Valentine's Day Cards for Kids

on February 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM

I forgot how exhausting it is writing out Valentine's Day cards for classmates. That's what I'm doing with my kids right now.

Okay, so I'm not supposed to be writing them.

But my 5 year old is getting writer's cramp from repeating his name on the Disney Cars cards for the 10th time, and is now begging me to finish the final 13. Gotta try to keep him on task ...

And my preschooler can't write yet, so she has me outlining her name in dots on each one of her sparkly Princess cards -- so she can connect them and technically writer her own name -- which means now I have writer's cramp.

I'm thankful for one thing this year. Both of my kids' teachers sent home notes saying that children shouldn't even put their sweethearts' names on the cards. All my kids have to do is sign their own names and make sure they have enough cards to drop in each classmate's cubby so no one feels left out.

Do your kids give V Day cards and gifts to classmates? Will your toddlers "write" their own names, or will you give them a helping hand?

Check out these great sites for Valentine's Day card inspiration:

For making candy into crafts for classmates, see familyfun.go.com.

For free down-loadable cards, go to alphamom.com and myfuncards.com.

About the author Cynthia Dermody

is The Stir's Managing Editor who has trophies in her home for her skills at the Irish Jig. She makes cupcakes with as many fattening ingredients as possible, doesn't comb her hair for months at a time, and was probably a faerie in a former life.

Filed Under: activities, valentine's day

Comments (6)

pam33

on Feb 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM

Thank you .

You are a life saver. I was just thinking to myself how i was going to get valentine cards for kids and i thought i might just have to start the business of selling val cards for kids.

Thank You

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mama-2under2

on Feb 7, 2009 at 12:41 PM

Well My girls aren't in school yet but this makes me think I will get a stamp with thier name on it before they start, lol. Good Luck :)

JPsMommy605

on Feb 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM

I'll find out tomorrow night who will be writing my son's name - we're making our cards then! But luckily, there are only 10 kids in his class, so we only have to make 9 cards, and his name is "JP", so I think we can do it without hand cramps!

shanna5976

on Feb 8, 2009 at 12:00 AM

If you have any cards to send through the mail in the future then check out my site- http://www.nofusscards.com. These are REAL cards which are created through the internet and the cards are printed, stuffed, addressed,stamped and sent for you. You can even have the cards written in your own signature, upload a picture and eve add a gift. Everything is so easy because you are not actually touching the card. All the rest of the work is done for you.