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Valentine’s Gift For Dad: Help Your Kids Make A Video Interview

Valentine’s Gift For Dad: Help Your Kids Make A Video Interview

It may be Valentine’s Day, but it’s not too late to help them make a fun gift for Daddy. Instead of running out to buy a bunch of art supplies, grab your video camera and interview your kids in a home video. It’s a timeless, priceless gift and you can add to it year after year.

Setup The Interview Questions

Before you grab your camera, make a list of questions. The first few should be identifying questions about your kids themselves, to show off their ages and interests. This section of the video will be funny to watch evolve over the years.

  • What’s your full name?
  • How old are you?
  • What do you want to be when you grow up?
  • What is your favorite color/food/TV show?

Questions For Dad

The next part consists of your kids answering questions about their dad.

  • What is daddy’s full name?
  • How old is he?
  • What does daddy do to make money?
  • What is daddy’s favorite, food/color/TV show?
  • What does daddy do for fun?
  • What do you like to do most with daddy?
  • How long have daddy and I been married?
  • What song makes you think of daddy? (For added fun, ask them to sing some of it.)

Now, Film It!

Once you have your questions written down, you can choose how you want to film it. You can take each of your kids aside and ask them questions separately, or do a group interview. Separating them will take longer, but I guarantee the answers will be more original and entertaining for years to come.

After you have the video made, hit your computer and edit the video if needed. The cool thing about a video like this, is there are usually few reasons to edit it because the flubs and funnies add priceless charm.

When you’re satisfied with how the video turned out, you can save it to a disk to hand deliver, email it to Dad at the office or wait to present it to him after dinner. No matter what you choose, it will be a wonderful, thoughtful surprise that will knock your hubby’s socks off.

The whole family will love this gift and it can be shared with other relatives after Valentine’s Day. Make sure to keep the list of questions to use year after year. You’ll be able to capture your children growing and changing in a keepsake that will live on forever.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Valentine’s Day Family Night On A Weeknight

Valentine’s Day Family Night On A Weeknight

Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday this year, which means it’s a work day and school night. Bummer. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a special night anyway. The holiday is all about celebrating the love you have for your family, so turning Valentine’s evening into a special family night can be a ton of lovey-dovey fun.

Bake Ahead

If you like to bake special treats for Valentine’s Day, pick your favorite sweets and prepare them over the weekend. Then you can slip the special cupcakes, cookies or other goodies into lunches with a mushy note. Set aside something really special for dessert at dinner.

Get Homework Out of the Way

As soon as the munchkins get home from school, set them up with a little snack and have them polish off their homework so the rest of the evening can be yours to share.

Pretty Up the Dinner Table

Sometimes making a meal special just boils down to how the table is set. Cover your table in a special tablecloth, put some flowers in the center, sprinkle some confetti and light a couple of candles just before dinner. Write up a little love note for everyone in your family and leave it as a place card by each of their plates.

Serve Up Some Love

Whatever you choose for dinner, be it pizza or meatloaf, choose red sauces and make something heart-shaped. Mold your meatloaf into a heart and put ketchup on it. Simple, but effective.

Family time

Rather than going your separate ways after dinner, throw in some family movies or bust out a board game. The importance isn’t what you do, it’s who you do it with.

Keep Bedtime

If you have to change your routine a little to squeeze in a family night, that’s totally okay. But, keep your kids’ regularly scheduled bedtime. Not only will the get the rest they need, but you’ll get some precious alone time with your spouse to celebrate a little on your own.

Having Valentine’s Day fall on a weekday might not lend itself to going out for a fancy night on the town, but you can still have a really special day with your family. You may have to move your romantic dinner for two with the hubz to a different night, but that just means you get twice the sweetness out of the holiday.

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Valentine’s Gift for Grandma: Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting

Valentine’s Gift for Grandma: Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting

Valentine’s gifts for grandparents from your kids are easier when you have older children. They can do all sorts of fun crafts, from jewelry to the classic Valentine’s card. When you have a baby, options are little more limited. They can’t very well hold a crayon, and stringing beads is not an option. The good news is they have the most adorable little hands and feet ever.

This year for Valentine’s Day, why not make a pretty flower painting for grandma with your little one’s hands and feet? It’s a simple project that will melt grandma’s heart and is really pretty inexpensive. That’s always a win.

What you’ll need for a Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting:

  • 8″ x 10″ piece of white or light blue poster board
  • Finger paint – green and your chosen colors for the the blooms
  • Picture frame
  • Paint pen – black, silver and gold are all beautiful
  • Matting (optional)

How to Make a Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting:

1. Using the green finger paint, paint a simple landscape of grass and four flower stems. Space stems far enough apart that there will be room for each hand and foot print to stand without touching the next one.

2. Paint the palm of your baby’s hand with the finger paint color of your choice.

3. Before the paint begins to dry, gently press his hand down at the top of the first stem, making a bloom.

4. Rinse hand.

5. Repeat steps 2-4, alternating hands and feet.

6. Allow paint to dry overnight.

7. After painting dries, write a short message above the flowers with the paint pen.

8. Frame painting in picture frame, using matting for an extra elegant touch.

Bonus Tip: If you’re great at pretty lettering, you can write quotes or a lovely message all the way around the border of the matting with the paint pen instead of writing on the painting itself.

Note: These instructions are for a landscape style painting. If you want the picture to stand or hang vertically, just make one hand and foot flower, for a total of 2.

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