Busy Bees

PRODUCTION LINE: We did some reading and math and science today, but most of our working hours were consumed by crafting handmade Valentines.

Annabelle had chosen some "bee mine" cards, since her nickname is Bee. We got the idea from a blog called Seven Thirty Three. There, we found a free printable we used to make the bee wings (though I did modify it in Photoshop, so we got four sets of wings per cardstock sheet rather than just two - waste not, want not!).

In the tutorial we found, they used Tootsie Pops, but when we were at the store and found some yellow suckers, we thought those would be cuter and match the bee theme better. Annabelle dug through the bins to find 50 yellow ones.

She also dug out 50 red Tootsie Pops for CJ's Valentines. 

We also had to hunt down 100 googly eyes, and craft 50 pairs of antennae out of pipe cleaners. 

Once we were home, the kids 'threaded' the suckers through the wings, glued on the eyes and antennae, and drew on some smiles. 

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They turned out super cute. :)

Up next were CJ's Valentines. Those involved turning Tootsie Pops into superheroes. Tonight, we made their 'masks' (out of thin colored foam sheets).

 Tomorrow, we'll affix their yellow felt capes.

Today, I also whipped up four dozen cookies for Rick's class to decorate. Tomorrow I've got to make pounds of fondant for that project, too.

Valentine's Day is a lot of work!