Valentine’s was pretty mellow this year, but I did start what I hope will be a fun tradition of arts and crafts and homemade valentines.
I want to preface this, and all other posts about arts and craft,s with the statement that I’m not especially crafty. There are plenty of very artistic, creative and crafty people out there who can paint, sculpt, sew and create. I’m not one of them. Construction paper, finger paint, Elmer’s glue, and contact paper are my speed, which is perfect for my toddler crowd.
So our fun arts and crafts projects for the past few weeks have been Valentine related. Stained glass hearts, paintings that were cut into hearts, coloring on hearts, gluing the painted and crayon-colored hearts to construction paper cards, writing messages of love, and finally mailing the valentines to the grandparents.
Arts and crafts projects aside we did little gifts for the kiddos (in a monkey theme), had many talks about love and appreciation, and then packed the kids off to an early bed time so that J and I could enjoy an uninterrupted meal with a good wine.
