Vera’s little Cuddles class at church had a Valentine’s Day party this past Wednesday night, so I wanted to send some Valentines for her to hand out.  The age range is between 14 months and 2.5 years, plus there are some children with allergies, so I wanted to stick with a non-candy Valentine.

Tad picked up some heart straws for me at Wal-mart (4/$.97) and I made some cute little “flags” to attach to them.  I printed directly on heart scrapbooking paper (had on hand) and went ahead and typed each child’s name on the flags.  On the other side, I typed, “Hope your Valentine’s Day is ‘strawesome’!!”

I cut the paper into strips, folded it in half, and stuck it around the straw using roll-on adhesive (double-sided tape would work too).  The packages came with white/red straws and pink/white straws, so I gave the white ones to the boys and the pink ones to the girls.  I trimmed the ends of the flags to help with the cuteness factor, and they were done!

Very quick and easy to do, yet still a fun gift to give and get.

Here are a couple of other non-candy Valentine ideas I love:
(click on each image to go to the respective blog)

What are your kids giving to their friends/classmates this year for Valentine’s Day?
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