Framed VaLentine {4 the teachers}

We ♥ our teachers!

They do SO much and work SO hard for our kids!  I think they deserve a nice little Valentine, too. 

So this year we're giving our teachers a framed valentine.  I found the ABC I ♥ U print here (while you're there look around, she's got a TON of cute prints...all free). I loved the ABC theme and thought it would be perfect for the teachers. I picked up the 8x10 frames at the dollar store, used a piece of coordinating scrapbook paper for the mat and attached the print with glue dots. Then to add an extra little touch, I cut out a felt heart and attached it with another glue dot over the ♥ on the print.

EasY peaSy LemOn sQueeZy, as my 5 year old would say.  And easy on the pocket book, too!

If you'd like, wrap them up and make them look more like a gift...

And don't forget the tag...

And there you have it, a super sweet Valentine for the teachers.

Something they can keep out all year to remind them how much their students ♥ them.

Game Time.

(found the printable flags here via be different act normal)

Who are you rootin' for today?

GreeN oR BLaCk?

Me, I say go PaCkLerS! 

I'm just excited there's a reason to make cupcakes.

Love Note Baskets {Activity Days}

Can you believe I'm already posting another activity!?  I haven't even had this one yet and here it is up and ready to go.  I'm never this far ahead of schedule!

Let's just say I've got a serious case of the gotta-get-everything-done...and gotta do it NOW.

{N-E-S-T-I-N-G}

So in keeping with the Valentines theme I decided that it would be appropriate for Activity Days to have a little lesson on Loving One Another.  Okay really, I wanted an excuse to use this SO CUTE idea from Becky Higgins.  LoVe this!  She always has the most amazing ideas...and GREAT printouts.

I printed up her free printables here (I did have to make up my own card for the lOve note instructions). 

Then found these cute lOveY note pads at Target.

I lOved Becky's recipe card box idea, but couldn't find any that were in my price range (really cheap).  So when I saw these heart shaped baskets at the dollar store 2 for a buck...I figured for the price I would make them work.

I added a little ribbon and scrap fabric to fancy them up.  Then tied the cute lOve notes tag to the handle.

I found these frames at the dollar store, too.  Thought the looked pretty decent for the price...and even better once I put the cute print in them.

Edited to add: sorry! originally forgot to link the Love One Another print...fixed now :)

For our activity we'll make up our lOve noTe baSkets and talk about the importance of letting those around us know how much we lOve them.  I think this would make the perfect activity for FHE on Valentines (since it does fall on Monday this year!).

So go now and make up your own lOve baSket, share some lOve with the ones that you lOve.

RoCkiN' Classroom Valentines

We finished up our classroom valentines today.  My litttle guys were big helpers in getting them together.  They both sat down and wrote their names on every card...24 of them for my 5 year old!  And he even added his last name and a heart for the dot on the i.  All his own idea.  Very cute.

We went with a RoCkiN' theme this year...and not until I was finished with them, did I remember that I did the same theme for last years valentines.  Oh well.  New year, new class.  I must like guitars.

And to spice things up, we attached (just stapled them right on) a little treat to the back...PoP RoCks!  What else?!

I originally had planned to do ReD for the boys and PiNk for the girls, but then decided once they were made up that the pink ones look way too girly for little boys to be handing out, so we bagged that idea and went all red.  There's NO way my 4 year old would have been down with all that pink.

I found this mat stack at Joann's (half off) when I was looking for scrapbook paper to back the prints with.  They were perfect!  And already cut for me, bonus.

And as a little extra we made up a few treat bags and added a sticker to seal them.

And just like that we're ready for V Day.

Want to print some of your own?
Right click, copy, paste, print.  And have a RoCkiN one.

...and since I made the pink one...

HappY {Heart} DaY Photo Card

 I like to send out Valentine photos of my boys every year to family and some of our close friends.  Well, I had almost forgotten about it this year until I saw this post at eighteen 25.  Love everything they do!  And I knew as soon as I saw them, this was what I was doing this year.  Only problem is...I can't decide if I should do them together... 

Or each individually...

Decisions, decisions!

'Bee' a Great BabYsitteR {Activity Days}

 I've been a slacker in getting my Activity Day activities posted as of late...my apologies.  So while I was putting this one together I thought I would make a better effort of getting a few pictures and getting it posted.

All of my girls will be turning 12 this year...I'm slowly loosing them all to YW :(  I thought it would be a fun idea to make babysitting kits, since 12 seems to be the standard age when you start to get those babysitting calls.  So you can imagine how excited I was when I came across THIS little kit at Wendy's Activities.  So cute and full of great ideas...and, did I mention it was already done and put together!  All I had do was print.  Love it when other people do the work for me!

I printed up these pages...

Added them to these folders.

Purchased these bags (Old Navy...$1.00).

Found a few supplies for some of the games (a lot of them from around the house).

Then for the activity we went over a few of the pages in the kit and then put together our games.
I now have 8 {almost} 12 year old girls who are excited to get out there and get babysitting.
Such a fun and effective way to introduce the whole babysitting experience.

More {LoVeLy} Prints

I can't stop myself.  I have quite the collection of V-daY prints going on.

I've been inspired by others out there in blog land and made up a few of my own to share...

They look great in frames...

Or if you don't want to decorate with them, shrink them down and use them for Valentines!

Found the Keep Calm print here.

V-daY PriNt {free}

Plain and simple.

Happy Valentines...and then some.

(right click, copy, paste, print).

Festive Flowers

Okay, I have one more gift post and then I'm done...I promise.  Then it's possible you may not hear from me until after the hOLidaYs.  I need to enjoy some of it! 

So, I still needed a little something for the teachers, something nice yet festive, just a sweet little treat...cause they do work so hard and totally deserve it!  So I came up with these FeStiVe fLoWers.

I found the cute boxes at Target (dollar spot, again!) which fit Pepperidge packaged cookies perfectly!

So I stuffed a few with those and added a HoLLy FloWer pin.

For another twist I did a few in BLuE ...

These I filled with truffles (cause EVERY teacher deserves a little chocolate!) and added a 'Have a SwEeT Christmas' tag.

And finally, for the Moms...

My mom has asked for a few of these probably a million times but I've never gotten around to making any for her...sorry Mom! So she (and my mom in-law) is getting a whole slue of them for Christmas.

I'm not adding tutorials because, well, I really don't have the time (maybe another time)...but if you look you can find them EVERYWHERE online.  Or even better, make up a few of your own.  The possibilities are endless with these things.  So go on, get festive with your flowers!