Riley's Valentines

Earlier in the month I cut the heart cards. Tonight I finished them for Riley to give out to her friends. Just so you know I'm not insane Isaac's classmates are receiving store bought Pixar Valentines. He's a boy and his class is 20 kids so that's absolutely the right choice for him. I suspect as long as Riley has 4 valentines to hand out and appreciates them so much I'll keep making them.

Materials

• Heart Cards (see link above)
• Glitter/Glittery stickers or foam letters
• Smaller foam/contruction paper hearts
• Flower stickers
• Red and Pink construction paper
• Edging scissors
• Glue stick
• Pretty tissue paper
• Raisin boxes

Cut a strip of red or pink paper to line the inside of the card. I alternated edging scissors to make them look fancier. Glue them down especially around the edges. Be sure to let them dry all the way before you fold the card.

Once the inside is dry fold the card. Make a defined fold so you can tell where you can start the writing on the front. Then flatten it again and decorate with your smaller hearts and glittery letters. Again, let the front dry completely before folding the card again.

Wrap your raisin boxes in the pretty tissue paper. Be careful to start low enough for the kids to be able to get into them. Add stickers and their names.

Then the real fun begins, thinking of cute raisin puns. Ours incuded: We go togehter like grapes and sunshine! and You always give me a "raisin" to smile. You could go on for days with those! So much fun.

All done, sitting in a pretty stack. I thought about attaching the raisins to the card, but decided against it. There were so few and I didn't want to damage the tissue paper. I do wish I'd secured the tissue paper on the bottom of the box to keep it from slipping down. Other than that I'll explain to Miss D that each card and each box has a name. Riley will be excited to pass them out.