For the month of December, our family wrote little notes and messages to each other and tucked them in stockings, to read on Christmas Day. This was part of the Nordic Christmas Box from the Good and the Beautiful, which included a cute little notepad of Christmas theme note paper and stickers. Just a simple act of a few kinds words brought so much joy, I wanted to recreate this experience for the month of February, and thus, this idea for Love Notes came to be!

To add to the fun, we created paper mailboxes for everyone in our house. I used some white mailing boxes that I had on hand, but you could get creative with a shoebox or whatever materials you have. 

I printed several sheets of Love Notes, cut them, and put them in a basket along with some stickers. Now we have a little display where they kids can walk up at anytime, write a note, fold it, seal with a sticker, and put it in someone's mailbox! Pictures below of our creations, but of course you can use your imagination for a set up that will work best for your family.

Download the FREE printable of Love Notes at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!

February is no doubt, a month for love. So here is my lovely gift to you, a FREE printable download which includes 28 quotes about love, inspired by Saints and Scripture.

Print and cut out each quote, read one each day this month. Perhaps you will want to string them up on a banner to display, or leave them as love notes around the house for your family. Maybe you will include them in letters to your friends or share the love in your own creative way. 

Below is a preview of what's included. Simply click on the link at the bottom to download. 

I hope you enjoy this little project, which truly was a work of divine inspiration. 

Today my son talked about bats in his class, and my daughter was working on the letter B and her book had a picture of a bat, so it just seemed meant to be that we make some sort of bat inspired craft today! I don't really do super scary Halloween decor, so this is about as spooky as we get in our house!

We used some of our leftover black card stock from our "5 Little Pumpkins Book" as the base. The rest was fairly simple, and I honestly just sort of winged it (no pun intended) when we created the wings!

1 - Paint black paper with paint sticks. (You can read more about how much I LOVE paint sticks!) The lighter colors and white showed up best, and even though these are fast drying, if you work quickly you can blend the colors together a bit. 

2 - Punch or cut circles with plain black paper. You will need 2 circles per bat.

3 - After your paint dries, cut out your bat wings.

4 - Cut colorful yarn in varying lengths.

5 - Make a sandwich starting with a black circle, apply glue, add your wings and yarn, and top off your sandwich with another black circle on the top. 

6 - Add a cute face to your bat, and they are ready to hang up. (Or your kids can run around the house with the bats on strings!)

Bonus - we also made a sweet mama spider to join the bats. Her heart shaped body was cut out from leftover painted black paper that we didn't use for our bat wings. 

Here are a few photos of our progress making our not-so-scary bats!

Are you making any fun Halloween crafts with your kids this week? Have a fun and not-so-scary Halloween!

Here are some of the supplies we used in this project!

Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate ... If you have little ones, you've probably heard this cute Halloween song. I designed this interactive DIY book to follow the song lyrics, and it will also be a fun keepsake you can enjoy again each Halloween! Just in case you haven't heard this song before ...

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate,
First one said “Oh my, it’s getting late!”
Second one said “There are witches in the air,”
Third one said “But we don’t care!”
Fourth one said “Let’s run and run and run.”
Fifth one said “I’m ready for some fun!”
Ohhhh went the wind, and out went the light,
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Here are a few photos of our progress putting our books together. You can download all of the printed elements needed as well as detailed instructions below. 

I hope you enjoy this cute little book, I definitely enjoyed creating this with my children!

Don't have supplies on hand? Here are the exact items I used in this project!

We are just getting our feet wet in this new world of homeschool! I had a lot of fun setting up our preschool area work space, and of course I had to design a few decorative (and educational) elements! Since I created these for my own use, I am giving them away to you, for FREE! I'll share a few other items soon, but first, here is a colorful "Days of the Week" chart. 

What else do you incorporate in your morning school routine? Comment below with your ideas, I'm always learning as we go along!

This is the magnetic dry erase easel we have! Multifunctional and it folds up flat when not in use!