My son Owen loves silly bands. I don’t know what it is about those things, but they sure are popular. So I came up with this Valentine idea that I knew would be perfect for him, his love of silly bands, and his silly personality.
We used my Lego box template and then shrunk it down {and then improved it for you guys after I started assembling his…you’ll see later}.
Added a joke to the top flap and inside flap…
And put in some Laffy Taffy, and a {Walmart knock-off} silly band.
Inside it says To: My Funny Valentine…which is perfect for classroom Valentines so he can just pass them out quickly to everyone.
Here are all four jokes:
So fun and cheesy.
And colorful. We used our card stock leftover from Owen’s Lego Birthday Party and some inspiration from this 80’s heart fabric from my Mom.
Then we stuck some hearts on the outside for good measure.
I admit. I had to do a lot of the box cutting, folding and gluing but I let Owen do all the filling and deciding which kind of candy and silly band went in what. He loved it.
You know what I love? His little cowlick. He likes to play with his hair. So cute.
I had a Valentine project for Reid but naturally he was much more interested in what his brother was doing.
And eating the candy corn we put in his Valentines. The very cute idea and free printable is found at MADE here.
He made sure to include his Lightening McQueen in the fun. This picture creeps me out. Those new holographic eyes toy makers put on toys are cool but here they make him look like he’s possessed.
I ended up doing a lot of Reid’s project for him as well. He was helping to fill them up but then, as most 2 year-olds do, decided he didn’t want to share any more of his candy with his friends and started shoveling it in his mouth. So he got banned from helping. I wanted him to still feel like it was his project so we decorated the hearts with stickers later which he really enjoyed.
And now for the free printable.
The box will look more like this…
Much easier to close and open.
The joke is printed on the inside flap but you still have to cut and paste the top joke onto the outside.
And I added the To and From in the box template this time as well. Pretty easy. A tip: it will save you time if you glue the top joke on and sign the From: line before assembling the box.
Click here for…
Joke Box Valentines One
Joke Box Valentines Two
Top Flap Jokes
And because I’m cheesy…
Knock Knock…
Who’s There?
Havanna
Havanna Who?
Havanna…nother nice day!
Hahahaha….the “shoveling the candy in his mouth” part made me LOL…reminds me of my youngest. Really cute idea for the boxes!!!
Great ideas! I would totally steal this idea if our valentine’s weren’t already finished. Your little guy sounds like my little guy. He shovels EVERYTHING into his mouth! Ha ha ha ha
We are celebrating Valentine’s Day over at Sassy Sites with a link up PARTY! I would love to have you come by and link up this cute idea! xoxo!
-marni
These are so cute! I am going to share them on my blog tomorrow.
That’s adorable. My kids would LOVE to hand these out. What a great idea–if I have time this week, we’ll be doing those! Thanks for your great ideas, Delia!
these are SUPER cute!
I’m going to do this for my co-workers =] you can’t ever be too old for Valentine’s
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Ha Ha! Fun knock, knock jokes and super cute boxes.
Oh Delia! You saved the day. I have been searching everywhere for something handmade and cute that my 11 year old wouldn’t think is “like totally lame” or something. I showed her this idea and she loved it. We didn’t do boxes, but instead little envelopes I made in publisher with the jokes printed right on the flap and then on the inside. She choose pink and purple paper of course and they turned out adorable! My 10 year old is doing the tearable hearts. Thanks for the great ideas and linking us to MADE!
You are AWESOME BEYOND words! This project is right up my alley! I love Valentines with the kids!
DARLING!!! ADORE the boxes, the jokes, and the font, and the treat. WELL DONE! jen
I love your knock knock valentine! One of the most adorable I've seen!
This is a great idea for my kindergarten students! I love giving them valentines every year but wanted something fun and different. This definitely fits the bill!
Super cute, good work!
Hey I saw this cute idea and I didn't know if you had seen it for the YW, if you ever did sew them I would be willing to help….it's a personal progress book holder…My cute friend Skye made it.
http://skyeoplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/personal-progress-placemat-bag.html
These Valentine's are too cute.
these are such cute ideas! i'm going to add a link to your post on my blog. thanks so much for sharing these really creative ideas!!
I love your funny Valentines and will be linking to them on The Crafty Crow this weekend 🙂
those are so cute! thank you 🙂
♥ Jen
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Two adorable Valentine ideas!! Love em… sharing on my FB page:)
These are so cheery and funny, I love them. Great to have a change from pink too!
I included a link to this tutorial in my top 20 homemade Valentine's presents round up on my blog.
Thanks so much for sharing this great idea!
What an awesome idea! I would love to make for my son’s 4th grade class but the links for the printables are not working. Are they available anywhere else?
My son LOVES this idea and would like to make these for Valentine’s day, but the link is not working. Is there another link? Thank you!
It didn’t work for me until I clicked sign in. Logged in with my Google (gmail) account and it came right up.
Super cute. Thanks
These are adorable! Could you please fix the printables links, as of now they send you to Google drive and require permission. :/ We had everything ready to start crafting too!
Sure! I tried to. For some reason the google doc settings on these documents is wacky. I even tried uploading them again with new links, so I am still not sure why it defaults to approval mode. I tinkered around with it a bit again. Hopefully it made a difference this time?