Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Cory's kindergarten class celebrated the holiday at school yesterday. We made these owl treat bags to hold their valentines. Easier and cheaper than the traditional Valentine box.
I made the samples above for the class: boy and girl owls with wiggly eyes, a doily middle and little heart feet.
I used kraft bags from the gift bag aisle at Michaels. The bags were sold by the dozen (a baker's dozen, actually) for $5.99. The bags measure 5.5 inches across and 8.5 inches tall. Perfect for this simple craft.
Two of the boys made these fun versions. Got to love the bug on the heart! Ha!
Above are versions the girls made. So sweet. I love how they all turned out.
This was a really fast craft for the class. They finished in about 15 minutes. Almost too fast as we had an hour to fill for the party!
After the bags were made, the kids distributed their Valentines. Or more accurately, I should say, the kids distributed the candy they brought in for class. It looked like Halloween! From the 24 kids in the class, Cory received one handmade Valentine, one traditional store bought card and 22 pieces of Valentine candy with a sticker wrapped around it. Truth in blogging: the "valentines" that Cory brought to school were in that latter category. No stones here!
The one lone handmade Valentine. Yoda best! Love it!
Our teen nephew is hard to buy for. Every year, we try to think of creative ways to give him money. This year, we taped dollar bills end to end, rolled them and hid them inside a toilet roll.
We cut a slot in the toilet roll just a bit larger than a dollar bill. We added a "pull me" tab to the last bill and threaded it through the slot. Then we wrapped the roll with tissue paper leaving the pull me tab exposed.
To open, my nephew doesn't unwrap the gift. Rather, he pulls the tab and the bills will roll out one by one. I got this idea from my friend Cindy deRosier.
We won't see my nephew until the weekend after Christmas so I don't have a photo of him unrolling the dollars, but I am pretty sure it will be a hit!
For creative ways to give a gift card, see this post.
I have other projects with toilet paper rolls here.
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I have a children's holiday craft today: reindeer made from toilet paper rolls. These are super quick and were easy to make with items we had around the house.
We started with three empty toilet paper rolls, cut each roll in half, then choose patterned paper to cover them in. I used paper from Fancy Pants Designs, the new Timber Grove collection.
We cut the paper into strips, 2 inches wide by 6 inches long, then glued the strips around the rolls.
After the glue was dry, we punched two holes for antlers near the top of the toilet rolls. I ran one long pipe cleaner through both holes. The middle of the pipe cleaner is the perfect spot for an ornament hanger.
To curl the antlers, we wrapped the pipe cleaners around a pen.
Decorate as desired.
Then they're ready for the tree!
