"You're One In A Minion" Twinkie Valentine's Day Card

Ever since the movie Despicable Me 2 was released,  the Minions seem to be the craze. I know here, we had a Christmas full of Minions! I had so much fun making these little guys for my children and their friends!  I used black and blue felt along with grey card stock for the goggles and foam hearts that I had on hand, but these can just as easily be made using all construction paper.  I have seen another version of this with a card that said "I've been Minion to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day!" You could also write,  "I've been Minion to ask you, will you be my valentine? " The possibilities are endless!  Make one for your favorite minion! Even better, make some with your little minion for his best minions, I mean friends!

 

Pretty DIY Heart Garland for Valentine's Day

This year, I am having my son's birthday party a few days  before Valentine's Day and I have been busy, busy, busy with preparations for it, so I am a little pressed for time when it comes to making Valentine's Day decorations. I have been trying to come up with a few ways to make some simple decorations that are both fast and easy to make and can be thrown up and taken down easily. 

This Valentine's Day garland that I made out of heart doilies, fits the bill.

Not only does this garland look pretty with the sunlight shinning through it, but it was so simple and inexpensive to make. 

As soon as I saw these doilies in the Dollar Tree, I knew I wanted to make garland out of it.

With 30 hearts for a dollar, you can make a lot of garland!

I cut a piece of white yarn a little bit longer than the length  that I wanted the garland to be and then fed it through the holes in the heart doilies. I then used the extra yarn on the ends to hang it up.

Simple and easy, I even got to catch up on one of my shows while I made it! 

14 Days of Why I Love You!

I figured I would try something a little different with my boys for Valentine's day. Instead of telling them all of the things I love about them just on Valentine's day, I thought I would tell them one a day for the 13 days leading up to Valentine's day. 

I took 14 foam heart stickers that I had from my Valentine's Day Sensory Tub and wrote 1 thing that I love about them on each heart. Starting tomorrow, February 1st, they will wake up with a heart on their bedroom door. Each morning, a new heart with a new reason will be added. The final heart will be placed on their door on Valentine's Day. 

What child wouldn't love to hear all of the things you love about them?

Valentine's Day Sensory Tub/Tote

 

Today, we put together our Valentine's Sensory Tub.

 

For those of you that do not know what a sensory tub is,

it is tub or a bin that you fill up with various items to let your child be hands-on. Sensory activities provide children with another meaningful avenue of learning. The tub can have a theme or include random miscellaneous items. I tend to stick with a theme, because I just find it to be more fun that way.

 

It is filled with all things Valentine's!

 

There are a ton of different hearts, including stuffed felt hearts, cookie cutters, erasers, and ornaments. There are little arrows I made from pipe cleaners and felt scraps. I also put some of my simple Felt Roses in.

 

 

I used this container of conversation heart foam stickers as the filler. I picked it up last year when it was on clearance for 75% off, I knew I'd put them to good use one way or another!

 

I also made a heart button snake to put in our tub. Button Snakes are quick and simple to make and they help preschoolers with their hand and eye coordination.

 

 

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