S'More Valentine Ideas

The day of wuv is upon us.  Wuv.  Twu wuv.  (Any other Princess Bride fans out there?!)

 

Below, please find (enjoy, print & recreate!) the Valentine's my kiddos shared today.

 

 

The printable bag topper for these adorable s'mores Valentine's can be found at the Domesticated Lady website.  The topper even has instructions on the back on how to make your s'mores in the microwave.  Genius.

 

Those fun marshmallows are actually available to purchase from Jet-Puffed at Valentine's.  No need to try to make them myself.  Woot! 

 

My Stevie chose to go the Milk & Cookie route with his Valentine's this year.  I found this great Valentine on Pinterest, but each and every link was spam, so I had to recreate the bag topper myself (but, as always, I'm happy to share!)  And if you happen to know where this great idea began, please let me know and I'll be happy to give credit where credit's due!

 

Get my Milk & Cookies bag topper here.

Our beloved teachers got lollipop bouquets this year.  This idea was inspired by Organized Chaos.  Each bouquet has a tag that reads: Roses are red.  Violets are blue.  Pops are sweet & so are you!  I'm sharing my tags here.  My petals were cut using my Cricut.  I made the red petal about 3 1/2" wide, the pink 2 1/2".  I used a standard hole punch (1/4") for the centers.  Twist the pop in the direction it's wrapper is twisted and it slides right in.

 

Pink Flower .jpg

Red Flower .jpg

 

Pink Flower .svg

Red Flower .svg

 

Need some more Valentine's inspiration?  Check out last year's creations.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas

25 days with Waldo, our Elf on the Shelf

Our bestie elf, Waldo, paid us a visit again this year and unlike last year when he was a well behaved elf, he was a trouble-maker this year!  Must have gotten more comfortable in his surroundings.  Take a look.

 

 

Last night the kids sent their letters to Santa, via Waldo.  This morning, he had a letter for them from Santa, thanking them.  The letterhead can be found here.  Santa's signature to add to the bottom, here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Today Waldo came with another letter from Santa.  This one told us that Waldo wanted to bring the kids a gift, since they were being so good.  He brought Magic Elf Seeds (cookie decorations).  When planted in some sugar, they'd grow into a surprise overnight.  So, the kids excitedly planted them before bed and woke to find....

 

 ...yummy cookie pops had grown from the seeds while they slept!

 

I used the same letterhead and signature as before.  This is the letter I drew inspiration from.

 

And, on his last night with us, Waldo left a letter saying his good-byes and thank yous (and sorrys for any messes he made).  He also told the kids that Santa gave them permission to give him hugs and kisses goodbye.  The letter I used came from here.  It was very sweet and the kids were amazed that they got to touch Waldo.

 

 

 

They were pretty sad to see him go, so I think we'll be getting a little letter from his this summer, just to keep in touch.  Such a great idea from The Princess and the Tot.

 

"Elf" Movie Themed Christmas Party

santa's coming!  i know him!

Merry Christmas Eve!!  Tonight we celebrated with one of my very favorite holiday icons, Buddy the Elf.  One of my absolute favorite holiday movies is Elf, so I thought it'd be fun to incorporate Buddy into our holiday.

 

 

 

cotton candy "cotton balls"

cookie dough dip