{love buckets...a valentine countdown}

I just love Valentine's Day. I love it even more now, being able to celebrate it with my kids, as well as my husband.

I found these darling red and pink tin buckets at Michael's for only $1.99, and bought one for each child. Next, I pulled out my trusty Silhouette, cut out their names in vinyl (font = century gothic), and placed them on the outside of the bucket. I also used it to cut out a stack of red, pink, and white cardstock hearts. You certainly don't have to have Silhouette to do this, though. You could print names on white cardstock, mat them on pink/red cardstock, and use either mod podge or double stick tape to adhere them to your buckets or boxes.

Each day starting February 1st, and running through February 14th, I will leave a little love note in each of their buckets, writing something special about them, plus either a small treat or letting them know of a fun activity planned for that day.


I will also encourage each of them to write notes for each other (on the hearts I cut out), and leave them in their buckets for them to find. There will be no limit to the amount of notes/drawings they can write--just anytime they want to!

Some ideas for activities:

Valentine Bingo
make homemade Valentines
make a Valentine chain
decorate sugar cookies
watch a fun Valentine show
have a tea party
make paper sack puppets
make a heart mobile