Cute Little Valentine's

                       I decided to make these little Valentine packs for the boys class this year. I was in the Valentine section at the store and decided I just couldn't spend the money on some little cards that will be thrown away later that day (as a fellow mom, I know you just throw those things away too....otherwise the dog gets a hold of it and make a mess). 

                        

                       I wanted to give them something they would be able to use, so I know my money and effort are not just be thrown away. So here's what I did:

Items Needed:

• Paint chip notepads
• Little pens
• Little boxes of Valentine stickers (got mine at Dollar Tree)
• Dums Dums suckers, or other small candies
• Treat bags (Mine are Wilton brand, 4inch x 6inch, I got them from baking section)
• Stapler
• Valentine bag topper (you can find many printables online or make your own)

Prepare:

1. Used this tutorial to make the little paint chip notepads. I just put a staple in it to make it go faster, in the tutorial she sews it. Just be sure you put the staple low enough down so you can tuck the cover into it (the first one I made I put the staple too high, good thing I only ruined 1! ). See picture below for finished note pad.

My finished notepad is about 2.75" high x 2.25" wide

2. So if you want to make your own topper like I did, here are a few simple steps to do it. Open Microsoft Publisher and pick invitation cards. Go all the way down to blank sizes and pick size 4.25" x 5.5". Use clipart, pictures from your computer, and text boxes to create your topper. I just used a simple heart clipart and some fun fonts to create mine. Be sure when you are making it that you keep it on the bottom half of the page so you have room to fold it in half over the top of your baggie.

Here are mine after I cut them apart.

Finish:

       I made an assembly line to package these up. I put each bundle of items in seperate bowls (pens in one bowl, notepads in another, etc.) and placed a pile of bags in front of each kid. I did the first one to show them how to stuff each bag, then let them go crazy!

      They put 1 notepad, 1 pen, 1 box of stickers, and 2 suckers in each bag. I then folded the Valentine toppers over the top of the baggie and stapled it shut. 44 baggies later and we were done! my kids loved them, and really enjoyed getting to hoard the leftovers :) This didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would since I had my little slave laborers helpers stuffing the bags for me!

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