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Be My Valentine Kits

Even more fun than receiving Valentines is making them for friends and family. Kids in shelters, hospitals, low-income schools, after-school programs, community centers and foster care transition homes could have fun making Valentines for their families and friends if they had the materials.

Your club can assemble Be My Valentine Kits and deliver them before Valentine's Day.

A great book to read in preparation for this project is: Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli.

Check out Kids Care Clubs Valentine's Day Tea or Party or Valentines Survival Kits for more ideas. 

 

 

 

The Sedalia Kids Care Club in Sedalia, NC made Valentines and brought boxes of Valentines to children living in shelters to give to their families and friends.  

Materials Needed:

  • Red, white, pink, paper
  • A few markers or crayons
  • Stickers
  • Glue sticks
  • Scissors - small 
  • Zip-Lock Bags or small lunch size bags
  • Valentine Candy
  • Optional: Foam Valentine hearts, doilies, glitter, glitter glue

Steps Involved:

  1. Choose the recipients.
  2. Call the agency, school, shelter, etc. and ask if they would be interested in receiving kits, how many kits would be needed and the day you should deliver them. Ask if they would like you to stage a small party to make Valentines together. Bring refreshments.
  3. Collect items through your sponsoring organization, or ask each member to bring in one of the required materials.
  4. Call a meeting and assemble the Be My Valentine Kits. The kits should contain equal amounts of craft materials.
  5. Enclose a home-made Valentine from a "Kid Who Cares"
  6. Deliver the Be My Valentine Kits.