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Valentines

Valentine Tic Tac Toe Game

by Marie on February 5, 2009

I’m contributing over at Alpha Mom again today. Come on over to Alpha Mom’s – Once Upon a Holiday to see how we created this fun Valentines Tic Tac Toe Game!

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Stitching Hearts on Snow Hats

by Marie on February 2, 2009

These fun little hats are super easy to embellish. With just a little yarn, they’re perfect for wearing on Valentines day or out in the snow.

Supplies for Stitched Snow Hats:

knit hat – usually found at Target, Walmart, etc. for $1.
Yarn or Embroidery Floss
large needle – my is a quilting needle size: 16
scissors

Thread your needle with [...]

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Heart Shaped Creature Cookies

by Marie on January 28, 2009

We’re making heart shaped sugar cookies into heart shaped creatures cookies. We made Paper Heart Shaped Creatures last year and thought they’d make cute little cookies too. Here’s our cute Butterfly!

Supplies for Heart Shaped Creature Cookies:

sugar cookie dough
heart shaped cookie cutters – all sizes
frosting
candy – conversation hearts, red hots, licorice

Make your favorite sugar cookie dough, [...]

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Sending Your Valentine a Card

by Marie on January 26, 2009

Here’s a few fun Valentine Cards I’ve made in the past for my sweetheart. These would be great to give to your loved ones too, both young and old.

Heart Hand-Stitched Card

Puzzling Valentine Card

Pop-up Heart Card

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L.O.V.E. Shaped Candy Canes

by Marie on January 21, 2009

We’re spelling LOVE with our left over Holiday candy canes. I posted last year how to make Candy Cane Hearts, so this year for Valentines I thought we’d shape them into Love Letters.

Take off the plastic on your candy canes. It doesn’t matter if these break from opening, as they need to be all different [...]

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To My Valentine

by Marie on February 14, 2008

We love this Simpson’s episode where Ralph Wiggin gives Lisa this train Valentine. Jordan, can do Ralph’s voice so well, actually he can do so many voices well! I love you, Pookie Bear!
I Choo Choo Choose You.

I Pick You to Be My Valentine!!

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Hearty Pancakes

by Marie on February 13, 2008

Our family loves pancakes! So this is what I will be making for my lovely family on Valentines.

I love these heart shaped molds I purchased from Martha Stewart. Or you can shape out some heart pancakes yourself by filling up a zip bag with batter and forming a heart on the griddle. Here is a [...]

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Valentine Juice Pops

by Marie on February 12, 2008

When I was little, I used to freeze lemonade in ice cube trays with toothpicks. I would make them all the time, taking one of the ice cube trays away from freezing regular ice (sorry, Mom). Well, I found these great heart ice molds from IKEA and had to make some good ol’ frozen lemonade [...]

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Heart Pencil Topper

by Marie on February 11, 2008

I was inspired for this pencil topper idea by Melissa from Day to Day. With Valentines coming up, I wanted to do something for my son’s preschool that was fun and handmade. So instead of making those fun house and car toppers that Melissa did, I thought it would be fun to make a Heart [...]

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Valentines – An All Day Event

by Marie on February 9, 2008

My sweet sister Steph has willingly become our next Guest Make and Taker. She is one of THE best party planners of our time. She can throw something together in minutes, with minimal budget, and it’s always a smash hit. She is also a wonderful wife and mother, always doing great things for her family, [...]

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