Getting My Valentine On

I may be the biggest slacker mom on the block these days but I still managed to find a Valentine to craft up on good old Pinterest.

I like to think I'm crafty.  Not in a professional DIYer sort of way.  More like a I was a first grade teacher for 10 years sort of way.  So yeah, I'm basically a craft ninja when it comes to Elmer's and construction paper. 

Elena's little play group meets tomorrow and we're having a Valentine's Day party for the kiddos.  I knew that I wanted to do something that wasn't candy/food related since some of the little ones in our group have food allergies.  And really?  What almost 2 year old needs candy?  It's just more shit for us moms to eat.  At least this mom, anyway.

So, I went with the quick and easy route.  And relatively cheap, considering I only needed to whip up  6 Valentines.

I bought 6 boxes of crayons, printed up some labels, slapped them on the box, tied a piece of bakery twine {is that even what it's called?} around the box, and added a little cut-out heart embellishment with each kids' name on it.  Done and done in less than half an hour.  And I think they are cute and practical.  Boom.

And if you don't already follow me on Instagram {kcamp07}, here's a pic of the text exchange between Paul and I after I sent him a pic of Elena's first Valentine's.   She's a Daddy's girl, for sure.