Love Quote Love Notes

Sweetheart's Week starts tomorrow!

As you know, I'm doing a game theme.

Here's my easy plan for my sweetheart, Brigham.

*A handwritten love note 

with favorite quotes about love that I found.

*A "game type" treat.

*A game to play together each night

...I'm just using games we already have.

You can use my Love Quote Love Note papers if you want. They aren't spectacular, but they work.

*I printed mine 2 per page so they aren't so big.

Guess Whooo Loves You?

I am excited to play this game. 

To make it even more fun, you need to go make one of these.

Here is mine:

Isn't he cute?

And here is the game. The descriptions are personal for my family, 

so I've included some blank cards if you want to personalize them.

Guess Whooo Loves You?

You Were "Mint" to Be My Valentine

I haven't finished the girls Valentine's yet, but I wanted to show you the first step anyway.

Materials:

candy canes

An Oven at 235 F

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 235 F.

Place two candy canes into an overlapping heart shape on a cookie sheet/jellyroll pan.

Bake for 8 minutes. Keep an eye on them. Any more would have made mine bubble and change in appearance.

Take them out of the oven and pinch the tops of the candy canes together. Push the overlapping candy cane into the bottom one.

Let cool and remove from pan.

Place in a bag. 

Attach cute saying....Maybe "We should be Sweethearts" or anything with a cheesy "Mint" line.

Valentine's I-Spy

Time for more of my Sweethearts Games.

This one is for my oldest. She loves I-Spy games

so I took a few pictures of stuff around the house and used some photos we already had...

....the girls love pictures of themselves.

Then I made them into a photo book

because it was my lucky day

and there was a code for a FREE book!

But if there hadn't been, I would have just ordered 5x7 prints and laminated them. 

I wish I would have time to make more custom I-Spy pictures

but I think they'll like it anyway.

Here are my photos if you're interested in using them. They aren't that great but you're welcome to use them anyway.

Candy:

 Hearts:

 Pink and Red:

Sweethearts Week 2011: The Game of Love

"Love is a game that two  (or 5 in our family) can play and both win".

Sweethearts Week is one of my favorite family traditions. 

I stole it from my best friend, Stephanie, and I love it. 

You can see what I did in 2009 and 2010.

This year my theme will be based on games.

I will be giving the girls a game we can play together each day of the week leading up to Valentine's day.

Here are a few printable games that I have come up with so far so you can enjoy them, too.

Mending Broken Hearts

Valentine Scavenger Hunt

Cupid Cruisers

Rx for Valentine's Day

Here are Lucy and Charlotte's 2010 Valentine friend treats.

prescription bottle: 5 cents a piece (our WalMart said they'd give you 10 for free)

paper: $1.25 for all 25 bottles

candy: $4.00 for all 25 bottles

=

26 cents a piece...not bad.

I just printed the note on regular paper and then pasted it onto some Valentine's paper.

What's inside:

giant  Valentine Smarties.

*You would want to be careful so that your children know that things found in medicine bottles usually aren't candy!

Valentine decoder cookies

I saw these Valentine's cookies and thought I'd try a few. I used my own recipe and a small spoonful of crushed clear red candies. I also sprinkled mine with some red decorating sugar before I baked them. 

I think they turned out pretty cute 

(even if you could basically read the hidden message without the magical decoding cookie).

Valentine's Day Pillowcases

These are nothing to brag about but I'd thought I'd post them anyway. I made these Sweetheart's Week Pillowcases as a fun holiday reminder for the girls. Lucy cannot wait to put hers on her pillow.

Valentines 2009

The sweetest holiday of the year is over. Here's how we celebrated this year:

I Choo Choos You Sweethearts Week Valentines.

The kids Valentines for friends

Love Bugs, clothespin fastener, and melted crayon hearts.