Valentine Kids Crafts

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Hershey Kiss Mouse

Easy Valentine's Dessert

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day from my family to yours!

Valentine Treat Bags

This is what I made for Jaiden to give to her classmates for Valentine treats. Jaiden loved them and I think they turned out so cute!!

I got the bags at Walmart in the stationary department. If you didn't know, they have the decorated lunch sacks there that change with every occasion for $0.20 a piece. I used a hole punch and put 2 holes in the top of the folded bag. I then threaded a ribbon through the holes and tied it in a knot.

Inside the bag I put a heart brownie and two fortune cookies.



To make the heart brownies, just bake brownies as usual. When cool, cut out with a deep, heart shaped cookie cutter and remove from pan. I got 5 brownies out of a 9x13 pan.


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I just kept it simple. I figure kids will get enough candy and sweets without me adding to it!

Valentine Barrettes

I made these cute barrettes for the girls to wear for Valentine's Day. You could make several in a small amount of time!

Supplies:
pinch alligator clip
3/8" grosgrain ribbon
Extras: hot glue, needle, and thread

1. Cover the clip with ribbon. Be sure to get the top inside edge.









Cut ribbon into 3 pieces, 4 1/2", 5", & 5 1/2". Fold the longest piece in half. Fold the next size piece in half and place the next piece on top. Repeat with the shortest piece. Sew through all layers of ribbon. (red thread used for picture purposes)

Take the two shortest pieces and glue one end to the other sideways to form a point at the end.









Repeat with medium size pieces. Glue medium pointed end to small pointed end. Do the same process with the longest end.








Glue the top center of the heart to the open end of the barrette. Glue the point end of the heart to the "pinch" part of the barrette.

Valentine Links #2

Enchanted Learning Kid crafts, coloring fun, activity worksheets.

Romantic Ideas Ideas for adults for romance on Valentine's Day

Amazing Moms Party ideas for kids for Valentine's Day

Valentine Cake Make a cake in 10 minutes for your Valentine

Valentine Oils Learn which oils to mix to have a perfect love potion

Better Homes & Gardens Projects for cards, recipes, gifts, chocolates, and decorating

Pop Music Most popular Valentine songs

Making Friends Fancy Favor Boxes

DLTK-Kids Recipes for kids and adults

Chocolate Covered Oreos

I think these have to be Ryan's new favorite cookie!! They are so easy to make and they look so pretty!! I have seen them selling on ETSY for more than a $1.00 apiece!!

You can decorate them with sprinkles or drizzles of colored chocolate. I got my molds at a place called Sugarcraft, which is about 2 minutes from my house. They have all kinds of molds and packaging supplies for the cookies. They ship to anywhere, according to the website. You can spend hours looking at all of the neat items they have!! I can hardly get Jaiden out of the store!!

To make the cookies, you'll need:

Oreo mold
12 oz. white chocolate chips
1/4 block of paraffin wax
Oreo cookies

1. Melt wax and add white chocolate.
2. Pour a small amount in mold.
3. Add Oreo and press down.
4. Pour chocolate over cookie to rim of mold.
5. Freeze for a few minutes for easier removal from the mold.

Valentine Cake

This is a cake that Jaiden made while we were snowed in. It is made using a silicone pan that I bought from Target in the dollar bins fro $2.50. The cake mix is the Valentine mix by Pillsbury and so is the frosting. Jaiden made it as a surprise for her daddy. I think it looks cute!

Valentine Links

Here are some really neat Valentine projects I found this morning:

Soap Dispenser

Kids Crafts

Paper Treat Purse

Trinket Box

Candy Hearts

Conversation Heart Cookies

Sweet Heart Lollipops

Cherry Pie Gone Wrong

This was supposed to be a beautiful cherry pie to share so that you could make it for your special Valentine. I instead got this pie. I had so much trouble trying to make this pie that I decided to post the picture anyway.

I first didn't get enough of pie filling so the half made pie had to go into the fridge overnight. Then when I did get the filling and went to put the top crust on, it kept cracking and splitting. I tried to roll it and pinch it back together but, it just didn't work. Then, I tried to sprinkle some cinnamon on top and the plastic sprinkle top fell off leaving me with a mountain of cinnamon on top; hence the brown spots. And lastly, because of the split top crust, the edges broke off which caused the filling to run over the top of the pie.

All of this being said, it really is an easy pie to make! I just was having a bad baking day and I think my crust might have been too old! When done right, this would make a "sweet" gift for the "Sweet Treat" in your life!

Cherry Pie

2 refrigerated pie crusts, at room temp.
2 cans cherry pie filling.
dash milk

Extras:
Pie pan
miniature heart cookie cutters

1. Place one crust in pan. Press sides and edges down.
2. Dump both cans of pie filling in pie crust.
3. Slightly roll out top crust. Use cookie cutters to make vents on crust.
4. Add top crust and pinch crusts together.
5. Brush top crust lightly with milk.
6. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Conversation Hearts

I found this really neat site, Acme Heart Maker, that allows you to make your own conversational hearts for web pages and blogs. I had a lot of fun playing around with this!!!

According to Info Please, "Conversation hearts were invented in the 1860s by the brother of NECCO's founder. These first hearts had printed paper notes tucked inside. The lengthy, old-fashioned sayings included such wistful thoughts as 'Please send a lock of your hair by return mail'.

Some favorites among the more than one hundred Sweetheart sayings have been in circulation since the hearts were first factory-made in 1902. These classics include "Kiss Me," "Sweet Talk," and "Be Mine." Sometimes a motto is discontinued for a time and then makes a reappearance; others are gone for good. Sayings considered outdated by NECCO include the funky "Dig Me" and the cheerful "You Are Gay."

NECCO must produce about 100,000 pounds of the candy hearts every day in order to meet the Valentine demand, when about 8 billion hearts are sold in six weeks." Candy Heart History

Valentine Fortune Cookies

I got this really cute idea to make Valentine fortune cookies from Martha Stewart.

Her site has the complete step by step instructions of how to make them. I did 2 different things when making mine than what her directions stated. First, I used hot glue. This worked very nicely! I don't have a half of a hour to wait for glue to dry! Second, I made the cookies a 4" instead of the 4 1/2" she suggests. I thought they looked a little too big and not very realistic.

I think I am going to get a smaller Chinese carry out box and place two fortune cookies inside. I am going to also put some Hershey Kisses in the box. Jaiden wants to give these to her classmates instead of the paper Valentine cards.

Chocolate Valentine Pretzels

I have seen these pretzels selling in the
"gourmet" section of our grocery for $5.00 and I made these for pennies!! The pretzels are so easy and quick to make and they make a great Valentine's treat!

You could even use regular chocolate but, I thought white chocolate went more with the "Valentine theme". You can decorate them any way with all of the festive sprinkles out there!



Chocolate Valentine Pretzels

12 oz. white chocolate chips (can use block white chocolate)
1/4 block of paraffin wax
Box of Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels*
sprinkles

Extras
wax paper
cookie sheet
knife
fork
plastic food bags
ribbon

1. Line cookie sheet with wax paper.
2. Melt wax in small pan over low heat.
3. Add chocolate and stir until melted.
4. Dip pretzel in chocolate. Use knife to get into loop to turn it over and remove from pan. With the help of the fork, lay it on wax paper.
5. Sprinkle the pretzel with sprinkles.
6. Place in freezer for 5 minutes or so. This will allow chocolate to completely set.
7. Place in plastic bag and tie with ribbon.


*Snyder's of Hanover are the larger sourdough pretzels in a brown box. I got about 10 whole pretzels out of one box, the rest were broken.