Rolo Pencil Valentines

Here is what we decided to do for the teachers for Valentine's Day.  I saw these on Pinterest here and I thought they would be easy enough....and they kind of were...just time consuming and the cardstock paper is kind of hard to work with especially when you are trying to get it tight around the rolos.

Right after I took this picture we put them in a bag for my daughter to take to school and low and behold before we could get out the door our dog, Ginger ate one whole pencil including the paper, kiss, string and all.  She was feverishly working on the second one when we caught her.  Needless to say she spent the rest of day OUTSIDE. 

Gotta love a dog.

So only my daughter's most "favorite" teachers got one. 

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"Owl" always be your friend - Valentine's

I used this template from Smitten Blog Designs and tweaked it a little bit.  I download it to my computer, then opened it up in Gimp (a free editing program, like Photoshop) enhanced the colors a little bit and erased the wording and redid it so it would look all after I typed in the names.

I also had my Silhouette do the cutting for me.  I tried to do the slits where the pencil goes with my exacto knife but I like for it to look perfect and I just wasn't achieving that so, through the machine they went. 

Then we finished it off with a pencil.  It would have looked cuter with a Valentine's Day decorated pencil but me being the procrastinator I am we had to settle for the regular'O yellow #2 pencils.

These turned out better than I expected and my daughter loved them as well as her friends...or so she said.  What kid would rather a pencil over candy?  But I thought this was a good alternative to the massive amount of candy that the kids would be be getting.

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DIY Valentine Mailbox

 Here is what you need:
Scrapbook paper, mailbox (bought from Hobby Lobby $4.99...I think), ribbon, glue.

Cut to fit the shapes and glue it all on and there you have it a personalized Valentine holder for school.

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Strawberry Crush Pop Valentine for My Baby Crush!

Aren't these Crush Pop labels for Valentine's Day the cutest things ever?  Since I had the hubs taken care of  I knew I better get the little one's Valentine done.  She loves pop but I limit her intake.  Since I do that she ALWAYS wants it.  So what better present for her then pop.  I saw these over at 2 Clever blog last year and bookmarked them for this year.  These are easy peasy.

1. Click here and print your graphic on cardstock. (I did mine a little different than the ladies on 2 Clever.)
2. Mine weren't printing out right so I dropped the graphic in Microsoft word and scaled it to 2.5" and used my circle punch to cut it out.
3. Use hole punch to make your hole at the top
4. Thread white string or pink/red baker's twine from Martha Stewart line (found at Michael's) through hole and tie on your Strawberry crush. I wanted to use the baker's twine like the girls at 2 Clever but couldn't find any locally and didn't want to have to order it.
5. Since the individual bottles come in a six pack you will have more than plenty. That is if you have more than one crush.

Homemade Popcorn Valentine!

Printable Popcorn Valentine Tag

I found these vintage Valentine images here and thought this was too cute not to do.  My husband isn't a big sweet eater but loves popcorn.  Here's how I made his Valentine.

1. Open the popcorn Valentine up in Microsoft Word and added a blue beveled border.
2. Print out on cardstock
3. Cut around border.
4. Affix using double sided tape to regular bag of individually wrapped popcorn.
5. Last I wrapped it up using a left over ribbon from Christmas
6. Ta-Da, an easy homemade Valentine that he will think is corny (like everything else I do).

Update: 2014  This post was so popular I searched back through my files and found it and am now offering it to you as a printable!

Click below to download:
Popcorn Valentine Tag

Candy Cane Heart

Do you have any mini candy canes left over from Christmas?  If you do then I will tell you how to create a heart shaped candy cane sucker. 

You will need mini candy canes.  I bought mine at Target for 49¢.  Then you will need lollipop sticks.  You can buy these at Michael's and use a 40% off coupon you can get out of the Sunday paper.  The cellophane bags are optional to wrap them in.  I'm using them because I already had them.

Preheat oven to 275 degrees then bake candy canes for 7-9 minutes.  Take out of oven then place a lollipop stick in the candy cane.  The candy canes are hot but you can still carefully mold them around the stick.  I'm a perfectionist so, I want it to look perfect.  If you don't care if it's perfect then you can bake at a higher temperature and get more done. 

I usually only do three at a time because they are not that hot and they cool quickly making them harder to shape.