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Color Your Heart Out Valentine Crayon Craft

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Have you ever made heart shaped crayons? They are so easy to make and cost nothing if you have a bunch of broken crayons hanging around.

You can read my full step by step tutorial for melting crayons into fun shapes. Here is a quick way to use these crayons to make printable Valentines for your kiddos friends.

heart crayon valentine printable

Actually two free printables- a version for girls and a version for boys.

You Will Need:

I grabbed this heart-shaped muffin form from Target last year in the dollar bins, but you can buy one online. You do want to make sure whatever you are using is oven safe. Some of the smaller heart shapes are intended for making ice cubes only.

I like to fill each heart shape with the equivalent of three full crayons broken into pieces.

This is what they look like before you pop them in the oven.

This is what they look like after you bake them for 15-20 minutes at 250°

Let them cool 100% before removing them from the muffin tin.

Look at how awesome these turned out.

So much fun! The kids are always so impressed.

And the cool part is, you have three different colors on one crayon.

And see, they really color.

Print out the printables. There is one printable done in boy colors and one in girl colors.

Have your kiddos fill out the to and from area on the cards.

Then cut them out and fold them in half.

Pop one crayon in a cello bag.

Fold the top of the cello bag over.

Place the folded printable over the cello bag and secure with one staple in the center of the printable.

Here is a shot of the back of the cards.

And here is the front.

Super simple and awesome!

color your heart out valentine

What little one would not love to receive this on Valentines Day?

boy heart crayon printable

Check out all of my Valentine crafts for more ideas.

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Cupid Valentine Printable for Kids

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I love this Cupid Poo free printable. They are perfect for kiddos to give to their friends at school.

These are funny enough that you could even hand them out to your friends at work…. they would get a kick out of it I am sure.

Make sure you check out all of our Valentine crafts for kids while you’re here.

candy valentine printable for kids

You Will Need:

Print out the free printable in the stripes or the polka dots…. or both.

Once you print them out, use scissors or a paper-cutter to cut the treat labels out. There are four on a page (yay, for saving paper!).

Fold the bag labels over where the dotted line is as I have done in the photos below.

valentine crafts

Use a marker to fill in the from and to area on the bag labels.

valentine printable

Get your 3×4 clear cello treat bags.

clear cello bags

Get your Valentine M&Ms.

You can do peanut or plain.

m&ms

Fill each cello bag about 1/4th to 1/2 of the way full with M&Ms.

Place the folded bag label over your cello bag and staple to seal closed.

valentine goodie

How precious are these?

cupid poo 3

Hand them out to all of your friends and enjoy as they crack up!

These little treats would be great surprises to leave in the Valentine Mailboxes you make with your kiddos.

cupid poo 2

More Valentine Crafts:

heart crayon valentine printable

 

Recycled Heart Crayons

 

sucker for you valentine printable

 

Sucker For You Printable

valentine breakfast ideas

Valentine Breakfast Ideas 

 

Teacher Popcorn Gift (free printable)

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Even if Teacher Appreciation Week is over, it is not too late to show your kiddo’s teacher(s)  that her hard work and love for your child is appreciated.

Remember me telling you about the  Domesticated Lady  site last week? Well, I found another awesome  {{free}} printable  on her site that is perfect for the teacher(s)  in your life.   Domesticated Lady took this printable and attached it to bags of a  sweet popcorn concoction  she made, but I did not have time last week to make that.

So I improvised, and you can too!

You will need:

  • free popcorn printable
  • scissors
  • hole-punch
  • ribbon (I used inexpensive curly ribbon- be as fancy as you want)
  • unopened bag of microwave popcorn
  • pen or marker so your child can write who the gift is from

 This is so easy I do not even have to show you step by step.

  1. Just cut the tags out and hole punch them near the top.
  2. Have your child use the marker or pen to write their name in the from space on the tag.
  3. Use ribbon to attach the tag to the popcorn bag and you’re done.

Simple, simple, simple! Excellent when you have a group of teachers to buy for.   Make sure you are following  Crystal & Co. on Facebook.   When I find awesome crafty ideas that I think you might love, I share them over there!  See ya in cyberspace!

Printable Valentine Pencil Holder

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We are having so much fun creating kid Valentine crafts.

If you are looking for free printable Valentine’s for your child to give to friends and family I have the perfect idea for you. And this one holds a cute little pencil which you can totally grab at the Dollar Spot at Target or at the dollar store.

kid valentine crafts (pencil holder printables)

You Will Need:

Gather up all of your supplies.

There are four Valentine cards to each sheet to help save on paper.

I grabbed my festive Valentine pencils at Target in the dollar bins. I loved the sparkly glitter!

kids valentine crafts

Use the paper cutter or your scissors to cut out the cards.

free valentine printable

Let the kids write who the cards are to and from.

Doesn’t Skylar have gorgeous nails?

kid valentine crafts

Now this job is for an adult. Use the X-Acto knife to cut slits for the pencils.

There are two black lines where you need to cut the lines.

pencil holder valentine

Slide the pencil through the slits and you have a simple, affordable and perfect Valentine card to handout at school or Mother’s Day Out!

We’re going to have a Homeschool Valentine party and exchange with friends. I plan on printing some of these!

free valentine printable

These are perfect for parents who are on the hunt for non-candy Valentines!

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Teacher Appreciation Ideas: A Handwritten Poem for Your Teacher

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Teacher Appreciation Week is fast approaching. It is next week- May 6-10th!

How do you and your kids celebrate the week? Do you shower your teacher with one awesome gift? Does your school have themed ideas for each day of the week. Back when I had two boys in public school and was PTA President, we loved to do an easy theme for the week. We would identify something fun for each day like on Monday bring your teacher a note, on Tuesday bring your teacher a flower, on Wednesday bring your teacher her favorite candy, etc.

This was a fun way to keep teacher appreciation ideas budget friendly.

Today I want to share with you the sweetest Teacher Poem that my friend Kelli from 3 Boys and a Dog made for her readers and she is excited that I am sharing it with my readers today.

Teacher-Appreciation-Poem-Handwriting

 

This handwriting poem is a free printable that your kids can trace and then color and give to their teacher from the heart.

You can go here to print it. This is perfect for the younger child you may not be able to write an entire letter to their teacher independently.

Enjoy!

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Teacher Appreciation: A Note for Your Teacher (Free Printable)

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Today I’m going to share an easy printable for teacher appreciation week.

This is a perfect activity for kids to do because its fun and educational.

The great thing about this activity is that it can be a lesson in itself for any age group.   If you have a toddler just learning to write you can have them trace over your answers.   Or if you have an elementary school age child they can write out the answers themselves.   This fun printable is educational and will sure to be a treasured teacher appreciation gift idea.

Teacher Appreciation Printable

Simply print out the printable found below and fill it out with your child.   Teacher appreciation gifts do not have to cost a ton of money.   The ones that comes from the heart are the most appreciated. You can print this letter here.

This would go perfectly with the handmade flowers and pencil holder that we shared in previous weeks.   All three would be the perfect gift for any teacher!

 

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Kelley is the mastermind in charge of her family.   She loves to spend time crafting, cooking and making her kids laugh. She believes she was destined to be a comedian but has put her stand up dreams on hold to raise her two kids. She blogs about her family at thegrantlife.com and often entertains her readers with her wise cracks.

 

Teacher Appreciation: FREE Printable Thanks a Latte Gift Card Holder

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Who doesn’t love coffee? And Starbucks!

If you have an awesome teacher who you want to show your appreciation to, I have the perfect gift for them.

I show you step by step how to make this gift card holder that you can print for free on my site. (The printable link is below.)

If you want to show your gratitude every day during Teacher Appreciation Week check out my list of awesome teacher appreciation gifts that are budget friendly and the perfect way to say thanks!

Printable Latte Gift Card Holder for Teacher Appreciation

free printable

I am so excited to share all of these easy and inexpensive teacher appreciation gift ideas with you!

Remember, Teacher Appreciation Week this year is May 7th-11th, but these gifts can be given at any time.

What teacher does not love a free trip to their favorite coffee spot? And, right now Starbucks has a super cute gift card just for teachers. Add $5 to each card and you can give these gifts of gratitude to every teacher in your life.

You Will Need:

Print out a sheet of the free printables. Each sheet will give you four gift card holders.

Love my printables? Kelli from 3 Boys and a Dog makes all of my printables. If you want her to make you something super special for your favorite teacher, or any occasion, her prices are super cheap and her turn around is so fast!

free printable

Cut the card holders out.

Make sure you cut around the glue flaps and cut out that half circle as indicated.

free printable

Fold on the fold lines.

Apply glue where instructed. I like hot glue to ensure a good seal. (Use craft glue if you want.)

free printable

Secure the glued areas.

Your gift card holder should now take shape.

free printable

Add your gift card and you have an awesome gift.

free printable

The gift card slides in and out of the card holder easily.

What a fun and easy gift!

free printable

For more teacher appreciation gift ideas, check out my collection.

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Heart Soap Valentines with Free Printable

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These soap Valentines are so fun! I got the idea back during October from my sweet blogging friend Shannon over at Milk and Cuddles.

Kids will scrub and scrub their hands to get to the surprise in the middle. We used bouncy balls. Look in the party favor or holiday/Valentine section for a party favor idea to use in your soap.

You Will Need:

Cut your brick of soap glycerin into cubes with a sharp knife.

Fill your muffin tins with 2 and a half cubes of glycerin.

Pop them in the microwave for 40 seconds, or heat them in a 300 degree oven for about 20 minutes.

Gather your party favor item you will use as the surprise.

Here are our bouncy balls.

Drop one ball in each heart muffin tin.

The ball will not sink to the bottom, but that is ok.

Let them cool 100%. I waited about an hour.

Once the soap is hardened, you can remove them from the muffin tin.

How cool are these?

Print your free printable. Cut them out using scissors or a paper cutter.

There is a place for the kids to write who the soaps are to and from on the back.

Need a printable for your party or celebration? Check out my friend Kelli at 3 Boys and a Dog. She does design work at a very budget friendly price.

Fold the printables in half at the dotted line.

Fill each cello bag with one heart soap.

Fold the top of the bag over to close.

Place the folded printable over the folded cello top and secure closed with one staple.

And you have an awesome gift for your Valentine.

Easy and adorable!

Check out all of the Valentine Crafts here.

 

I am sharing this craft at these linky parties.

Sweet Valentine Bark with Free Printable

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Have you ever tried to make homemade bark? It really is very easy to do.

This is a perfect treat to hand out at your Valentine party, to give to friends or as a gift to your school catheter. The free printable makes it so adorable for gift giving!

To an adult, this here Valentine Bark might look like a tummy-ache just waiting to happen.

To a child, this here Valentine Bark is like a magical pony ride.

Yum!

You Will Need:

  • 1 bag pink candy melts
  • 1 bag regular milk chocolate candy melts
  • double boiler
  • candy toppings- we used m&m’s, conversation hearts and sprinkles
  • 4×9 cello bags
  • ribbon
  • card-stock
  • scissors
  • Valentine Bark Free Printable <—- click here to print

Use a double boiler to melt your pink chocolate. (Really, you can use whatever color you want, I like pink because let’s face it, with all these boys I see very little pink.)

Pour the melted chocolate onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper.

Use a spatula to spread the chocolate out.

I waited about 10 minutes and then poured the milk chocolate candy over top- spreading it a little, but not trying to intensely mix the two.

While the chocolates are still melted and soft, start adding your candy toppings.

We added m&m’s.

We added conversation hearts.

And I found the sprinkles in the dollar bin at Target.

So we added sprinkles, too.

Let the bark harden 100%. You can pop it in the fridge or freezer to help speed up the process. Since there are two layers of chocolate, it will take a while. I left ours in the fridge over night.

When the bark is completely hardened, break it up into pieces.

Print the Valentine Bark free printable.  

Kelli from 3 Boys and a Dog makes all of my printables. Her prices are so reasonable. Check her design work and shoot her an email if you need something made up.

Cut the tags out with scissors and do one hole punch in one of the corners.

Pop a piece of bark, or two, into each cello bag.

Feed the ribbon through the tag and tie the cello bag closed.

Curl the ribbon if you want.

And you’re done!

How fun and easy is that?

Check out all of the Valentine Crafts here.

I am sharing this craft at these linky parties.

Christmas Crafts: S’More Treat Bag with Free Printable

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S’mores are a fun and inexpensive homemade gift idea. Especially when presented in a treat bag.

These are perfect to hand out as teacher appreciation gifts for the holiday, or party favors for your kiddos class celebration at school.

My sweet friend Kelli over at 3 Boys and a Dog started making my printbales for me a few months back. I have the idea and she has the skill and together we offer you these free printable treats. I am very pleased with how these turned out.   (Her prices are very affordable by the way. She can make you custom printables as well! Shoot her an email.)

You Will Need:

Print the s’more treat bag printable on light-colored cardstock.

Cut it out with scissors or a paper-cutter.

Once you cut it out, fold it on the dotted line horizontally to make a tent-like card as illustrated here:

Gather up your marshmallows (you can use holiday festive or plain white). Break your graham crackers rectangles in half to make squares.

Add two graham squares to each cello bag.

Add into the bag one large white marshmallow or two of the festive marshmallows. (The large white marshmallows are equivalent to two of these holiday marshmallows.)

Add a small chocolate bar to the bag.

Fold the top of the bag over.

Cover the folded cello top with the printable.

Staple once, which will close the bag and secure the printable.

And you’re done!

Guess what my kids are taking for their holiday parties?

I just love the way they turned out!

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