Help students craft wonderful and unique cards for their friends with these ideas.
Valentine's Day is coming soon and children want cards to pass out to friends and classmates. Here are some ideas that a student can use to make his own cards with just a few simple supplies.
Kids might want to make cards that turn into paper airplanes with dotted lines and some folds already made. Kids love these. Cards with candies attached and cards that are made with cutout hearts are fun too! Included in this latest article you will find some suggestions for card messages-- some for family members, most simple friendship messages or Bible verses.Other ideas include cards that can live again as bookmarks.
Many of the cards manufactured these days are tiny -- merely little scraps that advertise cartoons and movies, rather than expressions of love and friendship. There was a day when people fashioned their Valentines carefully and made them true works of art. When premade cards first came on the market, most were clever and sweet. Now the cards are not nearly as much fun.
I think that students learn from the practice at cutting, gluing, writing the messages, and even from signing their names. With the pre-made cards, signing is a chore for kids. Since the cards weren't created by them, why sign them? So change things up! Help your students make their own cards and see how much fun it can be.
~ Elece
