Shamrock Boutonnieres from Martha Stewart.
Duct Tape iPad Cover from Craftbits (via How About Orange).
Custom Repaired Toms from Under the Sycamore.
Coconut Butter Recipe from the Kitchn.
Nature-Inspired Paper Projects from Better Homes &Gardens.
Spring Tea Towel from Michael Ann Made for Papernstitch.
Appliquéd Knee Socks from Diane Gilleland for CRAFT.
Giant Paper Flowers from Ruche for Design Sponge.
Paper Leaf Topiary from Brittany Watson Jepsen for Etsy’s How-Tuesday.
Yarn Wrapped Bottles from Penelope and Pip.
Woven Finger Knitting Hula Hoop Rug from Flax and Twine.
Truffula Trees from Zakka Life.
Needlepoint Purse from Danielle Thompson for CRAFT.
Paper + Straw Flower Tutorial from Just Lovely for Gussy Sews.
Garden Trellis PDF Quilt Pattern, $8 from Fresh Lemons Quilts.
Today was Valentine Central at our house and the dining room table is now covered in bits of paper, ribbon, tissue paper and candy wrappers!
My nine-year-old and I got the idea a while back to make Valentine crackers (like Christmas crackers), and I found this tutorial over on Not Martha. Megan has also made them for Valentine’s Day now, so you can read her great tutorial for those as well. I could only find the poppers on ebay, but you may be able to find some in one of the shops that Megan recommends. They took a while to get here since they came from overseas, but they were inexpensive and since we used gift wrap tubes (which were sturdier and looked better than the toilet paper tubes that we thought of using), the project itself was reasonable.
For my daughter’s crackers, she chose to fill them with candy, cut out hearts, ribbon confetti and stickers. I cut the gift wrap tubes into 2 1/2″ segments using a craft knife and we used tissue paper for the wrapping, so it was easy for my daughter to roll them up on her own. And the twist ties that Megan used are genius and so much easier for little hands. I had these silver ones on hand, but looks like you can find some red and white striped ties here. Once I got out the supplies and made a sample to see how to put it all together, my daughter was able to make them on her own.
We’ll see how the popping crackers go over with the teachers! I am planning to give them some warning. Here’s a printable for the labels we used if you want to try these out in the future. This makes 1 1/2″ x 7″ labels, which work with gift wrap tubes, but if you are using toilet paper rolls, they will need to be a bit longer.
Recycled Paper Basket from Brett Bara for Design Sponge.
Child’s Artwork Duvet Cover from A Thousand Words (via CRAFT).
Magnetic Me kid’s craft project from Creative Juice.
Criss-Cross Floor Pillow from Four Wise Monkeys for Sew, Mama, Sew!
Granny Square Quilt Block from Blue Elephant Stitches.
Starlings Quilt Block from Quilt Dad for Generation Q.
Robot Valentines from Lisa Storms.
Star Crossed Block from Don’t Call Me Betsy.
Aladdin Pants from Blooms and Bugs.
Here are a few Valentine’s card ideas from the past. My kids have ideas for this year, so hopefully I will get to share those with you soon. Meanwhile, we are collecting toilet paper tubes! My husband asked why they were all lined up in the kitchen and I said we were saving them for Valentines. His comment was “Of course. Nothing says ‘I love you’ like toilet paper tubes”. So true.
Tweet, Tweet printable valentines.
Cupid’s Arrow Pencils with printable from my post for Alpha Mom.
Crayon Hearts with printable card.
Several ideas for simple handmade valentines in a post for Alpha Mom.
Recycled card ideas.
