Nothin' says lovin' like the Jurassic period.
I made a whole batch of "Dinosaurs in Love" for Violet's Valentine's Day party.
I'm coordinating a party with all 4 kindergarten classes together...wish me luck! I've been really fortunate-this is one volunteering group of parents. They all sign up to help and seem happy to be there...yay!
Violet's class will make card holders out of big food canisters, so they'll look kind of like this. Oh boy...Valentine cards! I loved making a shoe box for mail when I was in school. I could barely sleep the night before, wondering what kind of cards I'd get. I always picked out the nicest card for the cute guy in our class, and I tried to make my friends' cards extra special. I'd bring them home and spend hours looking at every single one. Did you get all silly over Valentine's Day, too? Tell me I'm not alone.
That tiny ring was hard to make. So. Many. Glue. Burns.
Ah...spaghetti dinners.
Didn't we all grow up thinking that noodle slurping scene from Lady and the Tramp was soooo romantic? The spaghetti is embroidery thread and the sauce is nail polish.
T-Rex looks so happy to be getting his cards, doesn't he?
Dino Prom! He has a bow tie to match her hair bow. He's presenting a corsage to her. Adam didn't get it. My husband said he's NEVER in his life bought a corsage for a girl. Pssst...I'll let you pin one on me any day.
"Bye, Honey-have a nice day!"
I like long term, real life, husband/wife/family love best of all! There's no place I'd rather be than with Adam and my girls.
Baby Triceratops even has on a diaper, but you can't see it in this photo.
Gettin' pretty. I think she's going to need a lot of work.
Hot glue is our friend. Seriously...is there anything hot glue can't do?
Rawr.
Clink!
Getting hungry yet?
Smooch.
"I'm so glad you called!"
Here's old Aunt Jane Austengosaurus penning her love poems. I made the pencil out of a toothpick and used a printer to reduce real Valentines and envelopes to teeny tiny scale.
Holding hands. Aaaaaw.
"I'd kiss me," thinks Velociraptor.
Adam came up with the tail hole. Thanks, honey.
I don't know if you can see it, but I wrote "Max Raptor" on the lipstick. Like "Max Factor"...get it? GET IT PEOPLE???? I think I've inhaled too much hot glue. Can you even do that?
I hope you and the hug-and-smooch-worthy people in your life have a fabulous Valentine's Day!
My, oh my! I LOVE ALL OF THEM!!!
Where did you get so many dinos?
At first I thought, the one with the red bow & red purse was my favorite, then I thought the spaghetti one. But wait, the one putting make-up on in the mirror is it... or maybe the kissing booth! I would have loved to see them in person! Sooo cool!
I liked the things in the last post too. I was wondering what was to become of those random items! Was that tiny Olaf a cake topper? He was so cute with those tiny, tiny trees!
Posted by: Laura Tieri | February 11, 2015 at 10:49 PM
Laura T.-Thank you! These were so fun to make. I kind of went overboard. (Ya think?) I bought a big box of them used on eBay.
Random items from the Frozen castle...let's see...Violet got the little toys to play with, and I gave a friend the castle for her daughter's birthday party.
Posted by: Laura | February 11, 2015 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what question you were answering about the random items. I meant, before they were put together. You asked us what we thought the random items would become. I was wondering what was going to become of the parts you showed us. It took a while before we got to see what became of them. I like the idea reusing things like that. I don't want you to think I was being nosy about what you did with the finished projects. :0)
Did your friend do a Frozen themed birthday with the castle? My neighbor just did one for her daughter. I let her use a bunch of my snowflake decorations for it. I used to decorate a sort of winter theme after Christmas. It's so bare after the Christmas decorations come down & it's not time for Spring stuff yet. I don't do it anymore but I still have the stuff I used.
Vanessa's posting pictures of the spring flowers coming up. I'm jealous of you guys down south & west! All I see is lots of white snow outside!
Posted by: Laura Tieri | February 12, 2015 at 08:34 AM
Laura T-You're so funny! I totally didn't understand your question. Chalk it up to lack of sleep or getting *ahem* older. Yes...my friend's daughter is doing a Frozen theme.
And I love the idea of leaving winter-but-not-Christmas decorations up. Send a photo sometime if you want to! I love seeing other people's homes and decorations and celebrations.
Posted by: Laura | February 12, 2015 at 09:13 AM
I...can't even...this is...wow. Just...wow. You just made my year. :D
Posted by: Leah | February 12, 2015 at 11:44 AM
Thank you, Leah! I always look forward to stuff you come up with, too.
Posted by: Laura | February 12, 2015 at 07:33 PM
I love these ferociously bite-tastic kiss monsters. What a fantastic party these kids are going to have! I did LOVE decorating shoe boxes for V-cards and would keep them for months afterward. They were a treasure trove of friendly wishes and occasionally an extremely old, hard candy heart with some awkward mushy message.
Posted by: AleshaDawn | February 12, 2015 at 08:57 PM