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We are in the process of getting our house ready to sell, so my days are pretty busy and posts may be rare for a week or two - but for today . . .

These are what I am planning to make for my sons preschool class for Valentines Day.

Click here to go to Happy Birds Crafting Haven and see her tutorial.

Sweet Valentine Treats

"Gourmet Mom on the Go" has some very fun ideas for valentine treats.

Click here for her tutorial on how to make these heart shaped cinnamon rolls. Yum!

Click here for her tutorial on how to make these fun edible crayons. Wouldn't these make a great valentine for kids to give to their friends? So cute!

Valentine MP3 Player

Look at this cute idea from Family Fun. It is an MP3 player made from a box of conversation hearts and a couple of mini peanut butter cups. The instructions come complete with the printouts to make the MP3 player. So cute!

Valentine Bingo

Valentines Day is approaching, and today, I found this cute, free, printable Valentine Bingo game at Making Friends. Click here to take a look and print it out for yourself. Looks like fun!

Gift Tags

Click here for a whole bunch of printable gift tag ideas.

Reindeer Cookies

Check out this super cute idea for making reindeer cookies from Tiny Stitches! Click here to see just how cute they are, and for the recipe and instructions.

I ran across this great idea for a halloween countdown calendar at a Bushel and a Peck. She also includes a list of "thankful activities" to go along with each day of the countdown. I don't think I will have time to make such a cute advent calendar this year - but I do think I will come up with a fun little countdown and have my boys do the activities each day. Click on both links to check out the calendar and the list of activities.

Halloween

Halloween is finally here. My kids are soooo excited and my day is very busy. But enjoy this virtual pumpkin carving activity - if you have the time. Happy Halloween!

Baby Food Jar Pumpkin

I have been collecting baby food jars at my house over the last few months, in hopes of coming up with some brilliant idea to use them. I finally decided to come up with a Halloween art project for my husband's 4th grade class. My boys and I made this little pumpkin by doing the following:

1. Brush the entire outside of the jar with mod podge - avoiding the screw-top portion.


2. Cover the mod-podged portion of the jar with a layer of orange tissue paper that has been cut into approximately 1"x 1" squares.


3. Brush another layer of mod podge over the tissue paper and add another layer of tissue paper in the same fashion.


4. Brush a final layer of mod-podge over the tissue and allow to dry.


5. When dry, draw a jack-o-lantern face on the jar (hopefully you are better at this than I am).


6. Add rafia and put on the lid (that has been spray painted green).

These, of course, could be filled with candy, or some other Halloween surprise.

My husbands class will be doing these next week. Wish him luck :)

Gumdrop Pumpkins

My boys and I made these gumdrop pumpkins yesterday. They were so easy and the boys had lots of fun helping me make them - then they delivered them to some to our nearby friends and relatives. I have seen this idea a few places, but I like the tutorial and pictures (their orange slices are way better than mine.) on this fun new blog I found called Craft-i-ness. Check out this tutorial and the blog for some fun holiday craft ideas.

Halloween Advent Calendar

I found this totally cute idea for a halloween advent calendar today at "Just a Girl". My boys would love it. Click the link above for her instructions.