Quick and Easy Homemade Valentines Giveaway
Fri, Feb 6, 2009
Family Fun, Great Giveaways, Holiday Ideas, Kid Parties, Products I Like
Valentine’s day is just over a week away and chances are your kids have a big list of Valentines to create this weekend. Usually, that means you have two options – you either fork out several dollars per child on a generic, cheaply-made store set or you spend your entire weekend (and probably a hunk of cash) to make your own crafty version.
Well not this year! Thanks to the super-creative store owners over at Etsy you have a new alternative; expertly-designed Valentines printables. These are not your run-of-the-mill freebie printables. These are fresh, trendy and downright adorable. I did a little search for Valentine printables on Etsy and found loads of great options. Here are just a few…
Jolly Rodger by Three Wheels Design
Octopus by Sunshine Cupcake
Pink Owl by Blue Cake and Buttercup
One of my favorites was a cute little shop called Up Up Creative. My girls fell in love with their Love Birds series. For only $3 I was able to buy the file and print out enough Valentines and envelopes for both of my daughters’ class lists (over 50 cards in all). It was a perfect way to give my girls’ Valentines a homemade feel without all the homemade work. It’s tough to beat that. Just thought I’d pass it on.
**Julie, over at Up Up Creative, has generously offered to give away a free Valentine printable file to one lucky commenter. So if you’d like to be entered, just head on over to Up Up and leave a comment below about your favorite Up Up Creative Valentine.
There isn’t much time before Valentine’s Day, so I’m ending this contest Saturday (Feb 7th) at Midnight. Good luck and I hope you have a happy Valentines Day!
And the winner (randomly chosen by the iPhone app, iChoose) is… #5 – Iene Bond! I will pass your email address on to Julie at Up Up Creative and she’ll get in touch with your regarding your file choice. Thanks for playing!
Tags: etsy, Kid-Friendly Solutions, print, printables, valentines
February 6th, 2009 at 1:55 am
My favorite is the Animal Set of Valentines.
Thanks for the chance to win!
February 6th, 2009 at 9:54 am
My little guy loves animals so that would probably be my choice- the I heart you or whatever with the monkey and rhino, etc. I liked the crazy love ones too. Funny!
February 6th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Sounds super cute! I would love that!
February 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I’d go for the animal set as well! Thanks for the offer.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Wow…who knew they had stuff like that at etsy.
I would have to go with the animal cards. That way I could use it for my boys and girls.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:11 am
I like the opposite day valentine card. I wish this post had come out sooner. We already finished signing our super lame valentine cards this year. I’m keeping this post in my back pocket for next year. Thanks for sharing.
February 7th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I think some of them are hilarious but would probably go for the animal set… my boys would think they are cool!
February 7th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I love the Love Birds! I have never seen anything quite so cute!!!
February 7th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I like the all you need is (heart) one. Not ultra femmie but still gets the jist.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
WooHoo.
Thank goodness I have been procrastinating the Valentine’s for this year! I only have about 90 to do.
July 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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