Last-Minute Valentines

Happy Saturday all!

Among other crafty & creative things I need to work on this weekend, I suddenly realized I hadn't finished my Valentine's Day goodies, and Monday will be here soon! I think both these ideas would be great for some last-minute, fun gifts for kids that won't break the bank. (Sis, if you're reading this, stop reading now!!)

So, the first little gift is perfect when you have to make more than one Valentine. I think these would be great for kids to take to their classmates or for an aunt and uncle to give to all their nieces and nephews (which is our plan for them). I'll break down the price after I show you what I'm talking about.

We Dig You

The "We Dig You" Valentine will be a fun play on words for kids, and it uses classic conversation hearts. Can you really think about Valentine's Day candy without thinking of conversation hearts? When I designed the heart-shaped tag, I had the candy in mind as well, so I made a custom conversation heart that will work perfectly on this Valentine! (Scroll down to get a FREE download of this tag image!)

Here's the price breakdown as shown:
Shovel: $1.00 (from Wal-mart - it came with a bucket too, so I'll have that for another project)
Conversation hearts: $2.00/bag (I used about 2/3 of the bag for 6 treats)
Treat bags: $2.00 for 25 bags
Striped Ribbon: $9.95 for 10 yards (from Stampin' Up! - for each bag, I used about 8 inches of ribbon)
Baker's Twine: $15.00 for 240 yards (this is Divine Twine from Whisker Graphics - I only used about 4 inches to tie the tag on)
White Cardstock: $5 for 40 sheets (from Papertrey Ink - six of these tags will fit on 1 sheet of cardstock)

Total cost per treat: $1.72

The cost reflected is if you had to buy everything new. That wasn't the case for me and I imagine you have some of these supplies on hand as well. Use whatever ribbon you have. Don't worry about buying special treat bags if you don't already have them - just use a sandwich bag or zip-loc with the zipper part cut off. If you use what you have on hand, you could easily make these for less than $1.25 each! And to make 6 of these, it took me less than an hour so you could definitely get a bunch of these made by Monday.

We Wheelie Love You

This treat is a little more expensive, and I would recommend using it if you have one special little Valentine in your life. However, there are probably ways to do it more inexpensively, which I'll talk about in a minute.

I love this Valentine for the little car-lover in your life. This one is for my nephew, who absolutely loves the movie "Cars." He's obsessed with it. I wanted to give him a really special Valentine because his birthday is on Valentine's Day. We've never really focused on Valentine's day because the birthday party wins out. I wanted to come up with a perfect combo present, but still Valentine themed. (Scroll down for a FREE download of this tag!)

Here's the cost breakdown as shown:
Cars drinking cup: $1.00 (from Wal-mart)
Cars toys: $2.00 each (I used 3 cars here)
Treat bag: $2.00 for 25 bags
Striped Ribbon: $9.95 for 10 yards (from Stampin' Up! - for this bag, I used about 8 inches of ribbon)

Baker's Twine: $15.00 for 240 yards (this is Divine Twine from Whisker Graphics - I only used about 4 inches to tie the tag on)
White Cardstock: $5 for 40 sheets (from Papertrey Ink - six of these tags will fit on 1 sheet of cardstock)


Total cost per treat:  $7.40


You could definitely reduce the cost of these treats by using what you have on hand as well. Like I said before, use whatever ribbon you have, and use a sandwich bag or zip-loc bag with the zipper part cut off. You could also not worry about the drinking cup and just put the cars in the bag. I'm pretty sure that you could also find toy cars at the dollar store and reduce your cost that way. With all those changes, you could easily make this treat for around $3.00. And this one is even quicker than the first - it took me less than 5 minutes to get everything put together.


I hope this will help you out if you still need to figure out some treats for your little Valentine's.
Click on either of the pics below to expand them, and then save a copy for your own Valentine's treats.

Have a great weekend!