Who knew that my girls would be heartbroken that their Mama didn't make them any valentines?
When we were making my Last Minute Valentines the other day, I made only one myself, for my husband. I told the girls then that I wouldn't be making them any valentines. They seemed OK with that at the time. But today, all I saw were sad faces.
Because we homeschool, they didn't have a classroom of kids they were going to receive valentines from, and they felt that the day wasn't being celebrated enough.
So, I had to get my "craft" on. I had to come up with something quick and dirty that would be loved by them... and my solution?
Stuffed hearts with embroidered words on them. I know my girls. They both love anything that is soft and stuffed. And I was happy to see that they were both extremely excited to receive these valentines. If I had had more than 10 minutes planning to make these, I might have tried to stuff them with a bit of lavendar so they smelled nice. Let's not even talk about the horrific embroidery I did on these (totally freehanded, so not evenly spaced or anything - very homemade!).
But the speed at which I whipped these up didn't seem to diminish the amount of love my girls have for these. And I had all the supplies on hand (fuzzy red knit fabric, red felt, white embroidery floss, stuffing).
Who knew?
