This year, for Valentine's Day, I decided we were going to do something fun instead of just buying boxed cards. I found this cute candy airplane on line and we put them together today after school. It was a little frustrating at first but we tweaked the directions a bit and made it much easier so I'll share what we did.
CRAFT MATERIALS: | |
 | Thin rubber band |
| Peppermint Life Savers |
| Smarties |
| Cinnamon gum |
| d | |
Time needed: Under 1 Hour | |
2. For wings, balance the stick of gum on top, perpendicular to the Smarties, and pull the rubber band up and over each side of the gum to hold it all in place.
3. Decorate the wings with tiny heart-shaped stickers or a message.
Tips:
If smaller fingers are having trouble with all that balancing and stretching, have one person hold the candy in place while another works the rubber band up and over the gum.
HOW WE TWEAKED IT: We used lifesavers with the clear wrapper on them and poked a whole with a skewer then fed the rubberband through the the skewer. Then we wrapped the ends of the rubberband around the gum for the wing. Then we slid in the smartie. We had too much slack still on our rubberband so we hooked one side of the rubberband around the tail as well. Worked like a charm!
We made 115 of these!!! Then we made up little cards that said YOU ARE JUST PLANE FUN!
8 comments:
Cute idea! I've been thinking about making valentines this year too as the boxed ones are just tossed the minute the candy is consumed. The personal ones always mean a little bit more. Looks like you guys had a great time!
What a cute idea. I'm going to share that with moms on babycenter.com
Those are so cute. 115 sounds like quite a project! Katie is busy on her valentines now, I'll have to post what she is making. They are sweet.
Cute! We always make our own Valentines, too! I started it one year and now they won't let me but cards!
Great idea! These are really cute!
wow that looks hard bet you guys had a good time :)
You are such a good mom! Why do I feel to busy to do such cute things? Must make more time. Very cute Leslie, I'm sure the kids will love those!!!
That is such a fun idea!!!
Post a Comment