year I was lucky enough to be in my daughter’s 1st grade class for her party. As the parent volunteers, we are in charge of bringing in the activities.

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Our art table has been a busy place these past couple weeks. Here are a few materials we were using.
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We always make our own Valentines- these were my daughter’s cards, she loves big cats, so we went with it! On the back of each card she wrote, “I think you’re sweet and I’m not LION!” I used fur covered wire bent in a circle to make the mane, craft foam for the face and ribbon for his bow.  I glued a metal clip (seen in my “materials” photo above) on the back of each lion.  They were pretty involved but Alice really loved them in the end, and so did the kiddos in her class!
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My son LOVES Star Wars so for his cards we made mini light sabers out of wood dowel, duct tape and paint.  He was so excited to work on this project and the kids at school were amazed that we made them. 🙂

 

For the craft in school, I brought in little handmade felt envelopes for the kids to decorate with Valentine bling.  I sewed them on my machine and attached a little piece of Velcro to each one so they would stay closed.  I mentioned to the kids that they could be used as a change purse or as a special envelope for a Valentine.  I love how they all turned out, especially the jewel encrusted ones! 🙂

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