We have been making the same valentines for our elementary school children for many years. That may sound uncreative, but the kids just love these! I offer lots of other ideas every year, but they usually come back to this one. Their friends love them and I see them used all year long.
- First, I make three different mustache templates. I trace the templates on brown and black card stock, then cut out 3-4 sheets at a time. (This year we made 100 mustaches!)
- Next, we type up a little greeting. It has to be in 8-point font to fit on the back of the mustaches. Ours says “I hope this makes you smile! Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, Barney”. We cut these out and paste them on the back of the mustaches with a gluestick.
- The next step is to laminate the mustaches. I have a little home laminator that makes this easy. We then cut the mustaches out again, but don’t worry about being too precise.
- The last step is to hot glue a pen to each mustache. You might also have to pull off that stringy hair-stuff that is created by hot glue guns. Wa-La! You’ll have the best valentines ever!
