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Valentine’s Day Card Inspiration for Boys

February 7, 2013 · Narrative

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I think my eyes automatically glaze over when I see all the little Valentine’s Day cards that stores sell for kids to give to their classmates. While I love that they instantly bring me back to grade school when I was exchanging them with my own little friends, and I love seeing the masses that the kids bring home, I yearn for something different. Less common. More unique.

*those cards are just fine. I know this and agree. I use them too, usually one year with those, one year homemade. They have their place and they are all sorts of awesome. This is about those times that you want something a little different. And as an aside, I think the store-bought cards really leave out Nick’s age group, and are more geared towards kids a bit younger.

This year was a year for something different. With Nick’s cards, it all started when I found out that there is a web site featuring gorgeous photographs taken by the Hubble (you know, that space telescope?). (And thanks, Rubyellen, for that little tidbit). Not only is there a web site featuring the photos, but you can download them for free (and, although it’s easy, they give you step-by-step directions on how to do that). Which means these photos are perfect for making posters (as Rubyellen did for her husband) and … wait for it …

for making Valentine’s Day cards!

I picked the photo that I liked and downloaded it to my computer. Once there, use whatever photo editing software you have (I used Picasa) and add the text to your photo. Then upload the completed picture to your favorite photo printing spot and voila. Very unique Valentine’s Day cards for cheap.

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I printed 23 cards at Costco for a whopping three bucks. Each of the photos from the NASA site includes a few details on the actual photograph and what you’re looking at, so I printed that on a white label and affixed it to the back of the photo. Since the cards are going to 10 and 11 year olds, I think this would be interesting to them.  And because I know kids like candy for Valentine’s Day (of course!), I taped a lollipop to the back.

15 minutes of my time
+ $3.00 photo printing
+ $2.50 bag of lollipops

equals 23 pretty special Valentine’s Day cards for a grand total of $5.50.

Have fun!

Hungry for more Valentine’s Day inspiration?
These are the cards I made for the kids last year.
Soon I’ll be sharing what I did for Madeline’s class this year.

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Posted In: Narrative · Tagged: craft, DIY, how-to, Hubble, NASA, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day cards for boys

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  1. Joanne says

    February 8, 2013 at 7:33 am

    These are awesome! They definitely have a nicer touch to them, being homemade, and are better than the stereotypical “boy cards”.
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  2. patsy says

    February 8, 2013 at 9:22 am

    You are so right about the Valentine’s cards being geared toward the younger kids and not so much for 4th and 5th grade boys! I love this idea and will see what the boys think of it this weekend… super cheap, too!
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  3. Kris says

    February 11, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    Love them! Enjoy the last of doing everything this year because they do NOTHING in middle school.

    Kaitlyn is handing out Airhead Valentine’s candy at her “alphabetical” lunch table. Yes, they don’t get to eat with their friends in 6th or 7th grade – unless of course your friend has a last name close to yours. LOL!

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It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasand It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasandwichshoppe when a friend texted me a screenshot of their cheese butter. Up until last week I had never even heard of cheese butter but just two days later, I’m driving an hour round trip to get some. 😂 I was never one to succumb to peer pressure (I didn’t have my first drink until I was 21!), but when it comes to food finds, I am very easily intrigued. After all, that’s how I’ve discovered some of my favorite bites over the years … lardo from @butlerandtheboard, a spicy Italian sausage, and my love of chicharron. If you haven’t visited Mike’s in Nutley, it’s worth a visit. While there, I also got a small tray of meatballs (a bargain at $10!) and a delicious mortadella sandwich that is worth a round trip. ✨
The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
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I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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