Valentines

Saturday Spotlight: the color RED

by Marie February 11, 2012

Red is the color of the week with Valentine’s day approaching. Here are 6 red hot projects to complete this week, from over at the M&T Spotlight. **Next week: I’ll be featuring your Healthy Snack recipes. I need all the ideas I can get to stay healthy. So make sure to submit your posts to [...]

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Winter Projects, Love, and Valentine’s Day

by Marie February 10, 2012

Here are just a few of the posts I’ve been sharing around the web over the past few weeks. And I’ve thrown in some all around goodness from blogland. Come see what’s been going on. BabyCenter’s Momformation: 10 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues, including Roll a Snowman by Funky Polkadot Giraffe 10 Handmade Valentine [...]

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Valentine’s Day Classroom Party Ideas

by Marie February 9, 2012

I’m signed up to help with my daughter’s Valentine classroom party this year. I love elementary schools during the holidays, especially Valentines. There’s so many fun ways to decorate and celebrate with hearts. While I was thinking of what I’m going to help with during my daughter’s party, I thought I’d share my ideas here. [...]

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Guess How Many to Win a Copy of Make and Takes for Kids

by Marie February 8, 2012

I’m in the giving, loving, sharing spirit! Valentine’s is such a fun holiday and our little family is following the 14 Acts of Love countdown. We picked one this week that said, “share a toy with a friend”. Well, I’m going to share a “book” with a friend… one of YOU! But I like to [...]

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Don’t Get Puzzled, Valentine!

by Marie February 7, 2012

A few years back, we made really fun giant Valentine puzzles. These were great. Perfect for little hands to help with, cutting and forming the puzzle. I thought this would be fun to do for my children’s friends or classmates, so we made a mini version. This little heart puzzle is simple and fun to [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Valentine’s Day Projects

by Marie February 4, 2012

It’s all about LOVE this next week, as we all get ready for Valentine’s Day. I’m sharing 6 darling ideas that will help you celebrate your loved ones from the M&T Spotlight. **Next week: more love for the week as I feature the color RED. Share your red projects and recipes over at Spotlight for [...]

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Pop Up Cards for Your Valentine

by Marie February 2, 2012

I’ve made pop up cards before – these fun Valentine Heart Pop Up Cards. I’ve just given them a fresh new look with some much improved photos (they were sad little snapshots from the early days!) This is a great card for you or your little one to help make for Valentines. Well I’ve got another [...]

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Pipe Cleaner Heart-Shaped LOVE Goggles

by Marie January 31, 2012

Are you looking for LOVE? Well, these *love* goggles are here to help. And so are pipe cleaners. They are just begging to be bent into a heart shape. So today we’re looking for *love* with these festive heart pipe cleaner glasses. You gotta *LOVE* it! Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Heart-Shaped *Love* Goggles: 3 pipe [...]

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Valentine Hearts Letter Match Game

by Marie January 30, 2012

There are so many fun crafts and games to play with hearts. They are the perfect shape. We’re using hearts in our letter matching game today. I printed out another set of Valentine hearts from Juliann’s design we used in the 14 Acts of Love countdown. They are the perfect hearts, already colored and printed [...]

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Sophisticated Brownie Sundae For Two

by Lindsey January 18, 2012

Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away. Since we’ve had kids, my husband and I haven’t taken Valentine’s Day too seriously. We stay home and put the kids to bed and try to have a romantic dinner together–usually between requests for one last drink of water and one more story. Dessert is something I [...]

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