Printed on to bright paper, these colorful Heartbreakers work for both boys and girls (with two different "saying" choices). Each valentine is stapled together to create a pouch full of secret candies. And the only way to find them, is by tearin' up my heart! (cue N Sync)
You just need a few simple supplies:
And in our house, when it comes to crafting, I get Dad involved. Remember the little tree he made? Yea, he's pretty good with the scissors. In fact, I asked him to help cut out Super Snowflakes and each of his looked 10 times better than mine.So, get your big boy up to the table, give him scissors and a stapler and watch him do wonders.
If you're lucky, he'll even throw a juggling act in there (a very skilled talent with those tiny M&Ms).
You'll find the very SIMPLE Tutorial (which includes a Heart Print out) HERE:
And with your Heart Break Hotel in motion,
You're ready for the school party!
Happy Valentines Day little Heart Breaker!
---------------------------------------------------------------Looking for a great way to transport all those valentines? Grab your hobo sack!
Fill it up with HeartBreaker Valentines, Hand then out, Fill it back up with new goods,
And sort through the loot.
You'll find the hobo sack Tutorial HERE:
And the 90 Minute Shirt Tutorial HERE:
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LOVE the valentines! I've been looking for Valentines kid activities that were different to post about on my blog - I'll be linking your site up and sending people your way!
Love the hobo sack too!
Barb
www.the-mom-blog.com
What a cute idea! And I love your Hobo sack. Super cute. You just make my day with every post.
Wow! I just LOVE everything you make. The Valentines are super cute, the hobo sack is adorable,and the 90-minute shirt is so cool. Thanks for sharing all of your fantastic inspiration. I'm always excited to check out the latest, especially whe you're celebrating BOYS!
How awesome Dana! Loved it soo much!!! Cant wait to make these for work! Thank you!!!
I love these!!! I CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS, DANA!!! Even I can't mess this up! (hopefully) Thanks for the cute idea!!
SERIOUSLY, how do you come up with this stuff! LOVE!
Aw, too bad I sent my little preschooler today with little printed cards from a magazine! I'll have to remember this for another year- so fun!
Clever.
LOVE it! What a great idea... now I know what to send with my kids to school! Thanks!
Love these so much that I just had to run over and blog about it: http://itisagoodday.blogspot.com/2010/02/heart-breaker-craft-from-made.html. (My email is tmtysinger@triad.rr.com.)
I love this! Such a simple idea, but so clever! You are just rocking my world, I'm loving this "boy" month, even though I don't have any boys! And I just wanted to say, thank you, and great job for posting so often with such great tutorials. I know how much time each post takes, and what hard work it is, so thanks, Dana!!
You are so stinking clever!
How cute are those? Cute!
I love the play on words! I'm a sucker for a play on words - this morning I posted a Valentine's project that says, "You are a sweetea" - with a bag of tea inside :)
This makes me so happy!!!!
Hilarious! I love, love, love the valentine idea. I will have to remember that for next year. I love handmade cards, and having three boys, finding something "manly" enough for them is hard.
heart this tutorial!!!
heart those little bags!!!
heart MADE!!!!!
heart!!! heart!!!! heart!!!
you, my friend, are a creative genius. enough said. xoxo
Those valentines are a great idea!
Great idea! And btw you're little boy is so adorable :)))
We have a valentine's day party for a play group tomorrow. I am so using these to give out Kenna's valentine's. She's not a boy, but they are working for her!! Thanks Dana!
such a great idea dana! love me some n'sync. love this whole celebration of boy! love love love!!!
SOOOO in love with this. I've been putting off and debating what to make this year. These are creative, simple and fun, everything a valentine should be! Thank you~
Wonderful idea! I wish I had a reason to make them. Maybe next year.. :) Thanks for sharing!!
So fabulous and my preschooler can practice so many skills!! Cutting, writing, hand strength counting!! SO AWESOME!!!
those are a great idea!
SO adorable! I'm definitely going to try these next year. I just made some felt heart clips for my daughter's Valentines and blogged about them. I linked to your site. Thanks so much for all the inspiration! I want to try everything you have on here! Wish I had more time to do it!
mommy-made-it.blogspot.com
Awwwww....what a cute idea!
hi Dana,
this is genius and simple. hehe..believe me, not many can think of something like this. i love m&m..
thanks for the idea!!
Super cute Dana!! You are so very clever!
-Mags
Those are toooo cool! Thanks so much!
These are sooo cute!! Love this idea!!
Those are AWESOME!!!
"And no matter what I do I feel the pain...with or without you..." Thx for putting that song in my head for the next week. And awesome valentines, too :)
Super cute!!!
Oh wow!! This is brilliant! I really love this idea! Thank you so much!
I absolutely LOVE these! Thank you SO MUCH for the tutorial! I just printed out about 20 of these and my 2 and 4 year olds can fill them and hand them out to all our family and friends this weekend! Its the perfect way to use up the giant bag of love hearts I couldn't resist buying the other day!
Genius idea - boys love to rip things! This is great! Cheers!
I LOVE it! What an awesome idea. I love that it involves M&M's. I also love that the recipient is going to like it so much more that a flat piece of paper that can't be eaten.
Hey there little lady...LOVE the month of the boy...it is ABOUT time we hear it for the boys!!!
So had a little crafty iderrr the other day...could be lovely for the boys...use it if you like and think it would be helpful for the month of Feb.
So enjoy following along here in blog land with you all!
Thanks!
What a fabulous idea! Inexpensive and easy. <3
What a sweet way to break a heart!!!!!! Can you sew around instead of stapling?
Cutest EVER!
I'm nervous about including staples with Valentine candy. I'd use a small hole punch to punch around the heart and then lace around it with yarn. Wrap a little piece of scotch tape around the yarn end to thread the holes easier. My kids enjoy lacing cards, so lacing Valentines would be fun too (unless you have to make 30 of them). You could always use glue!
I can't tell you how much I love Celebrate the Boy. But I think my favorite part of all is getting to see more of Owen. Thanks for thinking about the little dudes in our lives.
This post had perfect timing. My son came home with a note yesterday about the valentine's day party and I had gone online looking for an idea that we could make. My kger has so much fun with these- and it was great cutting practice as well. I won't lie, my hands were tired from all that stapler use when we were done.
Thanks for the fun idea and doing the "work" for us so we could just press print.
Another great idea! I love the Celebrate The Boy posts & am glad to hear it won't be a one time event.
We already made our valentines, but I could see the idea of tear open packages being a great 'thank you' favor for a kid's birthday party.
THANK YOU for doing this.
I have 2 boys and no girls and I am ALWAYS searching the internet for cute boy things!!
This is amazing!
Great idea! Super cute sayings!
Made them for my sster's family of 6 in Tucson. Plus I made two for my visiting teachers that are coming over. AND...I enjoyed snacking on the m&ms. Thanks for sharing. I love this one.
I am having so much fun making these valenties with my kids! Cute idea.
What a great idea - Thinking that I will have to make these with my two on the weekend.
Dana, you just saved me! I have to take Valentine "cards" to my daughter's preschool class tomorrow and I didn't want to go to the store and just pick out the same old, boring thing. I was surfing through my favorite blogs tonight and came across your Valentine idea and I LOVE it! Printed it out. My husband is picking up m&m's on his way home and my daughter will be ready for tomorrow. Thanks so much for the great and clever idea!
My two oldest had a valentines party in their classes tonight at church and we brought these! WHAT A HUGE HIT! I even blogged about them. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
How fun and easy are those? I love the idea!
stephanie@metropolitanmama.net
what a sweet idea.
Tried your heart hair clips the other day with a friend. Maybe I should just stick to sewing buttons on things when they fall off...
hey i just wanted to let you know that i made these but used elmers glue and let it dry overnight. same effect and no staple to those of you that were concerned. thank you dana for the great ideas you have!
This is my favorite valentine so far! How much fun! Interactive -- me like! :)
Dana,
thanks for the idea. My son did these for his valentines in school
B
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