Inside: The perfect candy free DIY Valentines for boys plus a free printable!
I think I’m beginning to love Valentine’s Day in a whole new way now that I have kids.
Before I was married, I was always awkwardly waiting for Valentine’s day to pass. When I was single, I was drowning my sorrows in romantic comedies and chocolate. And when I was dating someone I dissected the meaning of any gift that I was contemplating buying to see how he might “read into it”.
What a pain.
Getting married definitely took the stress levels down some, but once you have kids in school Valentine’s day becomes fun again!
I love being able to make some DIY Valentines for my son to pass out to his friends in preschool. And being the semi-healthy, semi-crunchy mom that I am, I like to steer clear of as much candy as possible.
So today I bring you the easiest, candy-free DIY Valentines cards imaginable.
Easy Candy Free DIY Valentines
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I picked up these adorable foam airplanes, made by Spritz, from the party section of Target. They were $3 for a pack of six.
If you don’t have a Target nearby or if they’re all out of these cute planes, there’s also these planes available through Amazon that come in a 24 pack for $7 (and free shipping if you have Amazon prime!). They are much larger than the Spritz planes in the pictures, so I created a separate printable for them. Instead of taping them onto the valentine card directly, I made tags for you to hole punch and tie to the airplane body with some decorative string.
Scroll to the bottom to download either printable.
All you have to do is print the card, cut them out, and attach the planes to the paper.
I simply used Scotch tape (or any clear, transparent wrapping tape) to adhere the wings to the paper. Just don’t use a tape that is heavy duty because you don’t want the tape to pull the foam apart when it’s removed from the card.
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>>Click HERE to download the Valentine printable tags for the larger sized foam planes<<
Hey Sam! I’m so excited to “meet” you and be an eighteen25 contributor with you this year! I LOVE your blog! Your printables are gorgeous, and I can’t wait to look around more!
Nat
Aw, you’re so sweet! Thanks so much 🙂 I’m excited to get to know you as well. In fact, I think I’ll pop on over and check out more of your stuff now.
I love these! I agree, Valentine’s Day is so much fun with kids. I sometimes feel silly when I get all excited to create fun Valentines for their classes. We’ve been working on our Valentines this week too 🙂
Oh yeah, I just saw your monkey valentines on craftgawker! They’re so fun!!!
Super cute!
Featuring you tomorrow!
Aww, thanks so much Des; you’re stuff is always amazingly cute so that means a lot! I’m excited 🙂
What are the dimensions on the cards you used for the airplane vday card? Thanks
Hi Hayley! The original ones are 4″x5″ but the tie on tags are sized as 4″x~1.8″.