Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Bunnies are lovely,
And so are you!
Bouncing bunnies!
We were busy in the craft room yesterday, creating our own Valentine's Day cards that celebrate love, and recognize the Year of the Rabbit too.
We can't wait to "share the love" by giving these cards out to all of our friends and family, and of course that includes you!
We appreciate each one of you so much, and "hop" your Valentine's Day is filled with the love of friends and family.
If you'd like, create a couple of these cards with your kids and pass the love on.
If you do, be sure to post about it on our facebook wall. You'll earn a special 8% Ape 2 Zebra discount card just for posting, and also be entered into a draw to win a $50 Ape 2 Zebra.
Did we mention that we'll be making a donation to charity for each posting too? Share the love with "somebunny" special today!
Somebunny Loves You Bunny Face Card
What You Need:
One half sheet of construction paper or card stock, folded in half to make a card measuring approximately 15 cm x 11.5 cm
One large pink heart (for the bunny's face)
One small red heart (for the bunny's nose)
Two small white hearts (approximately the size of the nose, to be used for the bunny's eyes)
Two black hearts, slightly smaller than the white hearts (for the bunny's eyes)
One large, narrow red heart (for the bunny's ears)
One large, narrow white heart, slightly smaller than the narrow red heart (for the bunny's ears)
Narrow strips of black paper (for the bunny's whiskers)
One small red semi circle (for the bunny's mouth)
Glue of your choice
Fine tipped pen
What You Need to Do:
1. Cut large, narrow red heart vertically in half to form two ears. Repeat with large narrow white heart. Glue the white pieces of the ears to the red pieces. Glue ears in place towards the top of the card.
2. Glue large pink heart to the card, placing it so that the point of the heart is positioned towards the top of the card, and the heart just covers the ends of the bunny's ears.
3. Glue small black hearts onto small white hearts. Glue onto the top part of the pink heart to form the bunny's eyes.
4. Glue small red heart to the middle of the large pink heart to form the bunny's nose, placing it with the point of the heart positioned upward.
5. Glue the red semi circle just underneath pink heart to form the bunny's mouth.
6. Glue the black strips onto the pink heart to form the bunny's whiskers.
7. Underneath the bunny, write the Valentine's Day sentiment of your choice. Some ideas include: "Somebunny Loves You", "Somebunny is wishing you a Happy Valentines Day", or "Somebunny's Special to Me, Can You Guess Who?"
Thumbunny Cards
What You Need:
White Cardstock, cut and folded to form cards measuring approximately 15 cm x 11 cm
Coloured Cardstock, cut to measure approximately 14 cm x 10 cm
White card stock, cut to measure approximately 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Washable markers (or a stampad, or liquid paint)
A fine tipped pen
Glue, or adhesive of your choice
What You Need to Do:
1. Colour your child's thumb and pinky finger with a washable marker (this makes clean up really easy, but a ink pad, or paint, would work too). Press thumb onto small piece of white cardstock to form the bunny's body. Press pinky just overlapping the thumbprint to form the bunny's head.
3. Add sentiments of your choice.
Some ideas include:
What You Need:
White Cardstock, cut and folded to form cards measuring approximately 15 cm x 11 cm
Coloured Cardstock, cut to measure approximately 14 cm x 10 cm
White card stock, cut to measure approximately 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Washable markers (or a stampad, or liquid paint)
A fine tipped pen
Glue, or adhesive of your choice
What You Need to Do:
1. Colour your child's thumb and pinky finger with a washable marker (this makes clean up really easy, but a ink pad, or paint, would work too). Press thumb onto small piece of white cardstock to form the bunny's body. Press pinky just overlapping the thumbprint to form the bunny's head.
For the "Thumbunny Hopes Your Valentine's Day is Sweet" card, we coloured our fingers three different colours and made three bunnies.
For the "I 'Hop" Your Valentines Day is Happy" card we made one bunny in the righthand corner of the card, but feel free to be creative!
Making the thumbprints is a great way to get even the tiniest tots involved in sharing the love!
2. Once your bunny prints have been completed, use a fine tipped marker to add details such as ears, eyes, and paws to the bunnies. Depending on the age you are doing this with, it may be an "adult" job.Some ideas include:
"Thumbunny wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day" ,
"Thumbunny loves you, Can you guess who",
and "I "hop" your Valentines Day is Happy", but feel free to use your creativity!
4. Attach thumbprinted white cardstock to coloured cardstock with glue or other adhesive. Glue coloured cardstock to white folded card.
We sure "hop" you have fun with these Bunny Valentines!
Beary Truly Yours,
Theodore Bear
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