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I made Valentine’s Day cookies for the first time yesterday. They’re for BigBrother’s first Valentine’s Day party today. We also spent a large portion of yesterday afternoon making Valentines to give his classmates. As you know, I’m not a crafter. I’m also not a baker. (I burnt three of the cookies.) And, quite obviously, I am not a cookie decorator. (No, BigBrother didn’t help me decorate them. He cut them out but that’s my not-so-handy work on top.)
I’ve had a blast the past day and a half gearing up for today’s party. I don’t really know why. FireDad and I don’t even “do” Valentine’s Day between the two of us, preferring to save our money for our annual weekend getaway for St. Patrick’s Day. But there’s just been something fun about getting ready for this party. Picking out the “stuff” to make his invitations. (Blank cards, love bug foam stickers and alphabet foam stickers so he could “write” his own name.) Picking out the lollipops to go with them. (Swirl heart ones, my favorite as a kid.) Searching all over the state for heart-shaped cookie cutters. (I ended up buying a box of 101 cookie-cutters just to get one heart-shaped one. Seriously.) And then doing all of the preparation work with BigBrother. It was fabulous. For two non-crafters, we sure had a great time crafting.
Now I’m off to get him dressed in his shirt from Children’s Place and take him off to school… where he’ll hand out cards and eat cookies without me. Maybe that’s why I loved the process of doing all of it together with him… knowing I wouldn’t be there to watch the actual fun part? I suppose that’s just part of parenting: missing some of the good stuff.
All the same, I have a very happy BigBrother on my hands today. I’ll take that. I will.
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Mmmmm how YUMMY. I’m in awe of how thin your cookies are. I much prefer a thin sugar cookie to a thick one that’s hard to get down. LOVELY decorating! My husband LOVES when I burn or mess up a couple…I call them ‘uglies’ …he calls them Delicious
Happy Love Thursday…and Valentine’s Day!
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Well, I just want to grab one of those cookies. Happy Love Thursday !
I made Valentine’s Day cookies yesterday, too! But they will be decorating them at school, so I don’t have to mess with that (luckily!).
Target had a set of 3 shapes, one of which was a heart, that I bought. It was the only one I could find and I’m kicking myself because last week, they had a set of 5 V-Day shapes (hearts, x, o, etc.) in their dollar area! But of course they were all gone by a few days ago. Boo.
Anyway, love that picture of the cookies. I think they look great! Though much thinner than the ones I made. Now I’m thinking I should have rolled out the dough more!
so glad you found a cutter (+100!) –those are awesome! I bet he’ll beaming to share those with his friends. Reminds me of when I made cookies w/ my then oldest the day before her sister was born 3 years ago–time flies!
Kids Valentine’s Parties are fun. Especially when you get to do all that stuff to get ready. Hubby and I don’t really do Valentine’s Day either.
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i was always so bad at cookies. lucky him.
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Oh my! I have a ton of heart shaped cutters – I could have mailed you some….
The next holiday ( maybe Easter? or St Pat’s day?)- try going to either a Hobby Lobby or JoAnn’s – they used to always put out seasonally appropriate single cookie cutters.
I’ve also had good luck (in odd places, like aisle endcaps or in the scrap/craft section instead of the bakeware section, go figure) finding seasonal cookie cutters at that store which sells everything from mangoes to vacuum cleaner bags…..
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The cookies turned out GREAT!
I am so glad y’all had such a good time making them. You don’t have to be “crafty” – the point is to have fun, enjoy what you are doing and make something unique – just because you may not think it is beautiful doesn’t mean someone else won’t LOVE it.
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Those are so pretty! My LT photo is also about heart cookies but mine were decorated by unsupervised kids
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Oh my gosh, but my mouth is watering. Hugs to you. Happy V-Day, Momma