our valentiMes

the {sweet} end.

valentiMes

does every little kid say "valentiMes"??  so cute :)

here are hudson's...

a few bigger ones for his teachers...

they turned out pretty cute & would have been pretty easy except that our hole punch is janky & you have to squeeze the daylights out of it to work.

this is a great beginning sewing project for little ones, but start it early if you have several to do as it's hard for them to do very many @ a time.  learned that one from experience :)  hudson did about 5 of these & i did the rest, but i think he would have done a few a day if i had had them ready in time.

all we did was cut out hearts from posterboard, punch holes, & lace with yarn.  i added some tape to the end of the yarn hudson used to make it easier for him. 

also, half way through, i realized you can teach different stitches using this project...

this is the blanket stitch, for example.

obviously this would be for older kiddos.  hudson was just trying to get the yarn in the holes :)

& that's it!

happy almost valentiMe's!

valentine's ideas

how cute are these?



photo from disney family fun

 if i hadn't already cut out the hearts for hudson's valentines, i think i'd switch to these.

just thought i'd share in case you still need an idea - proof that sometimes it's better to procrastinate!

tutorial here.

valentine's idea

i think i found my hudson's valentine's card idea.

he's really looking to wow the kids this year.

just kidding.  really i was just hoping for a fun, simple project with the little guy & since we're about a month out, i'm thinking maaaaaaybe we can pull it off.

for some reason i can't get the picture (i guess it's copyrighted?), but the link is HERE.

these are lace together cards & that's perfect because hudson has just started learning how to do this.  it's kinda like pre-sewing.  anyway, i think i'll just cut out 2 big hearts + punch holes (probably not too many) + let him "lace" them together with yarn.  then we'll fill them with something.

still thinking about what to put inside.  something homemade?  hmmm...

***fyi: there are some other good valentine's ideas @ that link, too.

valentine's garb

$20.
in the shop.
hello tuesday.

(boy valentine's coming soon...)