Feb 14th was the feast day of St. Valentine. We “celebrated” by having a special dinner and putting out a few special decorations.
I made a pretty little garland from some glitter covered cardboard hearts and some pink ribbon. I bought the hearts at the dollar store for…$1 (duh) and I had the ribbon already. So a lovely little decoration for cheap!
For dinner, we had a heart-shaped meatlaof, mashed potatoes and broccoli.
John and I made Valentine cards for Daddy too.
The idea was originally to make a boomerang of poster board and just decorate them. But with a boy, I’m thinking he could fashion a boomerang from wood or other substance, then decorate it and USE IT! This would be a great craft when studying Australia.
Decorate white t-shirts by cutting apples in half, brushing fabric paint on the surface, and pressing the fruit on the shirts. You could even take a bite out of an apple to personalize it further. Accent the apple prints with black seeds, green leaves and brown stems.
Additional idea: Wear them to go picking apples.
Peel a large apple, red or golden delicious seems to work well
Coat the apple with a mixture of 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1 tablespoon salt
Using a knife, carve eye sockets, nose, mouth and ears
Stick cloves in eye sockets and rice teeth (be creative, especially if this is a Halloween decoration)
Place the apple on a cooling rack in a warm, dry place for 2 weeks, shaping the face as it shrinks and harden.