Valentine's Day Love Letters (February 2014)

Ah, Valentine's Day.
How nice to have a break from polar vortex temperatures with a holiday that warms our souls.  Even though we don't go overboard with celebrating Valentine's Day at our house, we do love this holiday and the opportunity to formally tell those how much we love them.  

The kids have been cutting, gluing, coloring, and sticker-ing all week, making notes for their teachers, family, and friends.  Remember how much fun it was to give and get Valentine's notes at school?  Well, this year, I made mini hearts with love letters as Valentine's favors for preschool.

 When packaged in snack size bags, they looked like this.  Then, I had my daughter sign her name to a label that went on the back of the bag...great practice for writing her name!

The teachers got individual bags that were personalized for them (another good literacy activity for delivery at school).

 

We also made some for us to enjoy.

 

Since I was making so many mini hearts (about 500 to be exact), I wanted the designs to be interesting, but simple at the same time.

The crinkle hearts had a simple outline of matching sanding sugar, and the standard hearts had coordinating embellishments and designs.

On their own, they're not too fancy, but they looked a little more coordinated when on a serving platter or in a favor bag.

I've been collecting mail throughout the week (mostly from grandparents, friends, and relatives) and putting it in a special Valentine's bag/mailbox for each of the kids to open tomorrow on Valentine's Day.  I'm excited to see their reactions and for them to hopefully realize again and again how much they are loved. 

Happy Valentine's Day!