Valentine Let Your Light Shine Printable Card

One of my favorite sayings to my kids is "let your light shine". As a Christian this phrase serves as a reminder daily to us to let our words and actions be just like Christ's were. To also be a reflection that Christ is in our heart, and when our light shines brightly for other they will see and want to also know the love of Jesus.

Valentine's Day is all about the LOVE, right? Married couples, engaged couples, dating couples, etc...But what about the little kids who aren't "in love yet"? I find that it is so hard to find classmate Valentine cards that are just simply for FRIENDS. Do your kids ever go through those generic packs and say I can't give that to Jane because she may think I like her? Or that one is too girly for Sam. I often think that our children grow up way to fast with all this boyfriend/girlfriend, kissy kissy, dating, gift exchanging stuff. Why rush it? Let them be kids.

Miss K will be taking these to her friends at school this Valentine's Day.

I created them in PicMonkey, then I punched holes in the ends. I purchased glow bracelets at Michaels for $1- 12 in a package (price before my coupon). Here is the finished Valentine. 2nd graders love the glow bracelets. 

I made a blank one for my readers to use also. Feel free to download at this link! 

And now to move on to the 14 year old...What? Carnations for sale at his school for $1. What ever happened to candy grams? 

Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

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Love Canvas

During Christmas vacation we had a case of boredom. Imagine that. Miss K and I have a secret board on Pinterest titled 8th Birthday. We decided back in the summer that she needed to have a painting party. A what? Seriously? In January? In mine or her Grandma's house? Yep. We are. So, we have a few ideas brewing, still not completely decided on, but the supplies are bought and the invitations are ready to go out on Monday.

Once again. Birthday Party on a Budget. Party post coming soon.

So since boredom set in and I still had a few canvases left over from my A Very Pinteresting Christmas Party 2014, I sat her down and let her paint. This painting is inspired by this pin. And I apologize ahead of time. You can click on it, but it's one of those pins that is not pinned correctly and doesn't take you directly to the DIY post. People. Pin the post, not the blog.

Here is what we used:

Canvas
Painters Tape (warning be sure your painters tape has not been left outside by your children. It might not stick well)
Acrylic Paint- we used Silver, Pink, Purple, Christmas Red, and White to touch up the letters where the paint bled under the painters tape.
A Paper Plate to put the paint on
Paint Brushes

Miss K painted the entire canvas- even over the painters tape to achieve the background color she wanted, then in strokes she went over in individual colors. Like I said the paint did bleed a bit, but white paint fixed it up with no problem. 

Isn't it just perfect for Valentine's Day? 

Valentine's Day Teachers Gift with Printable #GiftsOnABudget

They say the way to every teachers HEART is food, right? 

Okay, it may also be in the form of a gift card, but I can probably count on one hand the times I have purchased a gift card for anyone, for any occasion. 

Miss K is in 1st Grade this year. We adore her teacher.  Actually, I can't think of a single teacher in my eight years of having public education teachers that we haven't adored.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.- Brad Henry

Here is this year's Valentine's Gift for Mrs. J, hopefully she won't see this post before she gets the gift! 

I picked up a cute jar at Wal-Mart and etched on all four sides- A,B,C & a ♥, used a little bakers twine, attached the following printable that I made using PicMonkey, and filled it with homemade chocolate cake balls!

I have enclosed blank printable at this link that you can save to your computer then edit. Then just open your Word, insert a picture and size it according to your jar. 

Hope you all have a BALL this Valentine's Day!!! Especially you teachers!

Chalkboard Loom Band Valentine's Day Printable

I cannot believe it is already January 15th. I am in full blown party planning mode. Really. Here is my list of upcoming events:

January 31- An American Girl Party for my little princess. This party is going to be soooo cool. The post will go up on February 1, then on February 4, be sure to join me at 1pm CST with Offers.com during their #STSM (save time save money) chat on Twitter.

February 14- Valentine's Day (which is what this post is about)

February 28- PTA Bingo Night, yours truly heads up the committee that is putting this event on and let me just say, I am so glad we rescheduled it to this date rather than January 24.

Anywho...my little princess jumped on the loom bracelet craze in late August when we attended a free clinic at Toys R Us. Let's just say, she loves making these bracelets. It is a great skill builder for children and keeps her busy for hours.

I cannot even begin to tell you how many bands we have bought, how many YouTube videos she has watched, and how many bracelets have been given away. And now, TWENTY more are on the list to make. Those 20 are for her classmates for Valentines Day. After seeing Pinterest, I am a little behind in getting my idea/card out there, but oh well. One of these days I will have my Christmas planned at Halloween, and my Valentine's Day planned by Christmas. 

If you have been reading my blog much this past year you know I love all things chalkboards. So I am incorporating my love and Miss K's into her cards this year. I made these in PicMonkey. So if you decide to add your child's name, just visit this link and save the image then open and add text to the image. So easy!!! Once she gets the bracelets done, I will just slip them around the card/photo. I am just going to have mine printed off at Walgreens in 4x6 prints. If you have questions, please email me or comment. 

Valentine's Day 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

What are your plans for the day?

Mine? 

Get to Wal-Mart by 11:00 to pick up FIVE cookie cakes, yes one for each table in my daughter's classroom. Those Kindergartners are going to have so much fun decorating a cookie cake with icing and sprinkles. Then at 11:30 I am meeting a new girlfriend for lunch. So excited to finally be meeting some of my daughter's friends parents. Then at 2:30 the big V-Day party at school. The Homeroom Mother job is so much fun! I love it. Of course, I will have the "Bundle of Blue" with me. "Blue" is so much fun and such a good baby. Believe me though, I really am glad that my two kids are big enough to walk around, feed themselves, and partially wipe themselves now. I don't have quite the mommy muscles that I used too. This will only be our second outing together. I kind of like staying at home and not spending money. So does my husband. 

And what exactly did I do that was crafty this Valentine's Day?

This of course was Pinterest inspired. The templates included lips and moustaches, but since we are soooo girly we just went with pink and red lips. It also included labels that you could personalize and print off on stickers, but we just used a glue stick.

Pretty cute, huh?

I think the thing that got me the most while making these is seeing her growing up. The time and care she takes with each project as she gets older. Sigh. Oh, and the teacher's Valentine gift. So much fun. I actually put together one for my MIL's birthday also. Have you seen these plates at Dollar General? Five Bucks.

Just made some cake balls and decorated them and hello, what a fun gift that keeps giving!

Now on to what I hope to get... Peace and lots of LOVE. That's it.  Have a wonderful ♥ day everyone!

Today's Post...

...is at The RHOK!

It's a month for HEART's in more than one way! 

Love and Health.

Today I am showing you my crafty side for love and giving!

I tell you about Secret Cupid at my nest, a craft that we will be making at Braden's Valentine Party, and show you once again the candy cane lollipops that I made for Kaybrie's birthday party and will be making more for Valentine's Day! 

Won't you join me today as Mrs. Hart at The RHOK?