Do you ever stop and think, dang, every "special day" is celebrated with cheap, not so tasty candy? If you are a mother, you know your child is going to come home wired from all the sugar at thier class valentines day party.
It's too much!
Here is a valentines day treat which the kids just love (I've done it for my classroom the past two years, and the children's eyes just light up). And it is a little more health conscious than kisses and dumdums.
I have two versions, the Blooming Rose, and the Rosebud. Both are fairly easy, but the Rosebud just a smidge easier, and a little safer for the younger ones.
**Important** If you are giving these to kids, be sure to remind them that there are pointy bits of wood, and to be careful!***
It's too much!
Here is a valentines day treat which the kids just love (I've done it for my classroom the past two years, and the children's eyes just light up). And it is a little more health conscious than kisses and dumdums.
I have two versions, the Blooming Rose, and the Rosebud. Both are fairly easy, but the Rosebud just a smidge easier, and a little safer for the younger ones.
**Important** If you are giving these to kids, be sure to remind them that there are pointy bits of wood, and to be careful!***
Blooming Rose Materials
Strawberries
New pencils
Twice as many toothpicks as strawberries
Tiny rubber bands
Paper
Pen
Sticky tape
Vase (or one of those crystal lite cylinders)
Scissors
Leaf template
Strawberries
New pencils
Twice as many toothpicks as strawberries
Tiny rubber bands
Paper
Pen
Sticky tape
Vase (or one of those crystal lite cylinders)
Scissors
Leaf template
Take a new, valentines theme pencil, 2 toothpicks, and a tiny rubberband.
Wrap the band around the pencil so that the two toothpicks stick above the eraser. Be sure to line up the band and toothpicks so that the lay flat along the pencil. It the band is too high, the toothpicks will flare out.
Wrap the band around the pencil so that the two toothpicks stick above the eraser. Be sure to line up the band and toothpicks so that the lay flat along the pencil. It the band is too high, the toothpicks will flare out.
Using the leaf template, draw and cut leaves out of green construction paper.
I used the "paper doll" method, because I am lazy.
Write each Valentine's name on the leaf.
I used the "paper doll" method, because I am lazy.
Write each Valentine's name on the leaf.
You may find it easier to do this after step 4, maybe not. It doesn't matter which order you do it in, whichever you think is easier.
Line the rectangle part of the leaf up against the pencil so that the paper doesn't end where a toothpick is, and tape it down.
Then put small pieces of tape on the other side of the rectangle, above and below the leaf, and wrap the rectangle around the pencil, covering the toothpicks.
Line the rectangle part of the leaf up against the pencil so that the paper doesn't end where a toothpick is, and tape it down.
Then put small pieces of tape on the other side of the rectangle, above and below the leaf, and wrap the rectangle around the pencil, covering the toothpicks.