Welcome to day 9 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From January 25 through February 7 we'll be posting non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday. I saw the most adorable Valentine Inchworms in the Oriental Trading catalog. The problem was, I didn't need to make 24 of them, and I really didn't want to pay for the kits when I had most of the stuff to make them at home already. So I went to the craft store and bought 1 piece of pink foam paper (is that what that stuff is called?). The google eyes, jewels, pompoms, and pipe cleaners I had already. The above photo is from the Oriental Trading website and what I wanted our inchworms to kinda look like. I started by cutting the foam into 3/4 inch strips (the short way). Then the girls folded them accordion style. I thought our worms would stay folded. I guess I haven't worked with the foam stuff enough. No fear, we would glue it to make it stay! Um, yeah, even with the rubber band to hold … [Read more...]
Love Coffee Koozie
If you're like me...I'm sure your not (tee hee hee)...you sit and think about all those coffee koozies sitting in a landfill each time they hand you one with your tasty morning drink. Instead of using koozies you throw away, how about making your own that you can reuse! Even better, how about making a love coffee Koozie for Valentine's Day this year! I am a huge fan of upcycling....what is upcycling? It's reusing something that serves no purpose and transforming it into something you can use! I have gained a few pounds after having my four babies (come on...no grief needed!) and my old cream sweater didn't really fit me anymore. So it sits and sits and sits there in my closet tormenting me saying "ha, ha! You'll never wear me again!" (Big meanie!) I was looking at the sleeves thinking they would make GREAT coffee koozies! So away to work I went making a love coffee koozie. Here's what you will need to make your own love coffee koozie: An old sweater Felt Thread and … [Read more...]
Valentine Fortune Teller–FREE Printable!
Welcome to day 7 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From January 25 through February 7 we'll be posting non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday. Who remembers paper fortune tellers from when you were younger? My friends and I used to spend hours making and playing with them. I was trying to come up with something unique to do for Nutty's Valentines this year and thought Valentine Fortune Tellers would be perfect! I made them, printed them, and showed them to Nutty. She LOVED the Fortune Tellers and can't wait to give them to her friends (classmates) for Valentine's Day! I you want to give these unique Valentine's to your child's classmates for friends for Valentine's Day just click on the template to download. Make sure you click on this download button and this one only!! It is small and below the photo. It fits on an 8.5 x 11 in paper and makes four at a time. Click on the button below to see all of our past Valentine's … [Read more...]
Pintrest Inspired Valentine’s Part Deux
Welcome to day 6 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From January 25 through February 7 we'll be posting non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday.Last year we shared with you some of our favorite Pins floating around out there and it was such a huge hit that we thought we'd share again this year. Rather than give Pinterest the linky love, we'll be linking you directly to the websites the pins originally came from. Feel free to pin stuff you like from the original source or find them on our Valentine board and re-pin them from there.Top 14 Pintrest inspired Valentine's (in no particular order)14. We love you because...yup it's one of ours and it was so popular that we're sharing it with you (and our newest readers. 13. My heart belongs to you. We love this project because it is something kids of ALL ages can do and be proud of.12. Snowflake Valentine. How cute are these Valentine's? Crafty, easy to do, and fun for the kids.11. Wax Paper Hearts. Simple to … [Read more...]
Candy Heart Bingo
Welcome to day 5 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From January 25 through February 7 we'll be posting non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday.Want a super easy, fun, and cute activity to do with your kiddos for Valentines? Look no further. HEART! (It's the Valentine's version of BINGO).All you will need is:PaperMarkerCandy HeartsCreate a HEART board like mine below (use any numbers you wish...you can also get more creative and use animals, stickers, letters, etc). Instead of regular BINGO chips you use Conversation Candy Hearts for your markers.A few minutes to make and hours of fun for the kiddos. We've been playing HEART for a few days now and they don't seem to want to stop...maybe it's the game, maybe it's the family time, or maybe it's the fact that they get to eat the conversation hearts afterwards??? You be the judge.Click on the button below to see all of our past Valentine's posts. … [Read more...]
Picket Fence Valentine Magnet
Welcome to day 4 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From January 25 through February 7 we'll be posting non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday.Need something to make for the Grandparents for Valentines? These picket fence Valentine magnets are super cute, fun to make, and are perfect as a gift from the kids to the Grandparents! To make them you'll need:8 Craft sticksScissorsGlueWhite paintValentine and flower related foam decorPink or red markerSmall photo of your kidsMagnetsStart by using your scissors to cut points on one side of 6 of the craft sticks.Next, have your child line up the 6 pointed sticks evenly across the 2 un-pointed sticks. Have your child put glue dots on the un-pointed sticks where the pointed sticks meet them. (Yes, Tottie is putting glue dots on the wrong sticks in this photo. She got the first one right though).Now glue the sticks together like the photo shows. Make sure you leave a little more room on the top than on the bottom … [Read more...]
