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DIY Bouncy Ball Valentines

2/8/2014

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Do not think I'm crazy.  I truly love Pinterest, crafting, cutting, pasting, printing, designing, painting, etc.  A lot of people would think, "Seriously?  Is this woman nutz?"  Yes, I completely am...and I thoroughly enjoy it. All of it.  Some people get anxiety from not having time, energy or ideas to create something.  I have the opposite problem. I would do it all day long if I could.  And lucky me...I get anxiety from silly things like bumpy airplane rides.  Awesome.  And I'm flying with my 3 kids to Arizona for the first time ever in April. Sweet.  Wish me luck!

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Every little kid likes bouncy balls, right?  They drive me bananas and my boys LOVE them.  I picked up this package of bouncy balls after Valentines Day last year at Target for about $1.50 and figured I'd tuck them away until this year.  When I pulled them out this year, Paxton claimed them all as his own, but after a little bribing...decided to share about 16 with his preschool classmates.  

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Using Photoshop, I created a valentine design incorporating a little "bouncing" theme into it...thank you Pinterest.  The colors in the design are based on the colors of the bouncy balls, fun + bright.  My fonts were Champagne & Limousines and Birch Std. I then placed 4 of those designs into an 8.5 x 11" design (free printable below) and printed them on white card stock.

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Using my trusty paper-cutter, I trimmed them down to individual designs, leaving a tiny white border on the perimeter.

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Enter Paxton...my soon-to-be five year old who got right down to business with signing his name & folding.  

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Next he popped a bouncy ball into little zip-lock baggies and sealed 'em up!  I them placed them over the baggies and stapled them once on each side, so that little preschool hands could still open them up easily.

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And there you have them!  

free printable here!
Click on the link above to download your own free printable for your own use!
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