Handprint Valentine

The children really enjoyed making these little poems for their father's for Valentine's Day! I found the poem online and I really liked it, I did edit the last line (it read something like, "when I was so little") to say the age that they were (so 3, 4, or 5). I pulled each kid individually to do their hand because it would be much simpler that way than trying to do it in a full class setting. I used a foam heart shaped sticker and placed it on their hand and then I painted their hand with their choice of colour (I had 3-4 colour options). After they had dried I pasted them to pink construction paper (in retrospect, I probably could have pasted to construction paper first and it may have helped with the warping of the paper as the paint dried...but I don't know for sure). The kids just loved giving the project to their fathers and the parents thought the poem was quite cute as well. Another cheap, fun, and sentimental gift!

Owl Always Love You

It was February and I needed a cute wall display that the kids could help me create. I hopped on the internet to browse for ideas and this is what I came up with. The idea was to put up letters that read "Owl Always Love You" but I never got around to that because, seriously, who has time to write and cut out all those letters?

Anywho (no pun intended) the kids loved making their owls. I printed and cut out several different types of eyes, all the hearts for the faces, beaks, and the owls themselves; then the children picked out what they wanted and glued them to the bodies. It was simple and yet adorable for everyone!!