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Valentine Day Crafts—Candy Rings

I have actually had these pictures taken for several days and totally forgot to share them with you…womp…womp! So I realize this may be too late for you to make some Valentine’s Day Candy rings this year unless you want to make a fun Valentine Craft with your kiddos and have the supplies on hand or have time to run out and get some quickly.

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They literally just take seconds to make but can be worn to provide a little extra festivity to your day. Or you can whip some up really quickly and give them to someone special.

Of course we had some empty ring forms laying around which I found after cleaning up my craft room recently *ahem*!! We simply took some Sweet Tart Conversation Heart Candy and glued them right onto the ring forms with some hot glue. They held up really well and then when my little one wanted to eat her ring, we simply broke the candy off. Part of the candy broke off and left a perfectly good piece of candy for her to eat…sans glue.

Now, I personally would not eat the candy after wearing it…but this particular child has no qualms about that sort of a thing…

We also tried our hand at making some jelly candy rings. We just simply stuck the candy right onto a ring pop form like we used on these past Candy Rings.

Such a simple idea that your kids can help you create. And would be a fun little gift idea or a party favor for a little ones birthday. Change up the candy and make them fit other holidays too for greater flexibility!

I hope all of you have a Great Valentine’s Day!!

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February 13, 2012 · Filed under: Acessories, Activities, Crafts, Gifts, Girls, Valentine's Day Tagged with candy rings, DIY candy rings, make a candy ring, Valentine s Day Craft, valentines day, valentines day crafts, valentines day gift

valentine card Ideas

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Valentine’s Day is next week and I just barely finished up the girl’s Valentine’s cards to give to their friends. I have seen some fun versions of these around the internet and decided to make theirs a bit more personal this year. So I am sharing with you some different valentine card ideas today.

There is not a lot too these Valentine’s ideas other than just simply taking a photograph of your child in front of a white wall if possible…in our case we used our garage door and then I was able to Photoshop the hinge lines out of the pictures.

For the youngest, I just took a picture of her in the snow in front of a rock. Busy backgrounds are not the best choice if you want to add some writing to your photo. Then just using my Photoshop Elements program I drew some hearts and added some simple heart shapes and some text.

I also created some Valentine Bag Toppers (which I originally saw on Martha Stewart) by placing one of the photographs onto a new blank creation that measured 3 inches x 5 inches to place on a candy baggie that measured 3 inches x 4.75 inches.

Then placing the photo on the bottom half, you fold the topper in half and then staple it onto your baggie of candy.

Fairly quick and easy and I think it makes a great little Valentine gift for their friends. My son did not want to have anything to do with these sorts of Valentines…and I can’t really blame him. He went for the standard Valentine’s in a box.

I attached some candy to each Valentine. On some we glued on some Dove chocolate and on the youngest we stuck suckers through the card by placing a small hole above and below her outstretched hand. This card has been circling the internet for a couple of years now and I finally made one. And I have to say, that it has been a big hit. She is so excited to hand them out to her pre-school friends this year!

This is the first year I have done anything other than the boxed Valentine’s. Do you do anything fun or special for your kids Valentine’s Day cards?

Need some other Valentine’s Day ideas? Check out some of these past posts:

Valentine Bingo Cards

Valentine Hand Prints

Hearts Yahtzee Game and Printables

Valentine Heart Suckers

Valentine Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Valentine Candy Cane Heart Suckers

Valentine Heart Wax Paper

Valentine Heart Pancakes

Valentine Heart Felt Wreath

Valentine’s Day Candy Corn Bark

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February 10, 2012 · Filed under: Valentine's Day Tagged with classroom valentine ideas, personalized valentine's day cards, valentine's day, valentines cards, valentines day craft

Love Potion no. 9 Labels

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Things around here are starting to get put back together and I am making progress on getting my new office organized and the old one cleaned up. Our floors are in now and I can’t wait to share our progress with you. We still have quite a bit of work to do as far as the baseboards, some painting and etc.

So I have not been crafting much. But I did manage to make some fun printable Valentine’s Day Love Potion no. 9 Labels and/or tags.

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These are a really simple addition to a cute bottle filled with candy or your favorite drink.

I burned the edges of this label and colored the label with a brown crayon very lightly but darker around the edges to make it look like aged paper.

Or you can cut around the edges of the label and then glue it onto your container…a plastic test tube in this case to make it like a sticky label.

And, because I like sharing, I have made it available for you to download for your own purposes if you would like. I made them in brown or in white if you want to color them on your own. If you would like a different size you can simply choose to print them out at greater than 100% to make them bigger or smaller than 100% if you need them smaller.