Monday, February 7, 2011

Ninja Valentines

Gray and I have made his Valentines since he was a preschooler and so it's kind of our thing each year. However, each year it gets harder and harder to come up with something cool. This year, I think we came up with a winner....Ninja Valentines!

To make this you will need:
card stock *You could use construction paper, but I think it will be a little too flimsy.
stapler
adhesive dots *You could just glue them on but Gray likes how they make the ninjas pop out from the paper.
ninja cut outs
individually wrapped Life Savers

1. Cut some purple card stock in 2 1/4" wide x 4 1/2" long. *I can't believe how blue it looks! Seriously, this is a dark purple!

2. Make a 1/2" fold at the bottom.

3. Fold the top over the bottom leaving just a smidgy hanging over the bottom fold.

4. Open the fold and fold the top again this time just a smidgy over lapping the bottom fold.

5. Place Life Saver in bottom fold and staple.

6. Tuck top fold into bottom.

7. Take adhesive dot and apply to back of ninja. Press ninja onto front of valentine. *Gray wrote his To: & From: on the back.

I'm actually going to make the same valentines for my students, but instead of ninjas I'm going to put hearts on the front of mine. I made my ninjas using my Silhouette, but you could use stickers instead and they would be just a cute. (I mean cool!)

1 comment:

  1. I was looking for something my two older boys would like to give out as valentines that weren't too "girly". These are perfect! Thanks for the idea!

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