Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are some great activities for the kids to keep them busy on Valentine's Day. Just click the link to take you to it:
Hearts Dominoes Game
Fix The Hearts
Valentine Crosswords
Valentine Word Search

Valentine Heart Message Tree

Here is a great Valentine craft from the Monday Moms:

Valentine Crafts Ideas

Here are some great Valentine crafts I found at Kaboose. Click the links to take you to the directions:

Paper Love Bug - What a cute little craft for ages 4 and up made with a toilet paper roll, paper and pipecleaners.

Stained Glass Heart - ages 3 and up with help from an adult.

Foam Heart Bear - States ages 5 and up but I think a 3 and 4 year old can do this with assistance......

Tissue Paper Carnations - Such a cute little flower project for ages 4 and up.

Pom Pom Valentine Critter - for ages 6 and up made with pom poms, foam hearts and wiggle eyes. Younger ages can do this with help from an adult.

1st Birthday Craft Ideas

Lets face it, most first year birthday parties consist of babies and adults. So chances are the kids at the party are not going to be doing much besides playing and drooling. We might as well make the party more exciting for the adult guests; so why not plan activities that involve them?

Here are a few great ideas that are wonderful keepsakes....

Collage
Make a collage of pictures of babies first year and leave it out for all the guests to sign and leave a personal message for the birthday boy/girl.

Mixture Picture
This one is a fun one - everyone will have a great laugh and so will the baby when you show the pictures to them at an older age!

• What you want to do is have all older guests sit at the table while you hold the birthday boy/girl so that everyone can see him/her.


• Make sure everyone has a pen and paper in front of them.


• Everyone is to draw a picture of the birthday girl/boy while you are timing them.


• After 30 seconds everyone is to stop and pass their picture to the person to their left.


• Now time them for another 30 seconds while they draw adding on to the picture they have now.


• After the 30 seconds is up get them to pass that picture to the person to their left.


• Repeat this until the birthday girl/boy doesn't want to be held anymore.

Picture The Future
Here is another great keepsake for the birthday boy/girl...

Have guests draw a picture of what they think the birthday girl/boy will look like when they are 18 years old.

Another variation to this would be to have all the guests write down answers to a few questions you ask about what they think the birthday boy/girl will be like in the future.

A few good questions would be:

• What will be their career?


• Will they get married?


• Will they have any children if so how many?


• What color will their hair be when they read this?


• Etc.....

make sure the guests put their names on the picture or sheet with questions and put all of them away as a time capsule that can not be opened until the birthday girl/boy turns 18.