Valentines for School

For Valentines Day, my son and I made these cute, simple lollipop covers.  Each one is just a 5 1/4" x 2" strip of scored cardstock.  We used the heart from Boatloads of Love and my son patiently (well, maybe not so patiently after a while) wrote the names of each of his classmates in the design.  Fun and simple--the whole project took 44 minutes less than it took to do his valentines last year:

• 12 minutes:  Drive to the drug store, park and go in
• 11 minutes:  Select just the right package of valentines
• 9 minutes:  Wait in line and pay for the valentines
• 12 minutes:  Drive home
• 5 minutes:  try to figure out where we put the valentines once we were home for a while.
• 40 minutes:  Select a valentine for each member of his class, fold them up, write on the name.

This year:

• 10 minutes:  Stamp the hearts
• 25 minutes:  I fold the covers and attach them to the lollipops while my son writes the names

Thats 1 hour 29 minutes versus 45 minutes.  Now, granted, he is a year older and writes faster.  But his class is bigger this year--6 more students.  I think that's pretty good!

Remember, it might seem like a lot of work to make your own cards, gifts and other items.  However, once you factor in driving, parking, selecting, waiting, paying and driving into the equation, stamping is much, much faster.