Valentine Cards for the Elderly and Parents

I saw this idea in a recent magazine.  I torn the idea out so I could remember it.  Unfortunately I lost it so now I don't know where the idea came from.  Anyways, I thought this would be a fun project for my first graders.  Each student made two cards:  one for an elderly person in our parish and another one for their parents.  

The children thought is was fun to draw the XOXOXO after I explained it meant hugs and kisses.  I tried to get them to paint with shades reds, pinks and purples however they had their own favorite colors.  

It was very simple to do.  I cut regular construction paper to the size I needed.  Each child used their white crayons to draw the xoxoxo or hearts.  Then they watercolored the covers of the cards.  The cards were left out to dry.  Then I put them under a heavy basket to flatten them out.  

We put a little prayer inside of them...which of course I can not find now.  

Cute.Simple.Sweet!

National Crossing Guard Appreciation Day is Feb. 10th, apparently my school wanted to get a jump start.  The committee wanted the cards this week.  So this year I went with something cute I found on Pinterest.  I had several of my students who finish everything first help me make them.  We tried using sticky tape but it would not stick to the card stock.  Then we put book tape on top of the sticky tape and that seemed to help.  I found some candy canes in the teacher's lounge and taped those to the back.  Finally the students signed their names on the back.  Cute. Simple and Sweet!  The best kind of project.   

Thank You Cards

Sorry I disappeared from blogging for a while.  Just like all teachers I was overwhelmed with school work and life.  I was literally making it day by day with school work I felt like I was correcting, recording, listening to running records, recording some more and prepping the next day.  When I arrived home I had to work on my gifts for my students......their little picture books.  It was school work non-stop.  I did take a lot of pictures of the end of the year and hopefully I can share them with you soon.

At the end of the school year my class gave me the cutest gift, a coach wristlet.

It is so cute.  I just love it.  

So I went to Walgreens to find a class thank you note and they had this adorable card.

It was so easy to create.  I just picked fourteen pictures from my Walgreens account and then placed them in the card.  I wrote personal thank you on the back of each card.  

I only wish I had one for myself, but they were 20 cards for $19.99 and I have 20 students.  I think this card is the perfect way to say thank you for a wonderful school year.