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Tuesday

You're One in a Billion/Million Valentines

Chocolate candy bars make great valentine treats...
especially with these cute wrappers and tags.

A trip to the Dollar Store resulted in these $1. Million Dollar candy bars. A trip to Party City resulted in these $1. Billion Dollar candy bars.

Of course I had to taste test them for my readers.
I do happen to be a (self-proclaimed) chocolate connoisseur...
taste-testing $1. chocolate bars for a blog post??

Well, the chocolate is what you expect for $1. The Party City Billion Dollar Chocolate bars are definitely better than the Dollar Tree Million Dollar bars. (I'm sure you guessed that.) No surprise that they also have more calories and more fat.(Yes, I'm sure I'll be paying for that, later.)

Click here to print out your own billion valentine tags.

Cut out, hole punch and attach to the candy bar with some ribbon.

Click here to print out the red million valentines.

You may want to give someone a million dollar gift for another occasion...birthday, anniversary, etc.
The Dollar Tree Million Dollar candy bars are generic.(There is no valentine greeting on them.)

Click here to print out the green You're One in a Million tags.

These are going to my children's teachers.
They have about 8 teachers each! (That's middle school for you!)

Last year we baked up this teacher treat...click here.

This year, we're taking a much more simple approach.

You gotta' love simple and sweet!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Need more Valentine ideas? Click on these links.
Boy Valentines

'Pun' Valentines

Seahawks Valentines

Monday

Wheel Valentines

Super simple 'wheel' Valentines for a young boy.
No pink, no hearts, no mushy valentine greeting.
That's the way the boys like it...according to my son!

These 2 toys never get old in a house where a boy lives.
Hot Wheels and LEGO.
Click here to see our LEGO Valentines.

Click here to print these Wheel Valentines.

Trim wheel cards and attach to a Hot Wheels car.
These could be used with chocolate cars or candy wheels, too.

This particular valentine was sent in the mail
to a special 3 year old.
I hope he 'wheely' likes it!

Happy Valentine's Day!

For more Boy Valentines, click here.

Friday

'Sew' Sweet Paper Sack Valentines

Whip out the sewing machine and some cute party sacks
for a 'sew' sweet valentine.

I had some red and white striped sacks leftover from here.

Cut out a heart shape from cardstock to use as your pattern.
Trace around heart and cut out with scissors.

Place 2 paper hearts, printed side out in your sewing machine.
Stitch around the heart, using your machine's biggest stitch.
Stop 3/4 of the way around to fill the heart.

Gather candy, treats and even little notes.

I printed off, "You are 'sew' sweet!" to put inside the heart.

Valentine washi tape was used to decorate the outside of the heart.

Fill the inside of the heart.
Don't put too much inside or you won't be able to sew it together.

Sew up the opening.

Trim off any threads.

Won't your loved ones be dying to rip it open?

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Happy Valentines Day!

Click here for my A to Z Valentine Vault of ideas and printables.

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Monday

Seattle Seahawks Football Valentines

Sorry, I couldn't help myself!
After such a great Super Bowl win last night, of course I had to make some Seahawks Printable Valentines!

This city is going CRaZy...
and I have a feeling that this 'craziness' will last way past Valentine's Day!

Print out your own Seahawks Valentines by clicking here.

Marshawn Lynch has made Skittles a bit tough to find in the State of Washington,

Your best chance to find them is in a Starburst/Skittles Valentine pack.

Tape the Skittles to the valentine cards
and they're ready to go.

Way to go Seahawks! Thanks for the excitement!

Now, if I could just convince my kids that a Super Bowl win does not mean No School!

And here's another Seahawks option for you.
More Seahawks Valentines

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or here!

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Saturday

Printable Boy Valentines for an 11 Year Old

All week long I've given my 11 year old son
different valentine options to choose from.
It's his last year in elementary school, his last year handing out class valentines...I'm in tears typing this out!

Here's what my son asked for:
No pink color on the valentine.

No mushy valentine greeting.

Can't be babyish.

Can't be embarrassing.

Must be OK to give to girls and guys.

Must not appear that he 'likes' anyone more than a friend.

And then he recently added...

"It needs to be creative, mom."
(I CAN do creative, kid.)

"I don't want it to look like everyone else's valentines,
I want it to be cool."
(ummm...I'm much better at cute, than cool.)

Here's a rundown of the choices I gave him:

Option 1: Popping Valentine

Option 2: Pirate Valentine

Option 3: 'Toad'ally Hoppin' Valentine

Option 4: Cheesy Valentine

Option 5: Soccer Valentine

So....which valentine do you think he chose?

AH (Awesome Husband) failed miserably at guessing.
(To tell the truth, so did I.)

Drumroll, please....
The valentine my kid will be handing out at school is:

Option #3: 'Toad'ally Hoppin' Valentines

We were very surprised! Are you?

His comments:

"I like this one best because of the toy. Everyone always gives candy, but I like giving something we can play with and throw at people....plus I don't really like cheese."

And there you have it, straight from an 11 year old's mouth.
Valentines with a toy they can 'throw at people' are the best...
and he doesn't like cheese.

This was last year's valentine choice.

Splash Valentines