Valentine’s Day « mama smiles

Valentine’s Day With Kids

Happy Valentine’s Day! My kids are incredibly excited about this holiday, and it’s been fun celebrating with them – from making valentines to talking about things we like about friends and family members. Emma brought this cute heart guy home from school!

Emma also made a heart pillow for my sister [...]

Color-me Heart Friends for Valentine’s Day!

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For Valentine’s Day this year, I made these kids some color-me heart stuffies, inspired by our decorate-a-monster stuffies! They were very simple to make: cut a heart shape out of muslin (twice), stitch together, trim seam allowance (could have done a better job with that to make the edges less knobbly…), stuff, [...]

Kindergarten Valentines

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I love the variety five-year-old Emma put into these valentines – proof that sometimes it’s best to hand kids the supplies and leave them to it. They’ll do it differently on their own, and that can be a good thing!

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Blog Favorites: Asian New Year and Valentine’s Day

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Asian New Year and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, so I thought I’d combine my favorites on both topics into a single post.

Several cute Valentine’s Day Crafts from Moments of Mommyhood. Use cupcake liners to make a 3-D Paper Lantern Picture as seen at the Frugal [...]

Valentine’s Day

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Here’s my final gift for my Week of Valentines. The felt heart is filled with 14 heart cards, each with a memory from our dating days. And I added some Hershey’s Kisses, just for sweetness :)

I really enjoyed our “Week of Valentines”. I think I’ll do it again next year, so [...]

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

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The photo above is our version of this craft from Just For Fun. This was a card we made for Mike as Day 11 of our Week of Valentines, and on the front we listed 11 reasons Mike is the Best Dad Ever. The list (compiled by Emma):

You give the birds [...]

One week of valentines

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Mike and I have never been much for celebrating Valentine’s Day – or any holiday, for that matter. This is due in part to laziness and in part to the fact that we only recently started earning income instead of taking out annual student loans.

I do think holidays are a lot [...]