Valentine's Day

This year, James' class at school did a craft project and the class Moms emailed asking for volunteers. I can never volunteer for crafts - they are Wednesday mornings at 8:30-10 which is when Cman has Speech Therapy. So obviously, I get super bummed about this. Ideally, I would have loved to have been James' room Mom for his final year of 3-6. There was just no way I could do it. So throughout the year I volunteer to make the goody bags for Halloween, Winter Holiday etc. When this email came out, I asked the room Mom if I could get the supplies for the craft and do the prep work. She wrote me back in 30 seconds and said yes and thank you and the link to the craft on pinterest.

Since the craft was for 20 kids instead of just 2, I adapted it a bit. But the link is here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/115264071689312030/

Instead of shirt boxes, I used poster board. The contact paper was the biggest issue - no one sells this in "clear" anymore. But I found a local small hardware store that had a huge roll and I bought the whole thing. I will not lie here - I loved doing this. It was so much fun for me and James was so proud to say his Mom did this for his class. It was *almost* like being there. Almost. James still was sad I wasn't there to help but them together. But we did a run through at home. Here's the pics.

 

And then for Doug, I bought these. Because really, I mean, they are perfect.

 

And for James to hand out, I found these free printables online and we attached tiny glow sticks for light sabers. They were a huge hit for the kids and the teachers. One teacher asked me for an additional one for her boyfriend. Score.

 

I hope all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day that was full of love and kindness.

Loves and kisses!