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Chocolate Coin Valentines plus Free Printable Gift Tag

Chocolate Coin Valentines plus Free Printable Gift Tag

February 10, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

These chocolate coin valentines are my new favorite! We have been making Valentines for different groups of friends and classmates and are having way too much fun with it! We have our woodland animal printables and the matching game printable that we are handing out, and now the chocolate coin

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Filed Under: Holidays, Valentine's Day Tagged With: freebie, friendship, printable, valentines day

Painted Heart Suncatcher Craft for Kids

Painted Heart Suncatcher Craft for Kids

February 7, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

This painted heart suncatcher craft always brighten up our windows as we wrap up Winter and wait for Spring! Check out our homemade suncatcher paint!   These painted heart suncatchers always brighten up our windows as we wrap up Winter and wait for Spring! My kids love to make them

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Holidays, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: heart crafts, Homeschool, kids activities, painting, preschool, suncatchers, valentines day

Children’s Books about Friendship and Love

Children’s Books about Friendship and Love

January 25, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

These children’s books about friendship and love are great for kids. Reading allows kids to process and make sense of topics otherwise hard to understand.   Books are such a fantastic way to discuss topics with kids. Through reading, children are able to really process and make sense of topics

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Filed Under: Holidays, Parenting, Sponsored Work, Valentine's Day Tagged With: books, books for kids, friendship, Homeschool, love, preschool, valentines day

40 Non-Food Valentines for Favors and Gifts

40 Non-Food Valentines for Favors and Gifts

December 26, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 4 Comments

These favors and gifts are all non-food Valentines, perfect for classmates, friends, or even teachers! From preschoolers to elementary school ideas! Valentine’s Day is a fun time for kids to exchange gifts with one another, celebrating friendship and love. It is also a holiday where candy reigns supreme, and sugar

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Filed Under: Holidays, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day Tagged With: favors, gifts, Homemade, preschool, valentines day

No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Brownie Bites

No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Brownie Bites

February 10, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 10 Comments

These strawberry cheesecake brownie bites are DELICIOUS and will take you less than 10 minutes to whip them up! They make the perfect last-minute party treat! These treats are semi-homemade because we just took the Entenmann’s Little Bites fudge brownies as our base, made some no-bake cheesecake, and topped them

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Filed Under: Recipes, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day Tagged With: baking, cooking, dessert, no-bake, treats, valentines day

10 Guilt-Free and Festive Valentine’s Day Treats

10 Guilt-Free and Festive Valentine’s Day Treats

February 5, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. Simply put, I love celebrating love. Now that I have kids, Valentine’s Day is about so much more than my husband and me. We start Valentine’s Day crafting and creating in January, and get lost in the hype of it all. However,

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Filed Under: Holidays, Valentine's Day Tagged With: food, guilt free, healthy, party, treats, valentines day

Printable Animal Valentine’s Day Cards

Printable Animal Valentine’s Day Cards

January 25, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Valentine’s Day is such a fun time for kids to exchange gifts and cards with one another! I love finding cute cards with cheesy sayings on them, I think it’s all part of the fun. I came up with these fun printable animal Valentine’s Day cards that have quite a few

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Filed Under: Holidays, Valentine's Day Tagged With: diy, Games, kids activities, moms, printable, valentines day

6 Creative Uses for Conversation Hearts

6 Creative Uses for Conversation Hearts

January 14, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 4 Comments

One of the first things that come to mind when I hear ‘Valentine’s Day’ is conversation hearts. When I was little, I loved getting these, reading the messages, and handing them out to people in my family when a saying reminded me of them. My kids love it when we

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Filed Under: Holidays, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day Tagged With: activities, candy, conversation hearts, creative, educational, fun, kids, learning, valentines, valentines day

DIY Melted Crayon Valentines

DIY Melted Crayon Valentines

February 11, 2015 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  We are jumping on the melted crayon train this year for Valentine’s Day! I wanted to find something cute and crafty for Mack to make for his class, after all it is his first ever Valentine’s party! Like me, I am sure many of you have encountered many versions

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Holidays, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: arts & crafts, hearts, Homemade, valentines day

DIY Kids Valentine’s Day Placemats

DIY Kids Valentine’s Day Placemats

February 7, 2015 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  Our Valentine’s crafting is in full swing! We put together a couple of the projects that we have been working on this week to create our fun kid’s placemats! These are perfect for seasonal decor, or for a kid’s Valentine’s party, which is what we are using them for!

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Holidays, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, hearts, kids crafts, paint, valentines day

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