Finally getting around to sharing the Valentine's Day project we did for Noah's class. After seeing so many great projects, I finally ended up with these...
I found several ideas incorporating your child's artwork into cards, including one from my cyber friend Ronalyn. I have been diligent about scanning Noah's schoolwork and artwork over the last few months and have found it rewarding to free my home from another box full of their art projects and school work that I just can't help but keep. I am one of those moms who want to keep every little thing that my kids create, but now having 3 kids, it is just not practical to keep up with it all. So instead of boxes of papers and projects, I now have a nice little folder on my computer that houses a scan of all of his artwork. And at the end of the school year, I plan to create a 12x12 album to showcase it all. Personally, I find that nicer than sifting through a box of loose paper. I am all about purging unnecessary paper around here and am making it an effort to go somewhat paperless.
Anyways, back to the Valentine's project. In reading through Ronalyn's post of her daughter's Valentine's cards, she mentions teaching her little girl how to "color" in Photoshop. I thought that was a briliant idea! So I had Noah draw a picture with a black sharpie and told him NOT to color it this time, which he kept wanting to do so bad. But once I showed him how to "color" his own artwork on Mommy's computer, he was super excited! The hardest part was deciding on what color to use because he had so much fun experimenting with my color palette.
Here is the finished page. Nothing fancy:
Then of course I had to incorporate a little sample of my scrapbooking skills to the back. Everyone always says I should do this as a business and YES, I DO FOLKS! I am a scrapper-for hire!
I then created a little matchbook style cover and stapled a little pack of Fun Dip to the inside.
Here's a picture of my little guy with the finished product. Unfortunately I didn't get to school in time to snap a photo of him passing it out to all his little friends.
Jaida opted for store-bought cards this year. I guess Hannah Montana is more cool than my homemade creations in 2nd Grade. Sigh.
Hope everyone has a chocolate-filled Valentine's Day. We're headed for some sushi and crepes for dessert... YUM!
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