Yesterday, my son Sam and I were working on his Valentine's box for his 5th grade class. There is a contest for the most lovely, the most hearts, the most creative, and the funniest. He was going for the most creative and the most hearts. I had this green polka dot paper on hand and green is his favorite color so we covered the box with it. Then he made up a character, healthy heart, and wanted to draw a picture of it to put on his box. My crafty motors were turning and I told him we could make a punch art character out of Healthy Heart. I started going to town on it and consulting him here and there, getting quite carried away. Finally, I stopped myself and told him we didn't have to do a punch art of his character. I think he was relieved and he said he wanted to draw it himself. It is his Valentine's box after all! So this is our combined effort of Sam's Valentine's box.
Once again, my crafty supplies came in handy for my kids' school projects!
For Sam's Valentines for his classmates, we made these boxes with a Valentine's tag.
By the time we got to his teacher's Valentine's, Sam had lost interest and was watching Toy Story. So I got to let my juices flow and go to town on her present.
I used the Fancy Favor Sizzix box, cut a hole in the front panel with my 1 3/4" circle punch, taped a window sheet over the hole and filled it with chocolate. I love seeing the treat through the window! I gathered the wide striped pink ribbon at the top by putting sticky strip around the perimeter and gathering it as I went. The tag is from the Eat Chocolate stamp set. I just changed the greeting by stamping it and punching it out with the word window punch and popping it up.
I hope you have a great Valentine's day!
Kathleen
