Valentine's Day Redemption

So, last year on Feb 13 I turned to Deenesh and said, "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, are we supposed to do anything for Asher's class?!"

To which Deenesh replied something along the lines of "Tracy, they are 2 years old.  No, we don't need to do anything."

Yeah, and then guess who came home with oodles and oodles of Valentines?  Yeah, I think every single kid in the class gave a Valentine's.

And I'm also quite certain that all the parents spent that evening tsk tsking to themselves and saying things like "Poor Asher.  What kind of mother does he have?  What a failure."  Yes, I am sure that each and every one of them noticed that single missing Valentine and have been talking about it amongst themselves for the last 12 months.

Well, this year I will not fail my child!!

And to redeem myself, I can't just get store-bought Valentine's.  No, not that would not be enough.  Did I mention that one Mom made A-DORABLE heart shaped crayons of multiple colors?  I mean, c'mon.

So, supported by some fantastic bloggers who are far more creative than I, I was prepared this year!

Yeah.  Check it out!

 It took me a while to figure out the best way to do it - home printer?  Order from snapfish?  How to get the right size?

Ultimately, I used the collage 4 x 6 print at CVS with a red border (19 cents per 4 x 6).

So, once I cut them apart I had two 3 x 4 cards.  

I used a razor to make slits at his hands, and then inserted the lollipops.  

All in all, I think it was probably about the same time and price as the store-bought Valentines.  Time-wise, I had to make the slits, but I didn't individually address each Valentine.

A big thank you to the Valentine's geniuses by which I was inspired - click here to check them out.

http://www.filthwizardry.com/2011/02/giant-lolly-pop-valentines.html

http://24-7-365.blogspot.com/2009/02/lavish-me-with-praise.html

Seriously, I am so excited about these Valentines!