Valentine’s Day

After seeing all the super cute stuff out in internet land (and on Pinterest, although I have no idea how to actually PIN anything, I can snoop around a bit), I wanted to come up with something cute and useful for my kiddos’ teachers for Valentine’s Day.  Here’s what I did.

First, I found these cute bird clips.  I love clips!  I use them for everything…but mostly they end up clipping the chip bags shut.  Even so, who wouldn’t like a cute clip to look at when reaching for the bag of Doritos?

Then I put them in a clear bag.  I even added a piece of colored paper to the bag to give it some structure and a pop of color so my little birdie clips would stand out.  I’m overly clever like that.

I even came up with completely stole a verse from a song that Kermit the Frog sang.  Well, in my mind, Kermit sang it.  I think The Carpenters sang it way back when, but that doesn’t really matter now.  What matters is that I took one of the verses and added it to my oh-so-creative clips in a bag.

In all honesty, now that I read it in the light of day, that verse may not be all that Valentine-y after all.  Maybe I should have added the remainder of the verse??  It could come off as a little creepy, a la Tippy Hedrin in “The Birds”.   Oh well.  It’s out there now! (haha!)  They are being given by my 3rd grader and a kindergartner.  Hopefully the cute kids will distract from any weirdness the random phrase brings up!

Moving on.

Adding the swirly twine (bakers twine is the official name, I believe) was the final touch!

There you have it!  A “tweet” little gift for the teachers that won’t add to their waistlines.  (That is always a bonus, let me tell you!)

Busy times here on the homestead.  Fences, basket balls and haircuts have dominated our time.  What’s been up in your world?