I never saw it as a day to put pressure on anybody to do any particular thing. I never hated it when I was single because nobody gave me a valentine. I just see it as a fun day to show your affection in whatever measure you choose to whoever you choose.
So, I'm trying to pass that along to Cooper. Fun. So we made Valentines. And we had fun. I've never seen him get into a craft quite so much.
I stole the idea from Pinterest: http://www.buildingourstory.com/2014/01/heart-sun-catcher-valentines-day-craft.html. It's really pretty simple. I just cut heart outlines freehand out of red paper (1/2 sheet of 8-1/2 x 11) and wrote a little message on each one. Then I laid them onto contact paper, two at a time, and gave Cooper some sequins, glitter and paper-punched hearts and teddy bears and let him put them inside the hearts. I then pressed another piece of contact paper on top and cut around the outside edges of each one.
Presto! They were done! And he is really proud of them! He was totally bummed that he had to give them all away, so I let him make an extra one for himself, which he's been carrying around all day. I found some 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" envelopes at Wal-Mart which fit them perfectly, so we will get them in the mail this week.
