While looking for Valentine’s Day cards for my husband and kids, I thought why are we paying $5-$8 a card? That is a Starbucks run, morning donuts for the kids, or a solo chick-fil-a run. I can’t waste money on a piece of paper I am just going to toss in the garbage in a week. So where can you find an affordable card these days? Look no further than my favorite holiday decoration and small gifts location, the one and only Dollar Tree.
That’s right, the Dollar Tree is one of my favorite locations for holiday decorations and kids activities. Everything at the store is a dollar or less (hence the name the DOLLAR Tree). Before every holiday I find myself at the Dollar Tree scoping out the decorations and this Valentines Day was no different.
The Dollar Tree had an amazing selection of Valentine’s Day cards. They had fancy cards for $1 (I got one of those for my husband) and they had cute kids cards with less glitter for $0.50 each (I got two of these, one for each child).
While there, I got the kids each a Valentine’s Day themed Mickey and Minnie chocolate box and a coloring activity set. Total price of each child’s Valentine’s Day present including card was $2.50 each.
My oldest son is in preschool and like any school aged kid it is common to bring Valentines to each child in their class. While at the store I found a 3 pack of bubbles for $1, I picked those up as this years class Valentine. They also had a wide selection of traditional character themed Valentines cards if you would rather go that route.
After I got all of the goodies home, I decided to make custom Valentines cards to accompany the bubbles. To make my custom cards I turned to my favorite crafting device my Cricut!
I made a heart for each child with the saying “your friendship blows me away” and on the back I wrote my son’s name. I attached the personalized hearts to the bubbles using twine.
My son picked out a cute plant to gift his teacher for Valentine’s Day, which we found at our local H-E-B for $6. I made her a personalized heart on the Cricut saying “If teachers were flowers, I would pick you.”
Don’t have a Dollar Tree near you, don’t worry Target (my other go to store) has you covered. The dollar bin at Target offers a wide variety of items. Always check the items you grab from the Target dollar bin because items are priced at $1, $3, or $5. Since there are only 3 people in my son’s class, I decided to personalize felt Valentine’s Day themed envelopes I found in the Target dollar bin for each child.
Using the Austina font on Cricut, I printed each child’s name onto heat transfer vinyl. Heat transfer vinyl allows you to personalize any cloth item. Simply cut out the design onto the heat transfer vinyl and attach the vinyl to the cloth item using an iron. Make sure when attaching the heat transfer vinyl to the cloth item you use a light dish cloth or similar item as a barrier between the iron front and the heat transfer vinyl. Want to find heat transfer vinyl at an affordable price? I often find heat transfer vinyl for major discounts at stores such as Tuesday Morning or Homegoods. The heat transfer vinyl I used for this project originally sold for $16.99 but I purchased it from Tuesday Morning for $5.99.
Don’t have a Cricut? No problem. Get a copy of the hearts I used for Valentine’s Day below or find a variety of cool free printable online. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
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