This past weekend we did the kids’ Valentine’s cards…Woo hoo for thinking a little bit ahead and getting them done a couple of weeks early! We did similar cards to the ones Noah handed out last year, if you don’t remember just click here to see last year’s.
Noah wanted to give out chocolate hearts to his classmates so we came up with this idea!
I just hot glued a Dove’s foil covered milk chocolate heart above his hand and presto, magic they were done. If you want to write the ‘To’ and ‘From’ on the back of the card, make sure you (or your child) do it before you glue the candy on, it makes it so much easier!
Penelope wanted to hand out lollipops so we did Noah’s pose from last year. She was so excited because this is what Noah did in his first year of preschool and she always wants to be just like her big brother 🙂
Once again, I just took the pictures and uploaded them to Picnik where I added in the text and the hearts. Unfortunately Picnik will be no more in a few months (boo!) I think most of Picnik’s features are moving over to Google+ so you need to join up over there to use their free photo editing software. I haven’t done it yet, if you have let me know in the comments as I would love to hear your opinions on it!
Have you started thinking about Valentine’s Day cards yet? This is all my kids have been talking about lately, oh my. Our house is currently filled with lots of cute little handmade heart cut-outs colored with red and pink markers and lots and lots of tape to hang them up on the walls…man, they go through a lot of tape. Good thing we have a lot of walls.
XOXO,
What a cute idea! I love it!
Super cute!
Let the kids use painter’s tape! The paint on your walls will thank you!
So cute!! I have signed up for google + but haven’t looked into their photo editing options. I’ve been using picasa lately, another google product. I will miss picnik’s instathin though!!
I have been following your blog for some time now! I love this, and will be doing it with my 1st grader and pre-k’er! Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
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Those are great cards! I did check out Google+ and the picnik features that are there now, and it seems like it is mostly the same, but I only have done one photo. It was a little complicated, but with all things, we will get used to it in time. I was relieved that I would still be able to access these tools for free. Love your blog!
They both look fantstic!
Awwww, these are so stinkin adorable! Love them! Great job and so unique!
Natalie
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That’s great, and good idea to involve children ;D
Cute, cute, cute! Great pics and great Valentine’s day cards!
What is it with kids and tape? Mine go through about a roll a week! And I go around removing tape from every surface in the house!
Just came across your blog, and I LOVE this idea! Makes me wish I had kids all of a sudden 😉
I love the “I give you my heart” idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I included your project in the round up of the best photo valentines from around the web this morning here: http://www.creativecarissa.com/2012/02/capture-love-withphoto-valentines.html
Cheers!