This year before Valentine's Day we each decorated a goodie bag for a family activity one night. Check out these clever creations:
The bags were all lined up on our mantle. Each day until Valentine's Day we made home made love notes or little gifts and hid them in the bags for each other. (Check out Daniel's bag on the right. He LOVED decorating with feathers!)
The children were so creative in creating their cards and gifts. Sarah made everyone custom bookmarks, decorated with scrolly letters spelling the recipient's name and lots of glitter. She also made little coupons, redeemable for free babysitting or free extra chores. For the boys she made coupons for bedtime stories or game time together.
She thought Joseph wouldn't appreciate a bookmark, but didn't want to leave him out. So instead of a bookmark, she gave him dog treats to feed Bella, so he could have the gift of a fun experience. So funny and so thoughtful. (Check out Matthew's bag on the right- it's a boy flying with a jet pack. I love the way he depicted flames!)
The children all gifted small toys to each other, selected from their own collections of 'special things'. Daniel gave me a pretty rock (he loves his rock collection more than almost anything else).
Joseph put a fistful of candy in each bag, since his cards all ended up as scribbles (sometimes embellished with a sticky thumbprint). The children all had fun writing notes full of compliments to each other, and they loved even more opening their bags on V-Day.
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