Kids valentine ideas

[zombiewasabi]

Because I am a procrastinator. 

What are you guys sending to school with your kids?

[zombiewasabi]

I was so excited to get my kid's valentine list because there's this kid who has a youneek name and I've been mildly wondering how he spells it all year.

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DD picked out ninja turtle valentines that have temp tattoos on them. I'm going to attach a bag of fruit snacks to hers and a bag of goldfish to ds's.

[cadien]

I let DS pick out something himself at Target. He surprised me by passing over all the licensed characters and choosing shark window clings.

[McBenny]

I go to Dollar Tree and get Valentines. I strive for the ones that come with candy or something and done.

I send kids to school with a decorated little paper bag with handle or decorated Valentine box for their Valentines from others.

And done. End scene.

[zombiewasabi]

Feb 8, 2017 11:24:53 GMT -5 @betweenthelines said:

DD picked out ninja turtle valentines that have temp tattoos on them. I'm going to attach a bag of fruit snacks to hers and a bag of goldfish to ds's.

This is probably what I'll end up doing. I was hoping I'd have the motivation to be a little pinteresty about it, but really, those kids aren't going to GAF.

[cadien]

I briefly considered Pinteresty but then realized that's for the other parents, not the kids. I'm attaching M&Ms to the cards and that will be much more impressive to kindergartners.

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I went to Target and got the bags of skittles that come with Valentine sticker labels.

[gwapes]

I got DS some Blaze and the monster machines valentine's that come with tattoos.

[shanadoo]

I'm stealing the idea that was posted here with the applesauce pouches and just writing "you're awesomsauce" on the cute tags I got.

[kbw12]

We're making ours since DS loves art projects. They are tag cutouts with a train in valentines paper glued to them that says you make me choo choo and attaching a candy bar. Of course he used washi tape because he's obessed with it.

[ShtsNGiggles]

I wanted to get some our those little plastic ball mazes and make a card that says "You're A- MAZE- Ing" but ds told me he just wanted to get some Avengers cards from the store. So we did that.

[thechickencoop]

Michaels had valentine's 50% off last week.

DS picked out these cool balloons - like, it's this little package that says 'happy valentine's' or whatever, and you either toss it on the ground or step on it and it will inflate to a little valentine's balloon.

Thought they were pretty cool and they ended up being like $8 or something for all of the packs.

[spooko]

DS picked Dum Dum valentines and DD picked Airhead ones. I stuck them in the valentine aisle while I went and got the rest of my groceries and told them they needed to decide by the time I came back. DONE!

[sudokufan]

I'm sending H by Walgreens tonight, with strict instructions not to get the kind you can shove into an envelope and be done. And then I'll tape on one of the 300 mini-Tootsie pops we have left from Christmas....

aaaand, I meant to say the exact opposite.  I WANT the ones with no assembly required GDI.

[kateisoptimistic]

I wasn't planning on anything since my son is only 8 months old, but his daycare sent home a list of suggestions on what to give. I don't really feel that infants need valentines, but i don't want to be the only one to not give, but i also don't want to be the only one who does.

[cadien]

Feb 8, 2017 13:02:14 GMT -5 @sweptaway said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:40:24 GMT -5 @carbenatar said:

I bought some from Amazon. They're Star Wars Darth Vader and stormtrooper helmets with candy already inside. I just have to stick on some names. Done.

Link?

I saw those at Target too.

[kateisoptimistic]

baby's daycare also asked today if we wanted to bring something for the party - these are babies, what could i bring? this is strange to me.

[Crisco Salad]

I bought a bunch of different red and pink crayons and am going to chop them up and melt into heart shaped crayons.

[skategirl128]

Feb 8, 2017 14:35:19 GMT -5 Crisco Salad said:

I bought a bunch of different red and pink crayons and am going to chop them up and melt into heart shaped crayons.

I did these with a variety of colors fir my preschool classes. They are so cute!

[th3stryck3r]

Feb 8, 2017 12:00:06 GMT -5 shanadoo said:

I'm stealing the idea that was posted here with the applesauce pouches and just writing "you're awesomsauce" on the cute tags I got.

And now I'm stealing this too!

[mykidsgotcurls]

My son and his class love Pete the Cat so I got two books on amazon that came with valentine's, stickers and a poster in them. We are taking all of the valentine's and attaching heart sunglasses to them so they can be cool cats like Pete. Then, we are gifting one of the books to the daycare library. We've been reading the book to my son every night for the past couple weeks.

[normadix]

I bought downloadable Valentine's from Etsy that I need to print at Staples this weekend - they say you are a paw-fect friend with his name on it and it has all the paw patrol characters on it. I'm just throwing in paw patrol and frozen temporary tattoos and calling it a day. *I know Frozen doesn't go with paw patrol but DS insisted so whatever.

I did not get Valentine's for DS2's room. He is 4 months old and in the infant room. If he were in the next room up I would have, but not for his room. If other kids do and he doesn't, I won't feel bad.

[honeylemon]

Im doing these for my preschooler. I found heart shaped twisty straws to use. She loves twisty straws and no thanks to any more candy than necessary for preschoolers.

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My kindergartener is taking some emoji valentines that he picked out because he's 6 and he wants to choose his own stuff now. Rude.

[spooko]

For those wanting to do more than the pre-printed boxed ones, these were cute:

www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-cute-homemade-valentines-for-kids-that-youll-want-to-hand?utm_term=.ua6BJm9gEk#.mw4VW7K2Np

[mustardseed2007]

Oriental Trading Company is my go-to. 

This year for DS I bought packs of knock off legos that you build into a heart, just b/c he's obsessed with legos. That was pricier than my norm but they are fun and in the end are easy cause I just write his name on the label that's already attached.

For DD I bought some little flash lights that have hearts on them and I'm going to attach printed tags that say "You make the world a brighter place, from DD". Her class is small so I don't mind. 

At their school they so no snacks and they say to only put the "From Your Child's Name" on there. So all of this should be pretty easy peasy. 

[thechickencoop]

Feb 9, 2017 10:40:24 GMT -5 spooko said:

For those wanting to do more than the pre-printed boxed ones, these were cute:

www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-cute-homemade-valentines-for-kids-that-youll-want-to-hand?utm_term=.ua6BJm9gEk#.mw4VW7K2Np

Ahhh those cutie ones are the best! And the light sabers are cute. Dammit.

[fancynewbeesly]

We picked out Moana valentine's--with tattoo rings.

Reese was disappointed when I told her that her teacher just wants HER name on it--not the kids. She was looking forward to writing everyone's name in their favorite color. (Because somehow she knows all 17 kids in her class favorite color.)

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If candy is allowed (and gasp at the idea that candy would not be allowed at valentines) I prefer the candy you write on and then they eat the candy and no card is left behind.
For older kids I printed out happy valentines in address labels, stuck like a flag on a regular mechanical pencil so it was useful for days later or stick a Hershey's kiss to the top of the mech pencil eraser.

But my kids loved getting the mail of valentines in the little envelopes and they wanted to keep them forever.
We then had a conundrum of what to do with them and stick them in the valentines decoration box to store til the next year.

We glued all those valentines cards to placemat size construction paper front and back and made valentines placemats and we still use them in February every year. Lol

[ghostmonkey]

Feb 9, 2017 12:40:50 GMT -5 @amyg said:

If candy is allowed (and gasp at the idea that candy would not be allowed at valentines)

Yes, God forbid they attempt to keep allergens from getting handed out.