Valentine's Countdown

Hi Friends,
I'm so excited today is February 1st.  This is without a doubt one of my favorite times of year!  I love Valentine's Day.  There is NO GREATER love story than that of our Savior sacrificing His life for us because of His great love for us.  Because of Jesus love I feel like we as Christians should really celebrate this holiday too- forget cupid, and candy, and all that love struck stuff.  We celebrate Valentine's because we have been loved with an indescribable, uncontainable love!

Each year with my kids I do a countdown to Valentine's Day starting on February 1st!  This morning my children woke up to our kitchen table decorated for Valentine's Day, yummy breakfast, and a large envelope attached to each chair.

Of course the coffee mugs have to match!

These are felt envelopes I found at Target in the $1 section!!!

Really isn't anything to fancy - it's a plastic table cloth and some cute paper goods to kick of our February 1st right.  I spent a total of $12 on this table and made some super fun memories for the kids this morning!

The felt envelopes I found at Target in the dollar section, but you could put notes in regular envelopes on the wall, decorate some paper bags, or just leave a note at each persons spot at the table each morning.  Inside our envelopes each day my kids will find a small printed card that has a Scripture verse that speaks on the topic of love and on the back I write a quick little note to each of the kids.  My notes range from things I love about them, ways I pray they love Christ, or my love of fun or comical memories I have of them.  Every once in a while I'll slip a candy in the envelope too.

The best part is that with the envelopes set up on the back of chairs - EVERYONE gets in the card making mood and before you know it our envelopes are bursting with cards, crafts, and coloring pages that the children have made for each other. It is the sweetest thing ever and hands down one of my favorite holiday traditions!

And because I love you all - I'm going to share the 14 day printable cards with you so you can simply print and write notes for your own kids too!!!

Click here for the 14 day Valentine's Printable

Do you have any special Valentine's Day traditions?  I'd love to hear what they are!

In His Love,
Jenny