Be Mine

For some reason, I'm a believer in Valentines that are home made. It seems we all have these certain key issues on which we are purists.  I don't do much home made cooking, and I take shortcuts left and right just like everyone, but so far I haven't sent Pearl to school with store-bought valentine cards. Maybe if Pixar paid us rather than the reverse then I would reconsider?

This year we made potato prints.  It doesn't take too much craftiness.  You cut a potato in half and carve a heart into each half.  Here are some clearer instructions.

Pearl got tired of stamping the papers after a while.  Marcia and I did more stamping than she did, truth be told.  But Pearl did select which card to give to each of her 25 classmates.  I thought that was cool.

Comments

[Kelly]

I agree - Valentine's Day cards should be homemade. I spent hours with my daughter this year helping her with hers and it was time well spent. e cards look great but the time we spent together was even better!

[Heather]

What a great idea! I'll try to remember this idea for when we have kids.