I don't know why, but when I was a kid Valentine's Day was one of my favorite holidays. I can remember staying up all night picking out the right valentine for each of my classmates. I can remember always being jealous of the kids that had candy attached to their Valentine's Day cards... my mom refused to buy that kind! Now as a teacher, I still get excited about Valentine's Day! There is something about the environment that day, everything is pink and red and flowers are everywhere and everyone seems a little bit nicer. Trying to get anything academic done is a struggle with kids asking every 5 minutes when the party is and when they can hand out their Valentine's. Well finally the end of the days draws near and we get to have the long awaited party...
My least favorite game in the world is the one where you have to pop a balloon by sitting on it. It make me cringe just to think about it. I refused to play it as a kid and I still don't like watching it as an adult. I don't know what it is, but the sitting on the balloon, jumping up and down, waiting to hear the pop just makes me so nervous and I get this feeling like I'm on a roller coaster and that downward spike is coming and your stomach just flops....yikes! However, most kids love this game and thus it was chosen to be played at the party- and I have to say, the kids had a blast! It was quite the excitement running up and down with a balloon between their legs and then having to pop it on the chair. One little boy was too tiny and a dad that had volunteered literally had to push him down to help him pop it!
And my favorite part of Valentines Day? Making these fun Valentines for the students to give to their parents!! We had so much fun...I got the idea and format from another blog and the students had so much fun taking their pictures with a mustache!
Here is the original blog....
http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-moustache-you-to-be-my-valentine-art.html
Thanks for the great idea!
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