Cute, Easy, and Inexpensive Valentines Day Treats for Classmates

Happy Valentines Day friends!!  Are you all feeling the LOVE today?  I certainly hope so :)

We don't actually celebrate Valentines Day like most folks.....it's been a long standing "soap box" of the Hubs that this is a commercial holiday.....and therefore not to be celebrated.......

And to that I say BOOOOO!!  But just because he doesn't want to celebrate.....doesn't mean that he can stop the rest of us!!  Ha!!  I already told you guys about our Valentines Day Mailboxes HERE......and even the Hubs cracked a smile when he found out that he had Valentines in his box :)

Of course, we do always do something for our little girl on Valentines Day.....there is just no way to resist celebrating our love for that little cutie pie!!

And then there is the Valentines party at our daughters "school" (Mother's Day Out).....Oh Man.....I have always loved a school holiday party.....this goes WAY back to elementary school for me.....I looked forward to those little school parties SO much....

SO.....I can't help but still feel like a kid whenever I hear they are having a school party.....

SO.....I had to come up with something sweet for Kali to give to the little Valentines in her class.....

AND.....I decided to keep it simple.....so I went with two things that Kali loves.....Bubbles and Balloons!!  And then added a precious little card and "boom" we had our sweet little Valentine treat......

So....here is what we ended up with.....

And here are the details.....

It all started with a precious little Shutterfly card featuring my little Valentine....

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I LOVE shutterfly!!  They have the most awesome products and once you start using them, they send you great coupons and offer codes!! 

And then we added some red heart balloons.....and some bubbles......

The super cool thing....you can get those red heart balloons for $0.69 per balloon if you buy a dozen at Party City!!  $0.69......and you kidding me.....what a great price!!  And the bubbles were actually left over from her birthday party.....so those were "free"......oh yeah.....Momma likes free!!

And....seeing all those little balloons, bubbles, and cards lined up in the hallway waiting for the kids to discover them.....I just felt giddy :)

Unfortunately, I didn't get to stay to see the kids faces....my little Valentine was sick today.....so I had to hurry home after I dropped them off......

I hope they loved them as much as we did :)

SO.....what are you guys doing for Valentines Day?  Any big plans?  Are there any other "non-celebrators" out there?  Are any of you making special treats for your kids classes or are you sticking to the traditional Valentine cards?

I hope you all have an AWESOME Valentines Day.....filled with LOTS of love!

Until next time.....

XOXO-

Kristal

Valentine's Day Mantle

Hello friends!  Here we are again....well....you guys are probably sleeping.....perhaps I should say.....here I am again.....up WAY too late!!  BUT.....I was determined today to get my little Valentine's Day "mantle" done.......so.....I am happy to say....mission accomplished!!  AND.....it is pretty darn cute if I do say so myself!

Sooooo......I won't make you wait......here it is in all it's glory ;)

Sooo....perhaps.....you need a little more information to understand what you are looking at.....

Well....let's start with the easy stuff first.....that gorgeous wreath is now doing double duty......I got it right before Christmas half off at Target.....and I loved it with my Christmas decor......

BUT....after Christmas I put it away......thinking that it was only for Christmas......and I was already making plans to make a Valentine's Day wreath.....

AND then I saw that they had this same wreath for sale again at Target........ah yeah......duh.....it is perfect for Valentines Day too!!

Here's an up close look.....it's SO pretty.....it deserves it's own picture.....

BUT.....what I am really SO excited about are those cuties that are standing on the table......so what are they???

Valentine's Day tiny mailboxes of course ;)

And they are READY for some precious Valentine LOVE notes!!

So.....I'll have to show you some up close pics, so you can see all the details.......but first.....I thought you might be interested in how they came together.....

Well...first I had a major project failure :(  Yeah.....it happens.....

First I started with one of these......

A very cute little packet to make your own mailbox......well.....as I said.....it was an epic failure.....when I put it together it was all lopsided and the door wouldn't stay shut......ugh!!  I actually bought one for one of my daughters playmates as well.....but I've warned her Mom that it may be hard to put together :)  I hope they have better luck......

Mine was so bad that I actually let my dog tear into it.....seriously.....it's just something we do around here.....you know......cheap entertainment....LOL!

ANYWAY.....I was determined to have little mailboxes!!  And I heard that you could get mini mailboxes at Target for $1.....but three Targets later......I still hadn't found any.....BOO!!  Although I heard today that at least one of the Targets in our area does have them.....

BUT....I had already come up with Plan C, which started with these guys.....which I found at Hobby Lobby....the mailboxes were $3.50 and the letters were $0.70 (both were on sale).......

And a little bit of this.....

Ahhh.....I heart you Rustoleum Spray Paint :)

And soon.....I had these.....

At this point I was just giddy....that red spray paint really brought those little mailboxes to life :)

I also picked up these guys at the Dollar Tree....I mean....a mailbox has to have a stand.....right?

And I added some embellishments.....some that came with that first mailbox kit......and some that I found in my old scrapbooking stuff.....and a couple more that I also got at Hobby Lobby....

And soon I had this cute little one made for my precious little Valentine....

Ahhhh.....I can't wait to put some Valentines in there for her!!  I LOVE my little LOVE BUG!!

And I couldn't leave out the Hubs.....so here is his special mailbox......

AND.....since I want to get some love notes too....I made one for me......

Aren't they cute?  I just feel happy every time I look at them :)

And......I can't wait to put some notes in there for my sweeties!!!

Now that you've see the up close details.....here's a few more pics of the mantle all put together.....

And a couple up close pics of the mailboxes on the "mantle".......

Ahhhh.....Love.....isn't it wonderful :)

So.....are you guys doing any decorating for Valentine's Day?  Are you making any mailboxes?  I'd love to know what awesome ideas you guys have....please....do tell!!

Gotta run.....

Until next time....

XOXO-

Kristal

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