Anyway, this morning started with story time at the library. It was the first one of a 6 week session and the first that we've been to. There were kids from 5.5 months (Harrison) to 5 years. We all sat on little mats on the floor while we listened to stories and rhymes. Charlotte had a great time listening to all the stories about snowmen (the theme for today) and participated with gusto. Harrison, he enjoyed his name tag and all the other little faces around him.
Story time, a baked batch of muffins and lunch later, we started in on making Charlotte's Valentines for her friends at school. A couple of weeks ago I found a cute idea on Pinterest. Upon further investigation, I found another cute idea on a blog called Skip to My Lou that I knew Charlotte would love. Well, let's just say it's been difficult trying to convince her to wait until now to make them. We got the lolly pops on Friday and the eyes this morning and well, we were ready to go.
While there were things I had to do myself, like printing and cutting out the butterflies and cutting the slits, Charlotte was able to do the rest. She also helped me in writing out the names (or telling me all the names) and of course decided what glitter each person would have.
The nice thing about this craft was that the blog actually had a template I could print out. As I had so many to make, it was a great saving tool. I just printed out the number I needed and away we went.
Once they were cut out and named, we added the glitter.
While the glitter was drying, we added the eyes to the lolly pops.
Some of the butterflies drying.
Once everything was dry, it was time to put them together.
Charlotte is very excited and looking forward to giving them to her friends on Valentine's Day. Hopefully they'll like them as much as we enjoyed making them.
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