Home Made Valentines

 The boys and I this year made home made Valentines for their friends at school and their teachers. We had a blast making all 90 these!! (yes we counted all of them when we were done :) )

 I found these great book marker Valentines over at Thirty Hand Made Days. She has the print out of the cards that she has put together. The kids and I both just loves these!! Perfect for those new readers.

 The teachers were my favorite ones though. I found this PDF down load over at Sarah Jane blog for only $5. It has two different cards, the envelope, and the tags that we are using for book marks. I love the whimsy of these so much! I will be buying some of her prints for the  baby's room!!

They are all packed up and ready to go! I have to say this is the first year we finished ahead of time. :) Maybe even a new tradition of ours. ;)

Sharon 

A Crafty Kid

 I had to share with you my middle son's school project on the day sky, I am so proud of him! His first grade class had to make a model of the day or night sky, what a fun project this was. :)

 We made all the different cloud types and he label each one of them. I will tell you that with all the glue, fluffy stuffing and cotton balls that this was a very sticky craft! We were picking glue and fuzz off our fingers for a while,lol.

The sun even lights up! We used a battery tea candle light to put in a hole in the back of the box and sun. All the kiddos think this is the neatest part of this display.  Great job my son!!

Sharon

Count Down till School's Out for the Summer Tutorial

School is about over for the year. I don't know who is more excited, the kiddos or me! (Sleeping in in the mornings, staying up late at night, going to the beach, playing in the back yard pool, no waiting in the car line at school to pick up the kids, spending the whole day with my boys....) So to celebrate this wonderful time of year I made the boys a count down till summer vacation.

To make this quick and easy count down I first went to the dollar store by the house and bought a picture frame for $5. Everything else I had at the house.

 **You'll need**

a picture frame, I used a 11"x14" frame 

scrap book paper,

letter & number stickers

 double sided tape.

1; I took the paper mat out of the frame and placed a piece of scrap book paper behind it and taped it in place from the back.

2; Find the center of the top mat. Next start with the center letter and work your way out. I find if I start with the center word/letter I am better able to center the whole line.

(ignore the missing A here, lol. I didn't even realize I forgot it I was so worried about making the letters strait!)

3; Next come the numbers. I used red numbers with some blue numbers here and there. When we uncover a blue number we will have a fun activity to do together. (bake cookies, play outside in the sprinkler) I used a ruler to line up my numbers too.

Now add a few summer stickers to the matte.

4; Place the finished matte back into the frame. (here is where I noticed the missing A so out came the picture to fix it. Never try to make anything half asleep, lol.)

5; now cut off little pieces of the double sided tape and place over every number on the outside of the glass.

6; Take a different color of scrapbook paper and cut out your favorite shape, 20 of them, and place them over the numbers onto the double sided tape.

Every school day take off a cover to see the number of days left of school till vacation starts! This is great way to help my to younger boys learn to count better. Easy Peasy Mac and cheezy! as my middle son says. :)

Sharon