My Valentines

I think Valentine's is such a fun holiday! We had lots of celebrations for it this year, too: including elementary school class parties, a 1st grade musical program, a church activity date night, and a band dinner & dance fundraiser, and luckily I was able to make it to all of them!

Kanyon's 1st grade class all had brown bags that they decorated themselves to hold the Valentines they received from their friends:

 

After they passed out all their Valentines at their class party, they ate treats and played games until it was time for their musical program (more about that later):

In Jonah and Micah's 4th grade class, they were responsible for making their own Valentine box at home. They were instructed to invent their own box by making something creative out of reusable materials. I stopped in at their class party and it was interesting and fun to see all the different ideas that all the kids came up with.

 

Micah made an army tank out of 2 cardboard boxes, a paper towel roll, a plastic frosting container, and frosting lids. He used duct tape and paint to complete the look. Also, the top portion of the tank swivels, which was a cool feature of it, too. The hole in the top is where people stuff their valentines in, but the main box has an affixed lid so that when he was ready to get the valentines out, he just had to open up the lid and he could see them all.

 Jonah made a football. We cut the corners off of a cardboard box, and taped the edges together to create the shape. Then he covered it in duct tape and we cut a hole in the top for people to put the valentines in. He painted white around that slit and other parts to look like a football. His box also has an affixed lid, so when he was ready to get the valentines out, he just had to pull on a tab to open the lid and see them all.

Kanyon passed out regular valentines with Pixie Stix taped inside them. Micah passed out Fun Dip packets. Jonah was going to pass out glow-in-the-dark bracelets. We made cards that said "You LIGHT up my life, Valentine", and taped the bracelets to the cards. But then two of the bracelets broke open and the glow liquid spilled all over (and one exploded in Jonah's eye), so then we started over and different made cards that said "I PIX you for my friend" and taped pixie stix to them instead. One of his classmates had a similar idea and taped a card that said "We were MENTO be friends" to packages of Mentos!

Ammon is a part of the high school band, and one of their fundraisers this year (for their upcoming spring trip to Seattle) was a dinner & dance fundraiser on Feb. 15. The event was set up in the high school gym, and the band played several jazz songs for the audience to dance to. There was some swing dance instruction, some soloist numbers, and a yummy dinner of baked potatoes, too. It was a fun event, and Josh and I had a great date night!